Galen DeGraf
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Galen DeGraf
@galendegraf.bsky.social
Music theorist, composer, drummer, organist.
www.youtube.com/galendegraf
A genre of suggested Facebook slop I would actually enjoy would be to have actual real photos meant to trick people into thinking they are AI-generated.
September 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
So sad that organists decided to form “guilds” and “associations” when they could have instead made themselves into an ORGANIZATION.
June 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The Pope avoiding JD Vance at the Vatican is not ordinary ghosting. That is a Holy Ghost.
April 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Schenkerian analysis of "Baby Shark"
April 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Taking a chord progression and turning it into an Afro-Cuban piano montuno is a great music theory exercise that more courses should include.
March 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
From the communion hymn I played for mass today:

Still the rich oppress the poor;
Still the earth is bruised and broken
By the ones who still want more.
March 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Years ago, I drew a portrait of an amazing woman full of musical references. "You Can’t Always Get What You Want" is there because she had been conducting that with the Rolling Stones on their 50th anniversary tour. If you try sometimes, you get what you want and need. Happy 10th anniversary!
February 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Music does not have "rules." It has:
1) things that have been done before which have predictable effects and
2) people with different tastes about which effects are desirable (or not).
January 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Today I asked my six-year-old what she wants to be when she grows up. She told me she wants to be an elevator.
January 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Wexford Carol is the best Christmas tune.
December 24, 2024 at 4:48 PM
I just joined Bluesky and posted to my zero followers about a musical Easter egg in Wicked. Then the app immediately suggested I follow a feed called "gay music." So, yes, I think it is running a very different algorithm than Twitter/X.
December 7, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz composed an Easter egg in Defying Gravity. The "unlimited" motif traces the same line as "Somewhere over the Rainbow." This connection makes a lot more sense than how "We Are the Champions" uses the notes of the bassoon solo from Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
December 4, 2024 at 3:02 AM