the new songs
I’m writing something and each of my hands are like students. The left has been taught to repeat the part a zillion times, new ideas are suggested and it tries […]
Composing
and i am saying it
People sometimes imagine life is a dream. But I am real – aren’t I? Sort of like discussions of God. I used to balk. How could one doubt something invented […]
morris
My father’s birthday. He would almost be 100 years old. He was the only one in the family of six who did not play an instrument but he had an […]
bflat
Where next to take this thing in Bb. The beginning starts with a statement that sounds very early, one friend said it sounded like the dance music of the 17th […]
real music
I know someone with depression, some say they may be suicidal. In Socrates time they would say they that had a god inside them or a demon inside them that […]
from the attic
the old composer tried to write a piece to prove humankind has free will so he started something in F#. later asked himself why he chose F#, then answered himself […]
contrived nature walk
Walking in the park, trying to listen to the environmental sounds like a concert. Makes me think about moments where composers (or improvisers) present sequences of sound as if random, […]
how to get out of an impossible jail
There was an impossible jail situation where the jailers placed gps trackers inside the bodies of the prisoner. Unless there was a way to remove the tracker, it would be […]
two movies
Saw the Joker. The score was awesome. Wonder how much was the director’s vision, how much was the composer’s? How much was them fighting about it or not? A lot […]
looptalk
Listened to a guy other night at the open stage perform with a machine that starts/ stops loops easily. It had a pitch shifter built into it, his voice could […]