Eric Pazdziora
@ericpazdziora.bsky.social
Composer, educator, pianist, &c. This is what I'm doing with my doctorate in music. My cat is unimpressed.
www.ericpazdziora.com
Likes: Vintage vinyl records, fountain pens, cats, books
Dislikes: fascism
www.ericpazdziora.com
Likes: Vintage vinyl records, fountain pens, cats, books
Dislikes: fascism
There is the anxiety of influence, and then there is the joy of it
“I only want to see you laughing
In the purple rain”
“I only want to see you laughing
In the purple rain”
🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨
PRINCE ROGERS NELSON
CHOSE THE COLOR PURPLE
AS HIS EMBLEMATIC COLOR
BECAUSE OF THE BOOK
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON
(this has been verified)
which -- absolutely changes how imma hear Purple Rain from now on idk abt you
(PS that is not a white child, fight me)
PRINCE ROGERS NELSON
CHOSE THE COLOR PURPLE
AS HIS EMBLEMATIC COLOR
BECAUSE OF THE BOOK
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON
(this has been verified)
which -- absolutely changes how imma hear Purple Rain from now on idk abt you
(PS that is not a white child, fight me)
December 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
There is the anxiety of influence, and then there is the joy of it
“I only want to see you laughing
In the purple rain”
“I only want to see you laughing
In the purple rain”
Just released: 3 album set of Christmas piano improvisations, recorded live in concert!
Favorite Christmas songs in a peaceful and contemplative setting, for those who are in need of some tidings of comfort and joy.
Available on my website or on bandcamp:
www.ericpazdziora.com/portfolio/ch...
Favorite Christmas songs in a peaceful and contemplative setting, for those who are in need of some tidings of comfort and joy.
Available on my website or on bandcamp:
www.ericpazdziora.com/portfolio/ch...
Christmas Piano Improvisation Albums – Eric Paździora
www.ericpazdziora.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Just released: 3 album set of Christmas piano improvisations, recorded live in concert!
Favorite Christmas songs in a peaceful and contemplative setting, for those who are in need of some tidings of comfort and joy.
Available on my website or on bandcamp:
www.ericpazdziora.com/portfolio/ch...
Favorite Christmas songs in a peaceful and contemplative setting, for those who are in need of some tidings of comfort and joy.
Available on my website or on bandcamp:
www.ericpazdziora.com/portfolio/ch...
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Because how often do you get to say this: Happy 100th Birthday to the one and only Dick Van Dyke, and many many more!
Here’s the man himself presenting a classic lesson and master class in how to perform sophisticated comedy: youtu.be/sRaF4gk1yhY?...
Here’s the man himself presenting a classic lesson and master class in how to perform sophisticated comedy: youtu.be/sRaF4gk1yhY?...
Slapstick by Dick Van Dyke
YouTube video by Jon Davison
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December 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Because how often do you get to say this: Happy 100th Birthday to the one and only Dick Van Dyke, and many many more!
Here’s the man himself presenting a classic lesson and master class in how to perform sophisticated comedy: youtu.be/sRaF4gk1yhY?...
Here’s the man himself presenting a classic lesson and master class in how to perform sophisticated comedy: youtu.be/sRaF4gk1yhY?...
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Without any further fanfare, let me announce that all our trumpeters are on strike
December 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Without any further fanfare, let me announce that all our trumpeters are on strike
I had fun improvising this unconventional take on Little Drummer Boy.
New live Christmas piano improvisation albums available now!
ericpaz.bandcamp.com/track/the-li...
New live Christmas piano improvisation albums available now!
ericpaz.bandcamp.com/track/the-li...
The Little Drummer Boy, by Eric Pazdziora
from the album Holy Nights, Volume Two: Contemplative Christmas Piano Improvisations In Concert
ericpaz.bandcamp.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I had fun improvising this unconventional take on Little Drummer Boy.
New live Christmas piano improvisation albums available now!
ericpaz.bandcamp.com/track/the-li...
New live Christmas piano improvisation albums available now!
ericpaz.bandcamp.com/track/the-li...
Hey, I think this is ready to announce: I’ve put together some albums of previous highlights from my contemplative Christmas piano improvisation concerts!
Check them out on my BandCamp:
Album one: ericpaz.bandcamp.com/album/holy-n...
Album two: ericpaz.bandcamp.com/album/holy-n...
Check them out on my BandCamp:
Album one: ericpaz.bandcamp.com/album/holy-n...
Album two: ericpaz.bandcamp.com/album/holy-n...
Holy Nights, Volume One: Contemplative Christmas Piano Improvisations In Concert, by Eric Pazdziora
12 track album
ericpaz.bandcamp.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Hey, I think this is ready to announce: I’ve put together some albums of previous highlights from my contemplative Christmas piano improvisation concerts!
Check them out on my BandCamp:
Album one: ericpaz.bandcamp.com/album/holy-n...
Album two: ericpaz.bandcamp.com/album/holy-n...
Check them out on my BandCamp:
Album one: ericpaz.bandcamp.com/album/holy-n...
Album two: ericpaz.bandcamp.com/album/holy-n...
A couple years ago, I got to compose a Christmas cantata for my church— the result was some very offbeat pieces for choir and orchestra. Latin rock Gloria, Scots-language Lutheran chorale, Flamenco Magnificat, Sacred harp Victorian hymn…. This was a lot of fun!
www.ericpazdziora.com/portfolio/vo...
www.ericpazdziora.com/portfolio/vo...
Voices of Adoration (Christmas Cantata for SATB + Orchestra) – Eric Paździora
www.ericpazdziora.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A couple years ago, I got to compose a Christmas cantata for my church— the result was some very offbeat pieces for choir and orchestra. Latin rock Gloria, Scots-language Lutheran chorale, Flamenco Magnificat, Sacred harp Victorian hymn…. This was a lot of fun!
www.ericpazdziora.com/portfolio/vo...
www.ericpazdziora.com/portfolio/vo...
With musicians it’s harder to find people you *can’t* hop to. I studied with a teacher who studied with Nadia Boulanger who also taught Quincy Jones.
Off the top of my head, in terms of degrees of separation I managed to get from myself to *Jimi Hendrix* in "three hops," this is a WILD assertion to make
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November 2, 2025 at 3:23 AM
With musicians it’s harder to find people you *can’t* hop to. I studied with a teacher who studied with Nadia Boulanger who also taught Quincy Jones.
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wake up babe, new key signatures just dropped.
[Adding an AI policy to my syllabus this semester, and wanted an illustration so I went to ChatGPT. Now I'm really considering just making the policy, "If you'd like me to give you grades based on stuff like this, knock yourself out"]
[Adding an AI policy to my syllabus this semester, and wanted an illustration so I went to ChatGPT. Now I'm really considering just making the policy, "If you'd like me to give you grades based on stuff like this, knock yourself out"]
August 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
wake up babe, new key signatures just dropped.
[Adding an AI policy to my syllabus this semester, and wanted an illustration so I went to ChatGPT. Now I'm really considering just making the policy, "If you'd like me to give you grades based on stuff like this, knock yourself out"]
[Adding an AI policy to my syllabus this semester, and wanted an illustration so I went to ChatGPT. Now I'm really considering just making the policy, "If you'd like me to give you grades based on stuff like this, knock yourself out"]
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Great opportunity for exposure!
Great opportunity for exposure!
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Archives banned making copies.
Archives banned making copies.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
New library catalogue website.
New library catalogue website.
October 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Great opportunity for exposure!
Great opportunity for exposure!
“That’s not right. That’s not even wrong.”
Seriously though. Usually a student who is BSing their way through a forgotten answer manages to get *something* right just as a lucky guess.
Seriously though. Usually a student who is BSing their way through a forgotten answer manages to get *something* right just as a lucky guess.
So, today Elon claimed that Grok can answer academic questions at a level higher than PhDs "in any subject, no exceptions." Since I'm a music prof, I asked it a PhD-level music theory question: Explain Neo-Riemannian theory.
Grok responded by getting every single part of its definition wrong.
Grok responded by getting every single part of its definition wrong.
July 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“That’s not right. That’s not even wrong.”
Seriously though. Usually a student who is BSing their way through a forgotten answer manages to get *something* right just as a lucky guess.
Seriously though. Usually a student who is BSing their way through a forgotten answer manages to get *something* right just as a lucky guess.
ME: I have perfect pitch.
THEM: Oh, really? What’s this note?
ME: It’s an A but about 15 cents flat.
THEM: But I didn’t sing it yet.
ME: Details, details.
(In real life I am polite and let them sing it first but for some reason everybody goes exactly there)
THEM: Oh, really? What’s this note?
ME: It’s an A but about 15 cents flat.
THEM: But I didn’t sing it yet.
ME: Details, details.
(In real life I am polite and let them sing it first but for some reason everybody goes exactly there)
Name one thing you almost never disclose about you bc it elicits a predictable interaction that you hate.
Me: oh, I used to work for Girl Scouts USA for many years!
Everyone: oh lol did you bake all the cookies???
Me: oh, I used to work for Girl Scouts USA for many years!
Everyone: oh lol did you bake all the cookies???
June 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
ME: I have perfect pitch.
THEM: Oh, really? What’s this note?
ME: It’s an A but about 15 cents flat.
THEM: But I didn’t sing it yet.
ME: Details, details.
(In real life I am polite and let them sing it first but for some reason everybody goes exactly there)
THEM: Oh, really? What’s this note?
ME: It’s an A but about 15 cents flat.
THEM: But I didn’t sing it yet.
ME: Details, details.
(In real life I am polite and let them sing it first but for some reason everybody goes exactly there)
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God bless the grass that grows thru the crack.
They roll the concrete over it to try and keep it back.
The concrete gets tired of what it has to do,
It breaks and it buckles and the grass grows thru,
And God bless the grass.
They roll the concrete over it to try and keep it back.
The concrete gets tired of what it has to do,
It breaks and it buckles and the grass grows thru,
And God bless the grass.
"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen.
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees
June 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
God bless the grass that grows thru the crack.
They roll the concrete over it to try and keep it back.
The concrete gets tired of what it has to do,
It breaks and it buckles and the grass grows thru,
And God bless the grass.
They roll the concrete over it to try and keep it back.
The concrete gets tired of what it has to do,
It breaks and it buckles and the grass grows thru,
And God bless the grass.
I am not surprised at all that Sean "Jesus Christ Superspreader" Feucht is being credibly accused of multiple kinds of abuse-- financial, emotional, spiritual, and otherwise-- but I'm impressed by the extent and amount of detail documenting it in this whistleblower site.
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WHISTLEBLOWER REPORT ON SEAN FEUCHT
This is wild! A full-blown website written & sourced from ex-employees & ex-leaders in Sean Feucht's various ministries detailing his abuses, financial misconduct, & general scumball-ery.
Let me detail why this is important... 1/
truthandfreedomstories.com
This is wild! A full-blown website written & sourced from ex-employees & ex-leaders in Sean Feucht's various ministries detailing his abuses, financial misconduct, & general scumball-ery.
Let me detail why this is important... 1/
truthandfreedomstories.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I am not surprised at all that Sean "Jesus Christ Superspreader" Feucht is being credibly accused of multiple kinds of abuse-- financial, emotional, spiritual, and otherwise-- but I'm impressed by the extent and amount of detail documenting it in this whistleblower site.
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This is absolutely brilliant.
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Via a friend: This is an excellent explanation of some American Sign Language morphology features via an explanation of how ASL interpreter Jeremy Lee Stone translated "tryna strike a chord and it's probably A minor" in Not Like Us in the Super Bowl halftime show
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With the viral "ASL Theatre" Hamilton videos on TikTok, someone who didn't know ASL posted a comment asking how the English triple entendre is handled in the ASL translation. The answer is this: It ta...
TikTok video by signplaying
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June 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This is absolutely brilliant.
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
On the way home today, I saw a car stopped on the shoulder of the expressway under a bridge. His hazard lights were on, and the driver had gotten out…
and had set up a complete drum kit…
and was playing so loud I could hear it from my car as I passed by.
Well, I guess, why not?
Rock on!
and had set up a complete drum kit…
and was playing so loud I could hear it from my car as I passed by.
Well, I guess, why not?
Rock on!
May 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
On the way home today, I saw a car stopped on the shoulder of the expressway under a bridge. His hazard lights were on, and the driver had gotten out…
and had set up a complete drum kit…
and was playing so loud I could hear it from my car as I passed by.
Well, I guess, why not?
Rock on!
and had set up a complete drum kit…
and was playing so loud I could hear it from my car as I passed by.
Well, I guess, why not?
Rock on!
Inside of you are two Engelbert Humperdincks. You are crooning a pop ballad about Hansel and Gretel.
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Inside of you are two Marlowes. One is Christopher Marlowe, the other is Phillip Marlowe. You are in a Howard Waldrop short story.
Inside of you there are two Burkes. One is Kenneth Burke, the other is Edmund Burke. Both urge you to nuke the site from orbit, as it’s the only way to be sure from both a rhetorical and conservative perspective, but Carter Burke, Weyland-Yutani’s corporate representative, urges you to reconsider.
May 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Inside of you are two Engelbert Humperdincks. You are crooning a pop ballad about Hansel and Gretel.
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“‘…When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’”
—Jesus (Matthew 25:39-41)
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’”
—Jesus (Matthew 25:39-41)
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
“‘…When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’”
—Jesus (Matthew 25:39-41)
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’”
—Jesus (Matthew 25:39-41)
Free Kilmer Abrego Garcia
Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived in Maryland with his wife and their three children, and has never been charged with any crime.
The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.
The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.
April 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Free Kilmer Abrego Garcia
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RIP Kurt Vonnegut. Gone 18 yrs. Dang.
April 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
RIP Kurt Vonnegut. Gone 18 yrs. Dang.
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[listening to 90s music] wow she sure doesn’t sound like she’s in her 90s
April 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
[listening to 90s music] wow she sure doesn’t sound like she’s in her 90s