10. December 2016 I would like to dedicate this post to some of my heroes: Music teachers in the outskirts of the world. Examplified by some musicians I know in the Big Island of Hawaii: My sister-in-law, Lisa Lilja Wells, and a more recent aquintance, pianist Wendell...
8. December 2016 I am sitting by the ocean in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, looking for whales, reminiscing about a session I did with Marilyn and David a few months before. The two scenarios connect in my head due to the possibility of whale sightings. Humpback whales, the...
7. December 2016 Travelling with my electronic setup, trying to learn, what better place to stop than Berkeley? Berkeley, home of Don Buchla, inventor of the modular synthesizer, and also where Pauline Oliveros, creator of ”deep listening”, started out as director of...
The background for this blog, Part 2: Can playing music be of help? 22. November 2016 Many people would be surprised to hear about how the musical world is a microcosmos, a mini version of the real world, where there is a lot of bad attitude. The most...
17. November 2016 ”As we start to step up, your ladder arrives.” (Rumi). I arrived in Hawaii yesterday, totally jetlaged and confused. A good time to reflect? I don’t know. I’m starting. My name is Gunhild. I am a musician. I make a living from music, as insecure and...
