Brought myself nearly to tears at work today explaining what The Phantom Tollbooth is about. What a beautiful book.
Composers with doubt: what does ‘bad at music’ mean to you? What is ‘good’ music?
A rough patch in my meditation practice this week. Missed a few days here and there. That’s all right. These are opportunities to practice starting over—that’s the real work.
Still thinking about Tár
Resisting the addictions of social media is really difficult. I’m not posting on the platforms - if you’re reading this on Bluesky for example, it’s my personal microblog crossposting there - but just being aware that my posts show up on socials gives me the pernicious urge to check on them.
I usually carve portraits, so I decided to go for a monster instead this year. Balrog vs. Gandalf—Happy Halloween! 🎃
It is natural to sometimes yearn for a past self. Grief is growth’s mirror image. Try to embrace transformation.
Work in progress
Spooky skull 😨
It’s strange when people older than me talk about their mom or that relationship, as it’s a life experience I simply will not get to have. It’s easy to assume all our lives are fairly similar to each other, when really the differences are innumerable, and rich, and vast.
If a farmer is missing some cows, what’s in their garage?
They have a cattle-lack =)
Did you hear about the British dyslexic composer who scored the romance film? They were nominated for Best Original Snog
Today is a rest day from composing. You need breaks to fuel what you love.
It’s spooky season again! Last year I produced an album of eerie ambient soundscapes, designed to loop seamlessly as background to an RPG session. I’d love for you to check it out! Tell me how you’d use it this Halloween! 🎃
I’m testing a cool free MIDI visualizer for sharing orchestral sketches, as a way for you to follow along without reading the full score =) Have a listen to this action-y cue I wrote last year!
Testing what happens when I crosspost a bsky link through micro.blog. Will Bluesky interpret it as a quote post?
Composed for three hours today—mostly toying with motives until some interesting new material appeared.
Writing music isn’t always glamorous. Sometimes you just have to push the boulder up that hill. Whatever your boulder is, I encourage you to exert some effort on it today.
“With ‘Onaida,’ Natascha Rogers shares a liberating folk spell that draws inspirations from Yoruba spirits, Afro-Cuban rhythms, and her Native American ancestry.” #nowplaying #emlistens
Some wonderfully spooky chamber music! Happy HalloweeEEEeeEn! #nowplaying #emlistens
Splitting theme motives into variants
