by eyes cast down | Jul 6, 2012 | The Creative Life
Canadian composer (and long-time friend o’ mine) Robert Bruce has just published the second of three books in his series In Between the Lines. I think Perspectives on Writing Inspired Music is so important that it should be absolutely required reading for all...
by eyes cast down | May 15, 2012 | The Creative Life
This is probably a total Exercise in Self-Indulgence, but anyway… JKN thought it was a good idea, so who am I to argue? Maybe he’s just trying to get me razzed or something… but it will be cool to see what others have to report on this subject, if...
by eyes cast down | Apr 29, 2012 | The Creative Life, Working That Studio
To get this month started on a hectic note (or cluster thereof), I played two live shows, bookending the week. They were: Sunday, April 1 at one of the empty storefronts in downtown Chicago which have been converted into temporary visual arts studios; and Saturday,...
by eyes cast down | Feb 15, 2012 | The Creative Life, Working That Studio
As I wrote in my blog entry American Dreaming, 2011 was in some ways a lost year for me, due to circumstances around my immigration to the USA, which stranded me in Toronto and separated me from my wife for nine months. In musical terms, I made the best of it by...
by eyes cast down | Feb 14, 2012 | The Creative Life, Working That Studio
There are many possible situations for playing ambient-atmospheric music live, so I thought it might be of interest to describe a different one now and then. This time, it was background music for a small art show. The venue was Healing Foundations, a Chicago...
by eyes cast down | Mar 8, 2011 | The Creative Life
On Feb. 26, 2011, StillStream featured the music of Lucette Bourdin in a five-hour edition of Zen Caffeine. This completed a week of tribute programs, which also included Kite Radio and Free Floating. That was my introduction to Lucette’s music. While she was...