Latest Film Scored
For the 2cnd year in a row, a film I scored gets a premier spot at HotDocs. Yippee. Here is the trailer for the film which is about photography – mugshot […]
Workin’ In The Factory
This may look like a bunch of hair playing guitar but it is in fact Mr. Sexsmith and he came to my windowless messy studio recently (as did Meg Tenant, […]
Subway
Every time the Toronto subway doors open, people don’t allow enough room for the disembarking people. At least occasionally there is amusing graffiti.
Of Course I Went To Law School
One thing these years is constant, enjoying Warren Zevon Mr. Bad Example I started as an alter boy, working at the church Learning all my holy moves, doing some research […]
Sheriff Of Canada Supports The Ukraine, (n.o.t)
This premier episode of Rocket Robin Hood suggests a meteorite lands in the Ocean and starts sucking out all the water and then the evil Sheriff of N.O.T. (pretty creative […]
More Orwell Proof
The security camera overhead in the elevator of the fancy building was annoying. Who wants to be videotaped picking their nose or cleaning food from their teeth? It’s just a […]
Saved By Methodology
One day in 1992 the job of composer for a CBC Television series was offered to me. The producer called because she liked this song What The Astronaught Noticed and […]
Objectivism Block
People sometimes talk about writer’s block as if it was a toothache but it isn’t a physical thing, it’s just a made up handle for not reaching the creative place […]
Piano As Reform Party
The piano is a mirror from G# and D. If you try to play it like that, note for note simultaneously left hand right hand, forwards backwards, harmony is trampelled […]
For The Morning Light
The crystal ball of email presented me two requests this week to make string arrangements which is a nice problem to have. I like to find within the song some […]