Thoughts on history, culture, music, the details of our world, and how learning matters. Written by a musician and professor, Learn with Mike provides insight and resources for those looking to maximize their creative potential through developing the skill of learning. Also posts from On Learning Percussion, my more practical posts about musical learning that I hope are helpful for curious learners.
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Thoughts on history, culture, music, the details of our world, and how learning matters. Written by a musician and professor, Learn with Mike provides insight and resources for those looking to maximize their creative potential through developing the skill of learning. Also posts from On Learning Percussion, my more practical posts about musical learning that I hope are helpful for curious learners.
LEARN WITH MIKE From Michael Compitello 05/10/2025 It’s May. With commencement approaching here at Arizona State, I’m embodying a reflective mode. I’m recently returned from the premiere of Eliza Brown’s The Listening Year at Big Walnut Creek, an evening-length work blending field recordings composer Eliza Brown made over a year of visits to Big Walnut Creek with judicious cello and percussion parts. Eliza calls the project “ The Listening Year at Big Walnut Creek is a sound art project that...
LEARN WITH MIKE Thoughts on history, culture, music, the details of our world, and why learning matters. From Michael Compitello 04/23/2025 Below is a post I shared in my Learning Percussion newsletter. If you're interested in more than nerdy percussion tech-talk, I hope you take a look. It’s been a remarkable semester here at ASU and with my little studio of curious learners across the country. I’m excited to reflect on those experiences in the coming weeks. But first, the NanoSIMS. I...
ON LEARNING PERCUSSION Step inside my practice room as I get my rolls back in shape! From Michael Compitello 01/23/2025 I’m currently working to record all of Jacques Delécluse’s music for snare drum. What a terrible idea! It’s led to some fun research into performance practice in his work, which led to… a lot of interlibrary loan books But a small % of my tomes I've even made an annotated bibliography of Delécluse's percussion music. One technique that comes up a LOT is ROLLS. Having decided...