Anderson Shay Author

Music factoid: it took many years to convince people to start calling them orchestras instead of killer-whalestras.

#musicsky #historysky

Music factoid: There is some evidence that Stravinsky had an affair with Coco Chanel. There's almost no evidence that Shostakovich had an affair with Yves Saint Laurent.

#music #history #fashion

Howdy! I'm Anderson Shay. I'm working on short fiction related to music. 5 short stories done and deciding where to submit. I figured I'd give the lit journal thing an honest try.

Music factoid: Baby Dodds, one of the earliest drum set players, was only a baby for a brief period of time. There's no historical evidence that his time as a baby overlapped with his time as a pre-big-band jazz drummer.

#music #history #jazz #babies

Music factoid: High-pitched instruments should go stage left, low-pitched instruments should go stage right, and percussion should go home early.

Music factoid: Andrés Segovia was known for whispering to his guitar when he played. Unfortunately the guitar was made in Italy and could not understand him.

#musicology #classicalguitar

Stubbed: a poem

Oh fuck
my foot
Is fucked

#poetry

If hearts are organs that pump blood, why can't my church organ do the same??? #musicology #medicine #organ (instrument) #organ (biological)

Music factoid: It is possible to tune the human ribcage to 24 distinct pitches by adding or removing material. However, it can only be tuned to 24EDO and the ethics are debatable so no one has tried it yet.

Music factoid: Beethoven would bite a metal bar attached to his piano. This was before he was deaf btw he just liked the taste

Music factoid: Chopin licked every piano bench he ever sat on.

Can you format a haiku on Bluesky?
Crystalline dew drops/
Glisten on gossamer strands/
I pissed on a web/
#poetryweek

"Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions." Now replace the "hesitate to" with nothing.

#writers and #authors I'm new to blue sky (and social media). Any tips on how to find the invigorating discussions about fantasy and sci-fi writing, publishing, or similar?