The Music of My Mind

My name is Daniel S. Wilson. I am a guitarist, composer, educator and the founder of String Theory Guitar Lessons (www.stringtheoryguitarlessons.com) Through this blog I hope to clearly and openly express my views, thoughts, opinions, research, inquiries, theories, practices and experiences in music and it’s relationship to art, philosophy, culture, politics, society, history, and the mind. I hope I can engage your thoughts and garner your opinions as you follow me on the journey through the music of my mind.


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“Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. YOU can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.”  -Nelson Mandela



It’s nice when you can tell it’s gonna be a good jazz album from the opening piano riff ;)

(Source: Spotify)



Reblogged from fuckyeahcracker
in response to the "nigga" meme: A. Why the fuck do white people think they’re the only ones who have...

fuckyeahcracker:

A. Why the fuck do white people think they’re the only ones who have ever heard of and listened to rock bands and immediately suspect Black people wearing a band tee have no merit and don’t know the band and definitely couldn’t know the music better than them..

B. Why the fuck don’t white…

I don’t normally post things this pointed, but as I’ve unfortunately experienced this first hand many times in my, (and it is VERY annoying) I felt I needed to reblog this….



Queen Nzinga of Angola, refused to sit on the ground when meeting with the Portuguese, so she had a servant kneel down and used him as a chair, More info: http://american-biography.blogspot.com/2011/03/queen-ana-de-sousa-nzinga-mbande-of.html

Queen Nzinga of Angola, refused to sit on the ground when meeting with the Portuguese, so she had a servant kneel down and used him as a chair,

More info: http://american-biography.blogspot.com/2011/03/queen-ana-de-sousa-nzinga-mbande-of.html


Reblogged from b-sama

b-sama:

Teaser for new Angolan TV drama Njina : Rainha de Angola (Nzinga: Queen of Angola) starring Lesliana Pereira

This looks like an awesome show about someone probably few have heard of.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nzinga_of_Ndongo_and_Matamba

It’s amazing how many incredible stories from Africa there are that we never hear about…

(via freshmouthgoddess)



RANT WARNING: I suddenly had an interesting thought…We leave in a society that rewards extroversion, over-confidence, risk taking; whoever’s the loudest wins. To me, that sounds like the personality of the average pre-pubescent boy. I think we’ve created a society of big boys. Just look at Congress…no seriously…think about…they act just like little boys. Sure, they have lots of money…but what else? Is that all that matters? There was time when people rewarded character. Ya know, honor, valor, integrity, intelligence. Think Abe Lincoln, or MLK, or Fredrick Douglas, W.E. DuBois, or Henry Thoreau…don’t see men around like that (in power) much anymore. Or even getting heard on the evening news… We also shifted from a society of manufacturers to one that rewards quick exchanges of (fake) money…just a big game really…anyway, just something to think about….



Years later, cop reunites with suicidal man he saved on Golden Gate Bridge
Click image to see more photos. (Photo courtesy maryannerussell.com) On March 11 2005, Kevin Berthia wanted to take his life. He had climbed over the railing of the Golden Gate Bridge and was prepared to take a fatal jump into the San Francisco Bay when he heard a voice calling out to him from above. […]

It’s nice to be reminded that there are good people out there.



Reblogged from slowdancefast
“ Music is the major form of communication. It’s the commonest vibration, the people’s news broadcast…

- Richie Havens, Rolling Stone, 1978

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/richie-havens-in-1968-the-direction-for-my-music-is-heaven-19680720

(via slowdancefast)
Richie Havens, Freedom, (Woodstock)
Richie Havens doin Freedom at Woodstock

RIP 

Maybe I’m late getting the news, or maybe not enough people noticed, but a legend of American music died last month.  http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/22/showbiz/richie-havens-obituary



Google's Patent-Pending Evil-Checker Could Revolutionize Email Snooping
We’ve all come to rely on spell-checkers that correct misspellings as we type. Now, Google has filed a patent for a tool that seems like an evil-checker: a software system that could prevent people from writing out, in electronic correspondence and documents, phrases that run afoul of policies or laws.

This is very very unsettling…