07 Dec Little Bird
"Little Bird" speaks to the experience of leaving your homeland then returning, full of hope and sweet memories, forgetting that there was a reason you left. ...
"Little Bird" speaks to the experience of leaving your homeland then returning, full of hope and sweet memories, forgetting that there was a reason you left. ...
Life, Liberty, and Filial Piety. Inspiration for and arrangement of the "merry-go-round in a junkyard" song. ...
Even though the melody and words of "Motherless Child" are drawn from an era of slavery and colonization, the song sadly continues to be salient in our modern society. Here's a bit on the compositional process for my choral arrangement of the song. ...
Mix references, detuned drums, and did you know autotune is a person? ...
Here's part two on "Nililiya": the arrangement, traditional 굿거리 rhythm, the spirit of the song, and more. ...
On Korean beauty standards, trail mix, soulful singing, being "so Korean," and gayageum music. Also Craisins and jujubes! ...
This post turned into one about Koreanness so I'll write a part II on the arranging and recording process behind "Nililiya." ...
“Ruby” in the title refers to the ruby slippers from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, the quintessential American tale featuring Judy Garland. The “6” is for my shoe size and also the meter that the song begins in. ...
I’ll be sharing a blog post weekly on each track off my album “Dream of Home” starting with the title track today. The posts will give a detailed look at the trajectory of each song and discuss what I learned. ...
I've received numerous messages about where one can find a gayageum teacher in Los Angeles so I figured I'd write it up for inquiring minds. ...