by Greg M | Apr 5, 2019 | Adventures in Living, The Creative Life
It was time to circle back once again to one of my favorite novelists, Hermann Hesse. Hesse was a seeker of the truth. The quest to uncover and realize one’s essential nature was his driving motivation and, naturally, that of the protagonist of every novel from (at...
by Greg M | Jan 1, 2019 | Adventures in Living, The Creative Life, Working That Studio
2018 was a transitional year, the beginning of what may be viewed as a fallow period. Not very much music work was done in ‘18, and I expect that several years will pass before I have anything to show for the extended research-and-development work that is now...
by Greg M | Aug 22, 2018 | Adventures in Living, Intrinsic Beauty, The Creative Life, Working That Studio
The Crossroads… that place where we wake up a little and realize it’s time to face some hard questions. What am I trying to accomplish as composer & musician, and why? My goal is to create beautiful, soul-stirring work, and share it with interested listeners. Why?...
by Greg M | Mar 28, 2018 | Adventures in Living, Intrinsic Beauty, The Creative Life
The Prayer (1889) by Camille Claudel This subject is always important. When it is not so regarded, our culture is finished. Here are some thoughts on what makes an artist, and how one relates to the culture around them. The Mainstream: Thing 1 and Thing 2 One popular...
by Greg M | Feb 18, 2018 | Adventures in Living, The Creative Life
As anyone who has attended one or two of them knows well, a Steve Roach concert is much more than a music performance. It’s a ritual gathering of kindred spirits from far and wide. Our friend, uber-connoisseur and prolific reviewer Richard Gürtler made the trip from...
by Greg M | Feb 17, 2018 | Adventures in Living, The Creative Life
My February 2015 trip to Tucson, to hear Steve Roach live for the first time, should have been documented, but somehow was not. I didn’t even think to take my camera with me, and my impressions faded before I could try to give them written form. This suggests to me,...