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@yazlancaster

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most nyc diy gig ever at da repurposed laundromat ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡

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@challxn someone made one 🤨

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@loversinfilm they'd eat

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@thedigitaldash_ literally they just find stuff black people do/say/have been saying & call it a trend, overuse it to death (usually incorrectly) & then move on to the next thing lmao

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@corinne_perkins cops in riot gear threatened by a student in crocs

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a #FloMask baddie moment

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@LilNasX wow me too

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imslp wrapped

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@smaacitrus here's a hybrid example

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did u know that u can program queer & black artists without titling ur event WOMXN FEMMES AND AFAB NON BINARY COMPOSER CONCERT or WAKANDA FOREVER MUSIC BY BLACKS and u can just be normal lol

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4 years

@smaacitrus i was obsessed w the movie land before time so used to make my (large) dinosaur toy collection line up like they were goin to the great valley. also used to make my (massive) beanie baby collection sing & dance

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@szgoldner tmj baddies to the front

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@yazlancaster

6 years

idk why ppl are like 'o yea i'm gonna make my child listen to classical music bc it makes them smart!!' bc i listen to And play it every day of my life & i'm dumb af lmao

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@thedigitaldash_ RIP THAT P*SSY AAYYYYY never leaves my mind

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the 4 types of chopped contestants: -relative died so they want to win chopped(????) -did study abroad chef school n wants to show off that they r čüłtūrėd -regular AMERICAN DUDE who WORKED HARD probably works at an ITALIAN american restaurant (shown holding knives) -woman

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@lalarashae @thedigitaldash_ exactly, how are they gonna tell us it's not "trendy" anymore when it was in our vocabulary the whole time & never meant to be a trend in the first place lmao

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@yazlancaster

6 years

does anyone rly know how to say saint-saëns

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@idkmackk @laurenjesholmes mozart would've stanned

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6 years

anyone walking with an instrument: random person on the street: is that a [insert instrument]? i use to play [insert instrument, maybe different from previous one] in middle school but i gave it up hahahaha

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@yazlancaster

4 years

the score / the face (if someone else did this already no they didn't 🤎)

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@yazlancaster

3 years

yesterday i officially withdrew from school bc they wouldn't let me defer another year while we're literally in a pandemic / they were giving me $0 in aid & i was not abt to take out a $30k private loan for a 1 yr performance-based program to give a zoom recital in a yr... rip

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@ayoedebiri he

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4 years

just ordered my new license with my sex listed as non-binary lemme get a W in the chat

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6 years

artists stop making pieces abt issues that you're so far removed from that you are exploiting other ppl's traumas/issues for your own artistic gain challenge

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@lalarashae @thedigitaldash_ everything bussin now huh 🙃

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@shushutongs hehe

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writing fast orchestral music is brutal lmfao. 2 hours of work is like 30 seconds of music 😭

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5 months

really incredible how on the nose this is

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New York University constructing a border around sites of popular support for anti-Zionism. All the walls will fall, free Palestine, end the genocide of Gaza, and may the students be victorious

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all this discourse abt clapping between movements is silly when the real culprit is youtube ads between movements

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@post_prufrock they would've been friends i think

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i think maybe yt composers Shouldn't extract audio of black / marginalized peoples fighting for liberation & livelihood in protests outside their windows for a piece of music rn but perhaps that is a "hot take"

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4 years

what if i clap my cheeks in between movements tho

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broke: is the snare in this hip hop song on the 3rd quintuplet partial of beat 2 or is it actually a 2+2+3 mixed meter woke: shutting da fuk up

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@acuteleaf i gave julia an elegant dress & she said something like 'this would be perfect for you' and handed me a maid outfit

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5 years

me reading brazy contemporary rhythms n mixed meter: this is fun!!!!! luv to see it baby me looking at a 64th note in bach:

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4 years

oh did i hear it's #NonBinaryPeoplesDay :3

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neighbor just gave me harp??

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@misterminsoo a lot of things about it made it feel like anime but agree they coulda leaned into it more

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4 years

we did it joe...

Perspective | 21 for ’21: Composers and performers who sound like tomorrow

Davone Tines, Wang Lu, Balmorhea and 18 more artists to keep your ears open to this year.

www.washingtonpost.com

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@qelflinq i–

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stravinky??

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@MetOpera y'all love ms. blackface singer & have never performed a black composer's work... i have 2 laugh lmao

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@yazlancaster

4 years

did ppl really donate $30 million to dems last night... where was all this $ before when people been out in the streets all this time, & black/trans/indigenous ppl have mere dents made in their gofundme's for their literal survival... what were y'all doing before... ???

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@yazlancaster

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so much of science fiction relies on taking the plights of the oppressed & making it happen to "normal" (white) ppl but when it's happening irl the violence is being committed against people who are so dehumanized that no one recognizes it as a cognitive dissonance lol

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how are u gonna be at the big age of 80 & not know how to apologize?? also how do u build a whole career from profiting off of the extraction of black sounds then say "i dont remember being racist i only remember the good things i've done"? yt ppl are somethin else lmao

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@yazlancaster

4 years

this is my first tiktok it took an hour please validate me

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4 years

breaking news... i'm hot 😌

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@yazlancaster

2 years

composers!! reply w your fav piece you've written???

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@yazlancaster

3 years

screaminggg that the yt music theory dude on here tried to come 4 lil nas x's production but got owned by daytrip (& kinda lil nas too) rip

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@yazlancaster

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hot take: ur 'women composer' activism n concerts n orgs should be recategorized as 'non cis men' bc it can sound excluding to gnc/non-binary ppl who don't want to be seen as a 'type' of woman send tweet

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@yazlancaster

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@imlowkeycool me before: should i get a iced tea or a donut?? me now: should i get a iced tea or *looks at chart* 4.25 donuts???

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@yazlancaster

3 years

has anyone else in the past year realized they do stuff at a 1:3 ratio where 1hr of work requires 3hrs of Laying Down

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@yazlancaster

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since pride month is coming up soon– please do not include me on programs or lists or databases etc of "women composers" or "women artists." i am trans & non-binary. stop including us as a women+ footnote or "womxn" or whatever, & stop excluding trans-masc ppl

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@yazlancaster

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'Goodbye my Danish Sweetheart' by @mitskileaks got me SHOOK this cloudy evening

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3 years

hello! i'm announcing this mini commissioning project– i'm offering to write miniatures for u / your ensemble for super low fees in order to offset some of my moving fees this month ꩜ [alt text is on for each image]

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4 years

ACAB means ALL COPS so yes that includes harry potter

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partita for 8 beyonces (it's partita but pre-recorded w beyonce singing all 8 parts)

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@yazjanelle_ @Felixixix666 @dbldblwhmmy yeah, happy about that little bit. :) beytita for 8 voices??? (lol that portmanteau is not as sweet as “beychella” but i had to try)

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why aren't the music theory people talking about how the 1999 hit "what a girl wants" by christina aguilera starts the chorus on beat 4 at the end of the verse but then when the phrase repeats 'what a girl' starts on the downbeat

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@yazlancaster

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there's a lot of "not me!"/"not us!" ppl in new music who are so quick to deflect when someone brings up how the ~scene~ is in fact still oppressive/elitist; ppl who posted that black square but as soon as someone criticizes their fav orgs or composer it's ok to start gaslighting

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orchestra score is done can i get a hell yeah

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exciting news my friends

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3 years

looking for the inclusive database for thot composers (composers who are thots)

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4 years

@dshvndvr me as a musician reading this:

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3 years

can i come on tour @LilNasX 🥺👉🏾👈🏾

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4 years

run me my check n*w y*rk un*vers*ty

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If your university has ever used you for diversity pics you deserve free tuition.

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@yazlancaster

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william grant-still had the sauce & should be performed more!!

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please stop putting "preferred pronouns" in applications/google forms; just say pronouns, they're not optional & it's a huge turn-off lmao

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mentally i am Here

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everytime y'all are on here talking abt "new music discourse" i have no idea what you're talking abt because the people tweeting have looked like this to me for years

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LIL YAZ X THEMBO ENERGY @LilNasX

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it is so wild to me that we're still at a steady 60k new cases a day & people just think the pandemic is over?? did i miss something why are we back in the bars 😭

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3 years

can u tell i've been crying or can i use this as a headshot 😵‍💫

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@yazlancaster

5 years

'listening to the other side' is the job of oppressors, not marginalized ppl. we don't need to hear your reasoning behind ideologies/institutions that take away our livelihood. ppl asking for rights, respect, safety– those aren't 'opinions' & your opposition to such aren't either

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@LilNasX @tamaranopper wtf i did this in 2020

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@rorhor @zmkc618 so true

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i wish the "new music community" was better at having "difficult conversations" & holding ppl accountable when they cause harm bc i know many of us who have experienced harm wish there were options besides having to "ignore" those ppl lol

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a sliver of good news in these strange & uncertain times: i accepted an offer of admission to university of toronto for an advanced certificate in violin performance!! (tho i will be deferring until fall 2021, when things will hopefully calm down) ✈️🇨🇦🥰

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@yazlancaster

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my mom took all of these pics

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@yazlancaster

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thinking abt this email i received abt my junior recital program bio 4 yrs ago LOL

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writing "fast" music is such a SCAM i just hit page 40 of this score & i still have 7 more minutes to go 😭

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3 years

getting my brain pegged (covid test)

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@GoodWillsmith let her cook fr

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composers – drop yr orchestral pieces pls (chamber to full)

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4 years

my parents are adopting this PUPPY

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ok the One Thing i'll say rn is: it truly is nuts to me that people don't like or want to vote for bernie bc he & his voters r 'mean/loud,' as if some of the most disenfranchised/unprivileged ppl don't have the right to be angry/desperate in this country

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@yazlancaster

4 years

haven't seen this j*cob c*llier stuff that ppl are talking abt, (& tbh haven't listened to him) but my take on it is i'm glad ppl are talking sh*t Now bc i remember a couple of yrs ago yt jazz bros wld mansplain his music at every "party" & it sucked so all i have to say is Nice

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I've said it once before I'll say it again: tiddies out for new music

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3 years

i had an interview just now that went so well for a sick job 🥺 let's manifest besties

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@yazlancaster

4 years

me reading a composer's bio when it's literally just a list of every ensemble they've ever worked with: wow very. cool!

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@yazlancaster

1 year

non binary people when they hehe instead of theythey

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@yazlancaster

4 years

hello twitter: since i'm deferring school for a year i'm making my own syllabus (for myself)– what should i read/watch? taking recs of "texts" on performance studies/music/art, abolition, feminism/gender, history/biography, radicalism/anti-capitalism, decolonization ok GO

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@yazlancaster

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for the first time ever i am going on priv while applying to fancy jobs. y'all locked in here with me <3

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4 years

flo milli sh*t binch

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today i got a pubby & boba :3

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@yazlancaster

4 years

from what i'm gathering– ppl are shocked the fascist who called white supremacists "very fine people" didn't say white supremacy is bad & also the other guy who never backed a green new deal said he didn't back a green new deal

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@yazlancaster

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TW: weight loss 4 months ago i went to the ER bc i was having a borderline hypertensive crisis & other scary health-related issues; i changed a lot of things in my lifestyle & lost 30lbs in the process– i feel overall so much better/myself 🥺👉🏾👈🏾

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channeling thee 90s black sitcoms :3

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black skin black braids black waves black days

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@yazlancaster

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YES CHILE!!!!! riding this wave of hope w mass movements voting against US imperialism

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@yazlancaster

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was contacted by a docuseries director via professional recommendation for a score, offered $50k (literally a life-changing amount of $ for me), accepted it the next morning (under 24hrs), then after ghosting a month he said "sorry the position has been filled" and that's all

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What's your worst "WTF" freelance artist moment?

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