The following perspective is something beautiful by pianist and composer Heather Niemi Savage, who expressed to me the idea of “standing up for your own work and making decisions according to your beliefs about your art in general and…
Read moreMay 21, 2025
GUEST ENTRY: How Music Has Shaped Me - Jason Julian
Jason Julian is one of those special people who understands the every day power of music to help shape us into, ultimately, who we are meant to be, if we let it. As the guest author for Blastissimo for this…
Read moreApr 9, 2025
SUU CAPSTONE LITERATURE REVIEW
MY SUU CAPSTONE LITERATURE REVIEW
(link to relevant music at the bottom)
PREMISE
With the rise of music recording, broadcasting, production, live sound and staggering bursts of discovery in audio technology throughout the 20th century came a slew of…
Read moreDec 30, 2024
The One Thousand Follower Rule
When I was writing up my Honors Capstone Proposal at SUU, the first thing I did was tell the brief story of why I didn't pursue music as a profession right out of high school. I explained that at the…
Read moreDec 2, 2024
Guest Entry: The Healing Power of Music in Mental Health and Trauma Recovery - Jennifer Lynn
Jennifer Lynn is one of those highly experienced and special influences in both the music and medical industries you definitely want to get to know better. Her own experience speaks for itself in this academic reflection and her personal adecdotes…
Read moreNov 7, 2024
Guest Entry: Blast Effects - David Torres
This entry is by one of the faculty at Southern Utah University, David Torres. He is the Director of Athletic Bands, teaches brass and oversees several high class brass ensembles. The following is just one of his many first hand…
Read moreSep 3, 2024
Getting It Right The First Time?
I'm a little late on this one, but that's because starting a my Senior year at SUU has been super crazy so far. On to top of 9 classes this semester, I'll be running a brand new Commercial Music Club…
Read moreJul 31, 2024
Guest Entry: Growing Up With Music
This month (July 2024) I found a super cool story from a local music store here in Southern Utah. Briar Adams has one of those “American Dream” musician backgrounds about going from always being on the road to being well…
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Jul 3, 2024
Re-release... with Some New Ear Candy: What I've Learned
My first experience releasing songs I wrote and performed in my first album was intimidating. At the time of the first release I happened to be working as an intern with Clive Romney in his home studio and I had…
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