Michael Thallium

Autumn Moon (Luna de otoño), Scott Kahn

I first learnt about Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977) in May 2014, while I was in Riga in order to get some navigational certificates which, a couple of weeks later, would allow me to sail around the Arctic on board the M/V Plancius, a vessel where I [...]

Today I have discovered Leo Ornstein. Well, actually, I discovered his music because Leo Ornstein passed away in 2002 being more than a hundred years old (it’s not clear what his date of birth is, but if you take 1893 as a valid date, Ornstein died at around 109). I might have heard [...]

I have the String Quartet no. 36 in b flat major by Joseph Haydn put in my iPod shuffle, a tiny little electronic device in which you can “stack up” lots of music. These kind of devices were in fashion at the beginning of the 21st century in many countries around the globe. [...]

Michael Thallium in Nordaustlandet, 2014

I have been giving it a thought for a while to what article to write after almost six months of inactivity on my blog. Quite a few things have happened ever since. After my short stay in Latvia in order to get some navigational certificates, an occassion that [...]

About eight months ago, I started an experiment with the aim of improving my listening skills. Deep listening is one of the main tools in coaching. My experiment was to listen to music from different eras and genres and, then, [...]

To mark the 20th Anniversary of Freddie Mercury’s death, I wrote a little post two years ago. In that post entitled On Freddie Mercury and the origin of my name I explained what the origin of my name is. Today, two years later, I want to remember the voice of Freddie Mercury on the [...]