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I'm Having a Kid
Due this fall. My wife and I are excited, though we have an extra challenge typical of musician families: namely, a complicated living...
Grant Harville
Jun 6, 20223 min read
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Right Now
As a white guy from Montana, nobody is looking to me for guidance on racial issues, and for good reason: there are aspects of life in...
Grant Harville
Jun 3, 20201 min read
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Month Two of the #metoperachallenge
It's certainly been true for me: month two really has gone faster than month one. I wasn't expecting to make it through a second month of...
Grant Harville
May 17, 20204 min read
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Bill Russell Was the GOAT
This has nothing to do with music. With ESPN desperate for programming, they've been showing a documentary about Michael Jordan and the...
Grant Harville
May 4, 20208 min read
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A Month of the #metoperachallenge
For reasons that are probably 45% enjoyment, 45% education, and 10% masochism, I decided to watch the Metropolitan Opera's free daily...
Grant Harville
Apr 16, 20209 min read
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The Best of the Decade
So I was looking at the AVclub's best albums of the 2010s, and I was mildly disappointed to see that everything they chose was what is...
Grant Harville
Nov 20, 20192 min read
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Hanson Conducts Hanson
I've already written a little about why the late Gunther Schuller's The Compleat Conductor is such a mess. The main premise - that you...
Grant Harville
Feb 8, 20184 min read
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Welcome!
Thank you for visiting my new website. (And thanks to Emily Wolfram for her beautiful work putting it together.) Here you'll find videos...
Grant Harville
Jan 23, 20181 min read
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