Jazz Theory
The Walking Bass Line Primer—Part One
A walking bass line, it’s one of the signature sounds in jazz. It’s even safe to say improvising walking bass lines iare among the skills
September 12, 2019
Musical Design
Musical Design
Gadgets, gizmos, and gongs
Here, you’ll find a link to seven new compositions that juxtapose pianos, electronic instruments, iPads, and more. It’s all part of a collection of pieces that don’t have a name as a whole but will shortly enough. Depending upon when you come across this little snippet of text, if you across it, all of the pieces may be up on the usual streaming sites such as Apple Music and Spotify. But RIGHT NOW, as I write this little snippet, they’re not there! They’re only here! Here as in here within a link in this post.
July 30, 2019
Musical Design
The link to everything
The recording project is almost done. Album cover art is upcoming. And getting all materials to distributors, meaning Apple Music, Spotify, and all fine streaming services.
July 23, 2019
Musical Design
Jazz 625 and a recording project
Improvising at the piano, using an iPad to record the improvisations, and then using assorted gadgets to improvise further upon the improvisations. Mark Polishook: Compositions for the Electric Things, iPad, and Piano
April 30, 2019
Musical Design
The magnitude of force
A rough mix from my upcoming CD, a follow-up to It’s About Time, a solo piano recording I released last year. All recordings are and will be available on the iTunes store and Spotify and other purveyors of fine digitised music.
February 18, 2019
Musical Design
The 24 Shapes (in music) and why you should know them
Something endlessly fascinating about JS Bach’s 5th Prelude in the Well Tempered Clavier, you know, this prelude in D major, is the pattern on top of which it’s
February 3, 2019
Jazz Theory
A. How to improvise in jazz or other genres?
The title of this post, it’s a question often asked. Sometimes it’s from those who want to improvise. Sometimes it’s a curiosity query about the
July 14, 2018
Musical Design
Shanghai Journal #7: Simple Design
It’s time to reflect and to write about writing. That’s in part because I have the time to do it. But, before I reflect, part
April 10, 2018
Mark Polishook, currently based in Leicester in the UK, is known internationally as a jazz pianist and a composer. He is a former director of the music composition and theory programs at Central Washington University in the United States.
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