Just Asking The Question I don’t have the answer. I just want to ask it and I definitely want to hear from you. What is soundcloud? Does it fit in with what a DIY/indie musician or band needs? If so, how does it fit? Will that change as SoundCloud continues to monetize? Is SoundCloud a […]
As you know if you’ve been reading this blog, I have found the art journal paintings of Tracee Vetting Wolf to be deeply inspiring. One of the results is that we’ve collaborated on a few videos. To be more precise, Tracee created the video. I took my inspiration into music and accompanied her brush and
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When my friend, Jonathan L. Friedmann, offered to send me a copy of his new book “Music In Our Lives: Why We Listen, How It Works“, I was thrilled. Jonathan’s knowledge of music comes from both his scholarship in the field and from knowing what music making is about from the inside out. Yes, he’s
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Brush sways heads of browned leaves; A stark contrast to the brilliant, glazed snow Shining in the glow of morning sunlight. From this angle, those twigs seem like Darkness or shadow. But shift to the other side and you’ll find It, like the snow, is fully Illuminated. ~ spontaneously composed by Stan Stewart on
Waiting for Life Like many people I know who often have creative ideas, I have been known to procrastinate. I’ve been collecting moving water moving pictures for many years.I had intended — in various degrees over many months — to turn them into an online video. Finally, a couple of months ago, I (at long last) pulled
Like drones rising up We are eager to catch first light. It’s Winter, so the catching Is not too difficult; Though it may be hard: Stiff and inflexible like The frozen melt on top Of old snow. We tramp through anyway. The reward will be sunrise. There is nothing else in All of the goodness
Committed: A Memoir Of The Artist’s Road is a recently published book by Patrick Ross. He was good enough to send me a copy for review, but I was not quick to read it. That was no fault of the book. It’s a very engaging book and frankly the depth of engagement was part of what
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Can the serene and impassioned combine? Click To Tweet Sometimes creativity presses two unlikely bedfellows together. For example, would you expect to find serenity and passionate fire together? That’s essentially what happened in this video. Painting partner in art, Tracee Vetting Wolf, offered me two different videos for musical accompaniment. The first one was a beautiful painting
Moving water has always fascinated me. Whether it’s in a stream, faucet, ocean, or full-flowing waterfall, I enjoy the sound and the mesmerizing motion of it. Does it inspire me? Yes. And I don’t think I’m alone. There must be millions of images of waterfall inspiration alone on the internet. One of the results for
Participants in #Quest2015 wrote, painted, and played about our sacred joy. Though I could never cover all of the wonderful responses, here are a few: Kate Arms (Roberts) Molly Morrissey Mark Horn Lauren McLean Ayer Tracee Vetting Wolf shared a doodling for joy video and I wrote a blog complete with child-like doodles. And then we
