Click anywhere on this paragraph to listen to my album, “No Manuscript”, performed completely on The Hammersmith Pro. These 12 piano improvisations will give you the full character of this instrument. Sound and Sounds One of things I do in order to make music is to find sound sets (sample libraries) that help me to create […]
Even though I’m in the middle of a songwriting recording stretch, I’m going to tell myself (sort of) that I’m going to have some interludes made of these improvisations for #quest2016. The first introspective invitation came from Susan Piver in the form of What I most need to tell myself about 2016 is… Yes, it’s not
When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. ~ Rumi This is one of a series of video art collaborations I have created with Tracee Vetting Wolf. (Check out her video channel.) In most of them, she mesmerizes us with her paintbrush and the colors that swirl
I’ve been involved with a few musical theatre shows around my new home in Ithaca, New York, for the past few months. I’m learning a lot. Most of what I’m learning is about me. And I think I’m not alone… @muz4now I’d rather have a song in my #heart than a worm in my ear.
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
“Why prefer blue skies over grey? Because you can sing and play the blues.” ~ Stan Stewart After the opening, at times disjointed part one of Cracked Open Blues comes this very bluesy improv. If you start to dance, be ready for some changes in the count (time signature)! This spontaneous composition bounces around from
Digging Through Blues After digging into the recordings from the Painting Piano series of improvisations, I’ve found a few more tracks that are interesting, but did not make the cut for the album. One of my favorites so far, is “Cracked Open Blues”. Because the improvisation is so long, I’ve split it into a parts one
Thanks to everyone who is helping to make “Painting Piano” my best-selling album ever! I’ve chosen to include several of the piano improvisations and paintings from “Painting Piano” throughout this post. I’ve also linked (near the end of this post) the videos related to this project from YouTube. I hope you enjoy them. What do
Life and Thoughts Creating Reality Though I believe in the power of thought and know that we create our own reality, it’s easy to experience things as “life” giving us this lesson or that curve ball. Hopefully, most adults have ways of coping with these moments: yours might be taking a deep breath, going for
