Music

How I Organized My Spotify Playlists

July 26, 2011

Yesterday, I mentioned that I have a lot of music stored in iTunes and that I’m currently giving new (to the US) music service Spotify a chance to grow on me. So far, so good. Setting up playlists in Spotify isn’t as intuitive as you might think. If you have a lot of music you [...]

Can Spotify Replace iTunes?

July 25, 2011

We’ll see about that. I have a lot of music stored in iTunes. A lot. Because I am trained as a classical musician, you might guess I have a fair bit of classical and choral music in my library and you would be correct. But I also have music from any number of other genres, [...]

The Sing Off, Night 2

December 9, 2010

Choir nerd alert! I admit it: I thoroughly enjoyed watching NBC’s “The Sing-Off” last Christmas. Having lived all but the first 5 years of my life as a choral singer and later as a choral director at the high school, collegiate, and church levels, it’s the one reality show where I have a qualified opinion. [...]

North Point iBand

December 8, 2010

From North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia.

The Sing Off

December 7, 2010

“The Sing Off” returned last night. I’ve been looking forward to this show more than any other show since “24″ was put on hold for a year and a half during the screen writers’ strike. The sophomore season of “The Sing Off” looks like it will offer stronger groups than its predecessor. Each of them [...]