100 Days of Creative Work: 100 Days of Composition
Over the past year, I’ve suffered from a very bad case of “just not doing the work.” I could make all kinds of excuses—writer’s block, creative malaise, lack of clarity…
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How to Develop a Theme: Step 1
It's pretty easy to come up with a musical idea. Anyone who noodles around on an instrument (or maybe even who sings in the shower!) will find some good ideas. However,…
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Why music?
Here are a few hard questions, but I think they are questions that anyone who creates music today must face: Is music important? Why? Does anyone care? Does it matter? All of those…
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Welcome to my new blog
I’ve had this website up here for many months, but have treated it more as a placeholder than anything else. Some of you may know me from the other life I lead—…
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