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Showing my work

I'm both a pianist and an organist, which means I've played a lot of Christmas Eve

19 Dec

This kind of learning

Larry suggested that I should start writing about what both of us are doing, since we're both doing

05 Dec

"no learning gets done over the holidays"

So first of all I should mention that I did watch My Old Ass, or at least the first twenty

15 Nov

"why do we even write music anyway"

I'm going to see if I can come around to where my thoughts are taking me, starting with

05 Nov

Showing my work

I actually recorded this on Friday, but you get it today. ❤️ First is Bach Invention in C Major plus the

02 Nov

Showing my work

It would be silly for me to be telling you any of this if I weren't able to

25 Oct

Bach (again) and Plato

"Two things," I told Larry, last night. (You have figured out that we tend to think in lists,

24 Oct

"I Want"

I started scoring the "I Want" song this week. Originally I had meant it as a fairly straightforward

17 Dec

The thing about doing good work

...is that you know when it is good. And when the work is good, you don't spend a

03 Dec

Small changes change everything

I said I would tell you about one of the small changes I made to MELISANDE, so here you go

19 Nov

I want a space for people who are serious about making things

First of all, I have discovered that I can make minor edits in MELISANDE even as I do everything else

18 Nov

Why am I writing this music specifically?

I had sort of forgotten that MELISANDE was meant to be a student theater piece. Over the past few months

06 Nov

More thoughts on musicals, and a few thoughts on keeping an audience's attention

MELISANDE update! The Queen's song is final-first-drafted, which is to say that all of the musical elements except

14 Oct

"musical openings are like chess openings, they set the conditions of the board"

Okay. So. You might ask, if you were of an inquisitive frame of mind, why theater gets nary a mention

11 Oct

Showing more work

I am very likely to get the "I Want" number for MELISANDE scored by the end of the

21 Dec

Atlas Shrugged and The Grapes of Wrath are (almost) the same book

There's this comment on Reddit that I'm not going to look up again, but it implies

18 Dec

I am not responsible for other people's systems

If you haven't visited NicoleDiekerFinley.com recently, you may want to check out the revamp. ❤️ Back when I

15 Dec

Philosophy as a form of systems thinking, plus a few thoughts about AI

I only recently learned that philosophy was a form of systems thinking, and that to be a philosopher meant to

11 Dec

More thoughts on integrity, plus a few thoughts on The Grapes of Wrath

One of the reasons I find the Taking Children Seriously philosophy so compelling is this fundamental idea that no person

21 Nov

On books that change your life

"I really should have read Plato's Republic in college, like everyone else," I told Larry, the

20 Nov

How to solve problems (how to learn)

If you want to solve a problem, it has to be your problem to solve. This is almost a tautology.

01 Nov

November 2024

Scored "To a Fairy Godmother" for MELISANDE. Completed two assignments for Bankrate and one for Vox. Taught two

30 Nov

October 2024

Scored "Like You" for MELISANDE. Applied to the Illinois Creative Accelerator Fund to support MELISANDE. Completed four assignments

31 Oct

September 2024

Scored "Once Upon a Time" and "Twice Trouble" for MELISANDE. Applied to Emergent Ventures to support

30 Sep

August 2024

Completed the Act One book for MELISANDE. Completed four assignments for Newsweek, two for Bankrate, and one for Vox. Taught

30 Aug

July 2024

Began drafting MELISANDE. Completed four assignments for Newsweek and four assignments for Vox. Coached one writer on her novel and

31 Jul

June 2024

Married Larry Finley, the great love of my life. Completed four freelance assignments for Newsweek, one for AOL, one for

30 Jun

I might as well fix RIDE THE CYCLONE while I'm at it

First of all, I did in fact memorize that Bach invention, I'll do another showing-my-work post this Friday,

28 Oct

More thoughts on SIX, including how to fix it

So if you think about SIX at all seriously you have to ask yourself if these women know they'

23 Oct

I want to be a functional pianist (and other things I want)

If you read this post all the way through I am going to both a) solve for education and b)

21 Oct

In which I get very critical about MUSICALS YOU MAY KNOW AND LOVE

MELISANDE is going very well, thank you. Scoring the Queen's song; telling Larry that each note needs both

09 Oct

Why Tim Minchin's MATILDA makes Miss Trunchbull the hero

I am going to write more about the process through which I am adapting E. Nesbit's short story

04 Oct