17 | How We Learn: “Aphasia” by Mark Applebaum

How I Learn: Mark Applebaum’s “Aphasia”

Mark Applebaum is a musical inventor whose music combines the unrelenting rigor of post-war European Modernism with a ridiculousness and whimsy borne of zooming obsessively and exactingly close to the mundane. Mike and Mike break down how they learned Mark Applebaum’s iconic solo work Aphasia. “Eat sandwich,” “smell grapefruit,” “open beer,” “close window,” “fasten seatbelt”!

Topics include:

• Prior experience with Applebaum’s music

• Practicing slow and fast

• Memorizing new repertoire

• Being specific in theatrical repertoire

Mike C’s video of Aphasia with Four/Ten Media

Published June 27, 2024