by Greg M | Jan 5, 2026 | The Creative Life, Working That Studio
A classic spoof haiku counsels: Chaos reigns within. Reflect, repent, and reboot. Order shall return. 2025 was kind of like that. Though the chaos was much more without than within, keeping the shields up isn’t easy. There’s certainly ample occasion to remind myself...
by Greg M | Apr 13, 2025 | News, Releases, The Creative Life
2025 is off to a roaring start, with two albums completed in March. The first, Light Echoes, is available now. Lately, the recurring urge to sit down at my keyboards and just improvise has been rearing up, and the time felt right to return to that world. This is how...
by Greg M | Apr 22, 2024 | Releases, The Creative Life, Working That Studio
My wife Daci told me for years that my Divinations album would work as a sort of Hallmark album, for helping babies sleep (what to speak of exhausted new mothers). All it needed was a nice sleeping baby photo on the cover to attract attention. I finally realized that...
by Greg M | Dec 30, 2023 | The Creative Life, Working That Studio
Following a largely-fallow 2022, ’23 saw several projects – both new and old – continuing to develop at their own leisurely pace, with one completed and newly-released. The common (and new) factor in nearly all these projects is that they are longform pieces. I’ve...
by Greg M | Dec 27, 2022 | News, The Creative Life, Working That Studio
After a two-year frenzy of composition and recording activity, the dominant theme of 2022 was resting and recharging. As mentioned in my blog Tibetan Return: Melencholia and Comfort Music, I somehow or other got burned out, and needed a break. It ended up lasting six...