I’m feeling good about what I’ve got cooking here.

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Scheduled myself to compose for two hours; composed for five hours. I was feelin' it today!

Sketching. Blueprints for something Christmasy?

Handwritten music in a notebook. There are some scribbled out bits, alternate gestures, and theoretical workings-out.

Spot me at the Seattle Indies holiday party tonight =)

There was a big celebration when that bounty hunter got eaten by the Sarlaac. It was a Boba Fête

Are you being “““nice"““TM? or should you maybe take care of your own needs in this moment

DS9 but it’s an introspective reharmonization

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Viola was curious about the piano tonight =)

A white kitten staring into camera on my lap as I play the pianoWhite kitten on the piano, playing a key with her paw next to my hand playing a chord

Hot-shot singers: try my Defying Gravity challenge =P

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I wish I could have been in the room with the storyboard artists for Arcane. So many of these shots are so well-considered and dripping with subtext to serve the dialogue. It’s a real treat to watch

“Like munchkins, so small-minded.” I’ve been listening since 2009? and that line has NEVER sat right. Or course it’s a clever rhyme, but it’s also a racist sentiment (‘all munchkins have narrow worldviews’) that comes out of nowhere. I don’t think Schwartz thought that one through.

What a cute boy

Chopin the cat sits politely, paws tucked in. He looks contemplative.

Seeing Wicked in roughly 1hr. I expect to be either disappointed or dazzled with no inbetween

I made a turkey crust topper for our homemade pumpkin pie, out of the dough scraps. =)

A turkey shaped set of dough pieces on a pie. The neck is braided dough, there's a little wing, and two thin turkey feet.

My studio hours today have left me exhausted on the couch, but that’s just fine with Chopin.

Cat curled up on my lap. Enjoying a belly rub, my hand deep in his plush fur. My engagement ring is sparkling.

Listen: inside the studio 11.27.2024

You may recall I was working on a practice piece based structurally on Beethoven 7 mvmt 2. This morning I completed section A2.

It took some effort to make sure my melody was rhythmically and tonally coherent given the 5/4 meter (I can’t help myself) and my harmonic style. I’m satisfied for now with the result.

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Good problems: I want to watch Arcane season 2, but I’ve been spending a lot of time in the composing studio and haven’t made space for it yet!

OH MY GOD FINALLY

Google Calendar announcement - dark mode is now available!

Just learned a Yiddish insult: “May all your teeth fall out except one to give you a toothache.” Break it out this Thanksgiving! =)