Archive - Will Mason Music

My favorite music released in 2023

Matana Roberts, Big Brave, Anna Webber, and more...

Dec 20, 2023 •

August 2023

How I teach improvisation in my music theory coursework

Reflecting on ongoing attempts to get students improvising

Aug 19, 2023

June 2023

On preparing for graduate study in music theory

An "are we the baddies" moment, assuaged by an asinine twitter spat

Jun 11, 2023 •

February 2023

A playlist for Modernist Music Skeptics

And a short rant about modernism and elitism

Feb 17, 2023 •

December 2022

Musicianship skills I think every college music major in the US should have

Non-exhaustive thoughts, mostly about music theory curricula

Dec 21, 2022

My Favorite Albums of 2022

and links for you to purchase them!

Dec 3, 2022 •

November 2022

SMT 2022 Presentation on EQ and Compression

"Some Embodied Poetics of EQ and Compression" presented November 12 2022

Nov 13, 2022 •

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