Alex Adams
@alexadamsmusiced.bsky.social
Teacher, Musician, DocSong Teaching Artist, Grad Student @ ASU.
Focused on: Culture, Identity, Quantification, Narrative, Dialogism, and learning from other folks
www.mralexadams.com
Focused on: Culture, Identity, Quantification, Narrative, Dialogism, and learning from other folks
www.mralexadams.com
Yeah, same experience, when I moved to a place with no seasons suddenly my seasonal depression went away.
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Yeah, same experience, when I moved to a place with no seasons suddenly my seasonal depression went away.
100% we’ve been listening to great songwriters before each class in our music tech songwriting unit this semester and I’ve been evangelizing.
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
100% we’ve been listening to great songwriters before each class in our music tech songwriting unit this semester and I’ve been evangelizing.
This is a very northeastern/maine-y opinion. “
Yes, we’re having fun but there’s no need to get all worked up.”
Yes, we’re having fun but there’s no need to get all worked up.”
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This is a very northeastern/maine-y opinion. “
Yes, we’re having fun but there’s no need to get all worked up.”
Yes, we’re having fun but there’s no need to get all worked up.”
As a result of the central priority shifting the curriculum and teaching shift and change toward that aim.
It’s interesting how we understand and enact our values. I wonder how lifelong musicianship in a public school classroom is not only a different idea but serves a different purpose.
It’s interesting how we understand and enact our values. I wonder how lifelong musicianship in a public school classroom is not only a different idea but serves a different purpose.
October 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
As a result of the central priority shifting the curriculum and teaching shift and change toward that aim.
It’s interesting how we understand and enact our values. I wonder how lifelong musicianship in a public school classroom is not only a different idea but serves a different purpose.
It’s interesting how we understand and enact our values. I wonder how lifelong musicianship in a public school classroom is not only a different idea but serves a different purpose.
Instead of centering the terms of scholastic musical tradition and reproduction, which demands BOC models or taking traditions like rock music and schoolifying them, aligning for a students own musical agency asks flexibility, space for exploration and an orientation to a self directed musical life.
October 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Instead of centering the terms of scholastic musical tradition and reproduction, which demands BOC models or taking traditions like rock music and schoolifying them, aligning for a students own musical agency asks flexibility, space for exploration and an orientation to a self directed musical life.
As a music teacher I think about this all the time.
September 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
As a music teacher I think about this all the time.
If we only spend time teaching Tristan, we're short changing all the students of these future teachers.
September 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If we only spend time teaching Tristan, we're short changing all the students of these future teachers.
I know these things are old, a lot of these students are under 25, but modern music is replete with interlocking references and connections to the real world and real history and real live people.
Understanding these references is as essential as understanding why the Tristan chord is a big deal
Understanding these references is as essential as understanding why the Tristan chord is a big deal
September 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I know these things are old, a lot of these students are under 25, but modern music is replete with interlocking references and connections to the real world and real history and real live people.
Understanding these references is as essential as understanding why the Tristan chord is a big deal
Understanding these references is as essential as understanding why the Tristan chord is a big deal
Is it important to know the historical facts about the buffalo soldiers AND the importance of Bob Marley and his song about them as a music teacher?
Gershwin, Jazz Standards, Porgy and Bess? Why might those be important to know?
Why would politically engaged hip-hop have engaged them?
Gershwin, Jazz Standards, Porgy and Bess? Why might those be important to know?
Why would politically engaged hip-hop have engaged them?
September 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Is it important to know the historical facts about the buffalo soldiers AND the importance of Bob Marley and his song about them as a music teacher?
Gershwin, Jazz Standards, Porgy and Bess? Why might those be important to know?
Why would politically engaged hip-hop have engaged them?
Gershwin, Jazz Standards, Porgy and Bess? Why might those be important to know?
Why would politically engaged hip-hop have engaged them?
For some reason Porgy and Bess and Bob Marley hadn't made the music history cut.
Without that context how could they parse the meaning of the song we're listening to. What it means to draw those references into a new expression. Why go to those sources?
How do these reference connect to history?
Without that context how could they parse the meaning of the song we're listening to. What it means to draw those references into a new expression. Why go to those sources?
How do these reference connect to history?
September 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
For some reason Porgy and Bess and Bob Marley hadn't made the music history cut.
Without that context how could they parse the meaning of the song we're listening to. What it means to draw those references into a new expression. Why go to those sources?
How do these reference connect to history?
Without that context how could they parse the meaning of the song we're listening to. What it means to draw those references into a new expression. Why go to those sources?
How do these reference connect to history?
Reposted by Alex Adams
“People espousing antifascist ideology are enemies of the state but don’t you dare call us fascists or we’ll target you with the full force of the state!”
Yeah, there’s a name for that.
Yeah, there’s a name for that.
September 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
“People espousing antifascist ideology are enemies of the state but don’t you dare call us fascists or we’ll target you with the full force of the state!”
Yeah, there’s a name for that.
Yeah, there’s a name for that.
Those folks are just fine. Until their own lies start people shooting at them.
September 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Those folks are just fine. Until their own lies start people shooting at them.