by eyes cast down | Dec 16, 2014 | Releases, Working That Studio
Guest blogger alert: It’s a pleasure to turn the page over to my collaborator Chris Russell, for his perspective on making the Memory Palace album: The journey to this palace has been a long, rewarding and sometimes frustrating journey. But so worth it in the...
by eyes cast down | Dec 8, 2014 | Airplay, Releases
Many thanks to Rusty Hodge of SomaFM for featuring the entire Memory Palace album today on Soma’s Deep Space One channel to mark the album’s release! Gratitude also to everyone who tuned in, and those who joined us in the Relaxed Machinery community chat...
by eyes cast down | Dec 2, 2014 | Airplay, Releases
Thanks to the hosts of two first-rate radio programs for including music from our Memory Palace album in their latest broadcasts! Bill Fox included Primitive and Prime in the Nov. 27 edition of Galactic Travels. You can see the full playlist here. Renée Blanche, who...
by eyes cast down | Dec 1, 2014 | Album Reviews, Releases
Many thanks to Bert for his close attention and support! His original post is here. (I added the links.) ***** The origins for “Memory Palace” go back to Christmas 2010, when Greg Moorcroft (aka eyes cast down) approached Chris Russell with the idea of...
by eyes cast down | Nov 21, 2014 | The Creative Life, Working That Studio
After a two-year break, it was time to get back on the live wagon, to make sure the wheels were still securely attached. So I jumped at the library’s invitation. I had planned to play all composed pieces, but it finally dawned (at the last rehearsal) that this...
by eyes cast down | Nov 13, 2014 | Releases
What’s a memory palace? According to Wikipedia, it’s an ancient “method of memory enhancement which uses visualization to organize and recall information.” It was especially useful to students and orators in pre-printing-press times. I’ve...
by eyes cast down | Oct 23, 2014 | The Creative Life
A shout-out here to my colleague Phillip Wilkerson, whose music I’ve recently (finally!) had the pleasure of discovering. His releases Sojourner and Highlands are simply outstanding, and I can’t wait to hear his latest, Wondrous Encounters, and the...
by eyes cast down | Sep 9, 2014 | Poems
Another character who always drew my attention, and therefore had to be reckoned with in words, somehow or other. I hugely enjoyed his two two books, Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! and What Do You Care What Other People Think? when I read them years ago....
by eyes cast down | Jun 16, 2014 | Poems
This poem was published three times, making it one of my best-received. Another sad character study, like (though more unlike) Twilight Child; this described a flesh-and-blood person, not a fictional one. Between these two and Camille Claudel, there was a...
by eyes cast down | Jun 4, 2014 | Interviews, The Creative Life
Many thanks to Thomas Mathie for posting this interview and for his nice support! The original post is here. Thomas, aka Headphonaught, is a music lover, artist and designer, and keeper of the We Are All Ghosts netlabel, the Circumambient podcast and the Nanolog blog....