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Orbital Music Park

Orbital Music Park is like a gym for musical adults, inclusive of all instruments, styles and abilities. Based in Richmond, Virginia, OMP provides members with tangible connections to their musical selves and each other in a stimulating space to create and grow.

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Are You Trying Too Hard?

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. — Heraclitus

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Year One at Orbital Music Park

Orbital Music Park had an absolutely amazing first year!

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Thirteen rehearsal spaces

All music-makers have at least one problem in common: finding places to practice together.

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To play or not to play?

“Music is the silence between the notes.” — Claude Debussy

“It’s not the notes you play…

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A duck hears also.

Consider the timeless tension between the inner critic and inner critique.

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The legend of the funky drummer

November 20, 1969. Clyde Stubblefield is the drummer in James Brown’s…

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Cross the Line

Your musical magic happens on the other side.

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Musical People and Musicians

musician / noun. musical / adjective.

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Stepping Stones

My first guitar was an acoustic I bought for $50 in Tijuana, Mexico in 1984. It was maybe a notch above a tourist souvenir. No…

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Get Small, Get Better

Often the big improvement we seek is accomplished through a series of very small…