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		<title>An Open Letter to Newsweek and TheDailyBeast.com</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2011/05/13/an-open-letter-to-newsweek-and-thedailybeast-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 11:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really never thought that it would come to this. I have been a subscriber to your magazine for several years now. Each time that I was offered the opportunity to re-subscribe I did so. I’m currently paid up to &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2011/05/13/an-open-letter-to-newsweek-and-thedailybeast-com/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The meaning of Quartertonality</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2011/04/26/the-meaning-of-quartertonality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had this blog for a few years now, but only really been seriously writing for it for just under a year. The real beginning was in July 2010 when I began writing for groovemine.com. Mark, the owner of that &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2011/04/26/the-meaning-of-quartertonality/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Object Permanence Pt. 2: Crowd Control</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2009/07/23/object-permanence-pt-2-crowd-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much control does an artist have then is another question. The painter can fill up the canvas and decide how the work is going to be framed. How much control does an artist have over how the work is &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2009/07/23/object-permanence-pt-2-crowd-control/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Object Permanence</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2009/07/22/object-permanence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week I was in Chicago, a giant cultural leap forward from the small town that I currently occupy. This trip not only afforded me the opportunity to spend time with my brother and sister in law, but also &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2009/07/22/object-permanence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration v. Motivation</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2009/06/07/inspiration-v-motivation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://quartertonality.com/?p=148</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if I believe in something called inspiration. It seems that creative people are thought of as being &#8220;inspired&#8221; at all times. Maybe it is just a matter of syntax, but I don&#8217;t think there is such a &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2009/06/07/inspiration-v-motivation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>John Cage&#8217;s 4&#8217;33&#8243;</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2009/06/01/john-cages-433/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://quartertonality.com/?p=72</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John Cage&#8217;s 4&#8217;33&#8243; Is probably the single most talked about work of the 20th century. For those of you not &#8220;in the know&#8221; John Cage was a composer in the middle of the last century that was most interested in &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2009/06/01/john-cages-433/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Taking action from far away</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2009/04/11/taking-action-from-far-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook can be just about the most annoying website/application in existence, or so it seems. Every time I log in I am inundated with a myriad of stories of the time wasted by my friends and acquaintances, which magically turns &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2009/04/11/taking-action-from-far-away/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Urge to Create</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2008/07/08/the-urge-to-create/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel like I have been studying music and living with music for so long that I can refer to myself as an actual &#8220;musician&#8221; now. It has certainly been a long time coming. I remember all throughout my undergraduate &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2008/07/08/the-urge-to-create/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Listening to Jandek</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2007/12/04/listening-to-jandek/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago a friend gave me a recording of various albums by reclusive, outsider musician superstar Jandek. If you don&#8217;t know anything about Jandek, and you are interested, there is quite a back story involved. A good place &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2007/12/04/listening-to-jandek/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Motivations</title>
		<link>http://quartertonality.com/2007/08/19/motivations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 05:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently this country has been plagued by disasters. The two that come to mind, that inspired me to write this post, are the collapse of a bridge in Minnesota and the collapse of a coal mine in Utah. Naturally there &#8230; <a href="http://quartertonality.com/2007/08/19/motivations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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