Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
“Imagine if you owned the Lakers or the Yankees, and put all the emphasis on the team brand—but kept reducing the pay to actual players.”
Ted Gioia • The Death of the Magazine
“Blues Walk”
Ted Gioia • How to Listen to Jazz
very fast tempo?
Ted Gioia • How to Listen to Jazz
Edgar Wind: “Mediocrity which claims to be intense has a peculiarly repulsive effect.”
Ted Gioia • How to Listen to Jazz
I firmly believe that music is an early indicator of social change.
Ted Gioia • Notes Toward a New Romanticism
propinquity
John McPhee • Annals of the Former World
intentionality
Ted Gioia • How to Listen to Jazz
Many creative people think these are the only options—both for them and their audience. Either they give the audience what it wants (the entertainer’s job) or else they put demands on the public (that’s where art begins).
Ted Gioia • The State of the Culture, 2024
This bedrock layer of improvisation, almost beyond the scope of musicology, is the psychology or personality of the individual musician.