by Greg M | Jan 26, 2022 | Adventures in Living, News, The Creative Life, Working That Studio
Finalizing the 12-String part for Vision Opening just before recording, Jan. 15/22. Photo by Daci. 2021 continued the strong momentum in composition from 2020, but with much more time for recording. That’s because Carving in Shadows, the vision-quest album in...
by Greg M | Feb 12, 2021 | The Creative Life, Working That Studio
Sandcat Lullaby A few years ago, my wife Daci and I heard a nice piece performed by the Chicago Symphony: In the South (Alassio), a concert overture by Sir Edward Elgar. Writing on vacation in Italy, Elgar made use of a Neapolitan folk song in a delightful episode led...
by Greg M | Feb 1, 2020 | Releases
My 8th album, In the Eyes of Infinite Light, a duo with Mathias Grassow, is available now at my Bandcamp page. Its genesis was entirely unexpected – one of those wonderful turns of fortune. Mathias Grassow is a long-established artist with a huge catalog of over...
by Greg M | Oct 21, 2019 | Releases, Working That Studio
A new collaboration piece of mine has just been released, marking my first appearance on the very cool Projekt label. Marco Billi records under the artist name jarguna. I discovered Marco’s music when my friend Nathan Youngblood appeared on his album Trapped, Vol. 1....
by Greg M | May 7, 2019 | Intrinsic Beauty, The Creative Life
In the first installment of this series, I called out Arvo Pärt, Steve Roach, Jack or Jive and Lucette Bourdin for their inspiration. Here are three more of my kindred spirits. Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel We go way back… I first discovered Eric’s solo guitar...