Corbin Keep
@cellocorb.bsky.social
Cello, with a strong focus on music by women composers.
http://www.wildcellist.ca
https://corbinkeep.bandcamp.com/album/unspeakable-beauty-works-by-historical-women-composers-arranged-for-unaccompanied-cello
http://www.wildcellist.ca
https://corbinkeep.bandcamp.com/album/unspeakable-beauty-works-by-historical-women-composers-arranged-for-unaccompanied-cello
Bonis is amongst my all time favourite composers. In certain ways, she's in a class by herself. She has an uncanny attention to detail; the music overflows with kaleidoscopic subtleties, resulting in an incredibly nuanced and deeply felt emotional response.
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Bonis is amongst my all time favourite composers. In certain ways, she's in a class by herself. She has an uncanny attention to detail; the music overflows with kaleidoscopic subtleties, resulting in an incredibly nuanced and deeply felt emotional response.
I finished "Maddalena and the Dark."
Dark is right - and vibey!
But the only thing the character in the book has in common with the composer Maddalena Sirmen is their first name. (Well, ok, both were born/"born" in Venice, however the fictitious Maddalena in 1702; Sirmen in 1745.)
Dark is right - and vibey!
But the only thing the character in the book has in common with the composer Maddalena Sirmen is their first name. (Well, ok, both were born/"born" in Venice, however the fictitious Maddalena in 1702; Sirmen in 1745.)
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I finished "Maddalena and the Dark."
Dark is right - and vibey!
But the only thing the character in the book has in common with the composer Maddalena Sirmen is their first name. (Well, ok, both were born/"born" in Venice, however the fictitious Maddalena in 1702; Sirmen in 1745.)
Dark is right - and vibey!
But the only thing the character in the book has in common with the composer Maddalena Sirmen is their first name. (Well, ok, both were born/"born" in Venice, however the fictitious Maddalena in 1702; Sirmen in 1745.)
Strohl
Bonis
Sohy
Soulage
Renié
Canal
Barraine
Leleu
Bonis
Sohy
Soulage
Renié
Canal
Barraine
Leleu
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Strohl
Bonis
Sohy
Soulage
Renié
Canal
Barraine
Leleu
Bonis
Sohy
Soulage
Renié
Canal
Barraine
Leleu
There was also way more improvisation, and it was common and even expected for performers to add in their own interpretive bits. Rigid adherence to the score down to nth degree infected classical music performance and it's sadly never changed back.
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
There was also way more improvisation, and it was common and even expected for performers to add in their own interpretive bits. Rigid adherence to the score down to nth degree infected classical music performance and it's sadly never changed back.
This conversation had been going on for many decades. "Why don't we process our raw materials here instead of sending them away to be processed elsewhere?" There's never been a good answer; all it does help a few rich people get richer.
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This conversation had been going on for many decades. "Why don't we process our raw materials here instead of sending them away to be processed elsewhere?" There's never been a good answer; all it does help a few rich people get richer.
I'd say just keep doing them every day until perhaps two days past when he still feels ill. You can basically be feeling better and over it, and that's the moment when you'll get a positive test. The other thing is to make sure you're swabbing really well in both the throat and nasal passages.
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
I'd say just keep doing them every day until perhaps two days past when he still feels ill. You can basically be feeling better and over it, and that's the moment when you'll get a positive test. The other thing is to make sure you're swabbing really well in both the throat and nasal passages.
Luckily, all of the healthcare workers were properly attired in fit tested N95 masks. We learned THAT lesson in the "last" pandemic. *WHEW*
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Luckily, all of the healthcare workers were properly attired in fit tested N95 masks. We learned THAT lesson in the "last" pandemic. *WHEW*
"...Canadians don’t think of Americans as their friends and neighbours, but as adversaries.”
Maybe not individual Americans so much, but the nation as a whole HAS become our adversary. No other way to spin it.
"People in both countries are anxious to reunite.”
They are?
Maybe not individual Americans so much, but the nation as a whole HAS become our adversary. No other way to spin it.
"People in both countries are anxious to reunite.”
They are?
November 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"...Canadians don’t think of Americans as their friends and neighbours, but as adversaries.”
Maybe not individual Americans so much, but the nation as a whole HAS become our adversary. No other way to spin it.
"People in both countries are anxious to reunite.”
They are?
Maybe not individual Americans so much, but the nation as a whole HAS become our adversary. No other way to spin it.
"People in both countries are anxious to reunite.”
They are?
Sometimes tests can f-i-n-a-l-l-y show positive at the very end, past the point you'd even think to bother testing anymore.
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Sometimes tests can f-i-n-a-l-l-y show positive at the very end, past the point you'd even think to bother testing anymore.
Fabulous is right. Thanks so much for sharing this.
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Fabulous is right. Thanks so much for sharing this.
I'm so happy when sarcasm translates over social media. The rate of accurate interpretation, aggregated across the major platforms is about .004% (that's a 2024 figure; the current number is likely much lower).
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I'm so happy when sarcasm translates over social media. The rate of accurate interpretation, aggregated across the major platforms is about .004% (that's a 2024 figure; the current number is likely much lower).
Yeah, but the entire third movement is nothing but "Headed For A Heartbreak" redux. I mean, it's a powerful motif, but come on, Kip.
Unimpressed.
Unimpressed.
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Yeah, but the entire third movement is nothing but "Headed For A Heartbreak" redux. I mean, it's a powerful motif, but come on, Kip.
Unimpressed.
Unimpressed.
I'd forgotten about that!
Actually back in the day I never really minded Winger; Reb Beach's guitar playing was great (though the drum sound such as it wasn't even then was pretty hard to take). And yes, "She's Only 17" was abhorrent especially given that was 1989...
Actually back in the day I never really minded Winger; Reb Beach's guitar playing was great (though the drum sound such as it wasn't even then was pretty hard to take). And yes, "She's Only 17" was abhorrent especially given that was 1989...
November 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I'd forgotten about that!
Actually back in the day I never really minded Winger; Reb Beach's guitar playing was great (though the drum sound such as it wasn't even then was pretty hard to take). And yes, "She's Only 17" was abhorrent especially given that was 1989...
Actually back in the day I never really minded Winger; Reb Beach's guitar playing was great (though the drum sound such as it wasn't even then was pretty hard to take). And yes, "She's Only 17" was abhorrent especially given that was 1989...
I wrote a short unaccompanied cello piece when I was 16. Years later, in a show w/another cellist, they played a song written at 15. Embarrassing lyrics; audience loved it. So I decided why not do the same thing; ended up closing my shows with it. It morphed into an emotional audience sing-along!
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I wrote a short unaccompanied cello piece when I was 16. Years later, in a show w/another cellist, they played a song written at 15. Embarrassing lyrics; audience loved it. So I decided why not do the same thing; ended up closing my shows with it. It morphed into an emotional audience sing-along!
I suspected as much, looking at the waveforms, however still couldn't resist making the quip! 😊Looks really fun. Be interesting to hear how all that strip silence sounds in the final mix. Thanks for sharing!
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I suspected as much, looking at the waveforms, however still couldn't resist making the quip! 😊Looks really fun. Be interesting to hear how all that strip silence sounds in the final mix. Thanks for sharing!
The footage does exist, just in lower res. And, oops, it's not lost for Apollos 12 & 14-17.
Of course, deniers still gonna deny...
Of course, deniers still gonna deny...
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The footage does exist, just in lower res. And, oops, it's not lost for Apollos 12 & 14-17.
Of course, deniers still gonna deny...
Of course, deniers still gonna deny...
There was a magic to 12. There was for all six landings, of course, but 12...
The amazing Surveyor aspect, the astronauts' countenance, the photos like the above...
My favourite mission.
Well, maybe a tie with 17...
The amazing Surveyor aspect, the astronauts' countenance, the photos like the above...
My favourite mission.
Well, maybe a tie with 17...
November 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
There was a magic to 12. There was for all six landings, of course, but 12...
The amazing Surveyor aspect, the astronauts' countenance, the photos like the above...
My favourite mission.
Well, maybe a tie with 17...
The amazing Surveyor aspect, the astronauts' countenance, the photos like the above...
My favourite mission.
Well, maybe a tie with 17...
You should've just played one of those notes, then cut and pasted all the rest! (Kidding!!!)
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
You should've just played one of those notes, then cut and pasted all the rest! (Kidding!!!)
Thank you. I've occasionally read accounts of families whose kids have always "gotten it," mask at school and happily stay healthy. Unfortunately they're in a tiny minority and for most of us, our kids are unconvinceable. At least for now.
We muscle on. And lead by example.
😷💪
We muscle on. And lead by example.
😷💪
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Thank you. I've occasionally read accounts of families whose kids have always "gotten it," mask at school and happily stay healthy. Unfortunately they're in a tiny minority and for most of us, our kids are unconvinceable. At least for now.
We muscle on. And lead by example.
😷💪
We muscle on. And lead by example.
😷💪