My kids love jazz. We can listen to John Coltrane albums on endless repeat thanks to a single animator, Michal Levy, who explores “the visualization of sound.” When my daughter was a few months old, my husband discovered Levy’s animation for Coltrane’s Giant Steps. She was riveted. We showed the animation to our 1-year-old and […]
Continue Reading“Play something I’d recognize,” an intrepid Hawaii traveler insisted when we visited the mainland some time ago. My son, the ‘ukulele player, played several traditional Hawaiian songs, drawing nothing but a blank look. Not sure what else to share, he played a standard Hawaiian vamp. “Oh, I know that one!” she swooned. For her, the […]
Continue ReadingI’m not a person who was blessed with musical abilities. I grew up falling asleep to the sound of my mom pounding out Baptist hymns on the piano, just to relax after a long day of raising lots of kids. But I was so naïve when it came to rock and roll music that I […]
Continue ReadingThanks to my father I am somewhat of a musical oddity. His obsession with ALL music led to my favorite band being The Beatles at age 16, the highlight of a BBC Radio 1 festival being Status Quo instead of teen dreams Take That, and an interest in all things quirky. My dad was a […]
Continue ReadingI’ve been music lover since I was a child. I think it all started when I was cast as Molly in my local community theater’s production of Annie. I got the part because I was cute and could act as well as a 7 year old can, but I couldn’t sing at all. All my […]
Continue ReadingHello. My name is Cathé, and I’m a music geek. I admit to studying all sorts of instruments including (but not limited to!) piano, flute, bagpipes, and trombone. Three years as a music education major pushed me into broadcast production and ultimately into writing for GeekMom. With this in mind, you will understand that it […]
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