by eyes cast down | Feb 22, 2013 | Releases
My first album, The Separate Ones, is complete at last. What a joy. What a relief! The album’s release comes seven years (to the day) after composition began on the first piece, as music is (sorry to say) my very part-time vocation. All the clichés about a first...
by eyes cast down | Oct 5, 2012 | The Creative Life, Working That Studio
After a five-month break, during which I played only one live event (a laptop-driven atmosphere for an art show opening in mid-May), I emerged from The Keep in September for a workshop and my highest-profile concert so far. Having determined to begin exploring a more...
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 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...