Freedom: Piano Improv concert for #FallOfFreedom
Thanks to my online friend, Warner, I learned about Fall of Freedom. It looks like good news to me. Art and Freedom As soon as I read Warner’s blog post and then the “Freedom” website, I was inspired. For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted my music to be for the betterment of
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Less Wreckage – or how a song got its 4th version
As I mentioned, “Wreck-less” already has three released versions. So, why did it need another one? Times Change “Wreck-less” is a formative song for me. I wrote and revised the lyrics during several wars. The current battles are both violent and personal. My day job, my friends, my family, and the country of my birth
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Generative AI and the Musician – #LLM #NoAI
Does generative AI have usefulness? Maybe. Generative In Tech In my technology job, LLM (Large Language Models) and generative AI are all the rage. “This will change the world forever.” Really? And will that change be for the better? Initially, I experimented with generative AI1 at that tech job and a single post on this
Recording Studio Changes and Progress – #recordingstudio
The old computer in my recording studio was getting tired. And it showed. The Recording Studio Upgrade Yes, I know it’s part of planned obsolescence and such. Still, I’d been saving up for this for almost as long as I’ve been working on my folk album. During this time, the models I’ve been looking at
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It’s Not Difficult To Imagine – Lyrics and Changing Times
When I first wrote “Wreck-less”, it had one meaning. Today, as you can imagine, it has another. At least for me. Imagine Change I had the idea for Wreck-less a few years prior, but the first set of lyrics I wrote in the wake of the first war by the West against Iraq. Several countries
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Is This What You Call Progress? #CreativeProcess
I’ve been working on this album for a while. Am I even making progress? Are we there yet? The Long and Winding Road Not yet. There’s still a long journey ahead. But I made significant strides over recent few days. I’m working on a new rendition of “Wreak-less”. Yes, I already have three versions of
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Photos from a Holiday week
My spouse and I were just on holiday. Here’s a bit of the beauty we enjoyed. I’ll be back to music-making tomorrow. And it looks like I will bring plenty of inspiration with me.
“Our hearts must change”
Here, here we sit on pews as they did when they took their last breath.They could have been a neighbor. Their parents may be one yet.What good do we think our thoughts and prayers will do for them now?If our prayer is for forgiveness, do our actions speak as loud as words. The alarm went
The Medicine I Carry
Grief is medicine.It is not static. Its sadness is a rainbow.Grief is myriadand filled withmystery,expectation,wonder. Grief is the ashesand the rising from them. This medicine is the unknownand the fear of it.So, I feel itand embrace this unknownness. Grief is medicine.It is not static. My grief is rage.At first, it wasan impotent frustration.But now, I