Monthly Archives: February 2016

A Selection from Textual Chordophonics Live March 5

By Lars Rosager | Music

Happy Twenty-Fifth Birthday to my brother, Joel Rosager!

​Today, I am offering a recording of a tune I will be playing at a 2:00 pm concert on March 5 in Petaluma, CA, the first installment of the upcoming spring concert series Textual Chordophonics Live. Please visit the contact page of this website for more details and instructions on how to RSVP. Seats are limited, so please be in touch soon.

Why am I giving away the music I will be playing at the concert? Actually, this is not a complete spoiler—more of a reminder that, even in music in which improvisation plays no part, each performance and different context in which listeners appreciate music will always yield unique results. This, to me, is one of the great gifts music bestows upon the world.

“Moment and a Memory” is a jazz-style tune I wrote around seven years ago. Thanks in part to the freedom jazz improvisation affords, this recording testifies for yet another example of musical infinity!

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Another Sneak Peak at Textual Chordophonics Live

By Lars Rosager | Music

While I focus mainly on how the guitar may be seen as defiant of standardization, I have never ceased to appreciate the school of classical guitar associated with Tárrega and Segovia. Within the six-string tradition itself, much diversity is to be found. Today, I offer a taste of the program for Textual Chordophonics Live. Please be aware it is but one of many flavors! Have a good day. 

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Musings

By Lars Rosager | Uncategorized

How does one advance in any discipline without the ability to recognize one’s own progress? Staying humble might be necessarily balanced, then, with the idea that one must accept skill building. This points to the possibility for enlightenment during the earthly lifetime, an ultimate level of proficiency in any area, a chance for both self-appreciation and fulfillment. While many would argue that no one ever achieves a fully blossomed state in any field, I would present the need for positive self-reflection and a reverence for having worked through one’s developmental process. Here, one must loosen the bonds of looking down on oneself, of vain humility—as opposed to humility that is meaningful and useful—and not accepting a satisfactory feeling in the present moment. One need not brag, but, in my view, believing in deliverance and victory is a naturally logical human quality. It is not impossible to be humble and receive joy from our human potential simultaneously . . .

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Work Near Petaluma

By Lars Rosager | Uncategorized

Hi, everyone. I have to make a small request on the blog today. If anybody knows of any job opportunities within thirty to forty minutes driving of Petaluma starting March 7, 2016, please let me know.I will be available starting March 7, 2016 looking to work in the following fields:

Teaching (Private or Group)
Music (Voice, Guitar, Composition, Theory)
Language Arts (Reading, Research, Writing, Editing)
Astrology

Many thanks.

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Lars plays Casa Montalvo Guitars and Thomastik Infeld Strings.