by Greg M | Apr 30, 2020 | The Creative Life, Working That Studio
I can hardly believe it. Composition of my “ECM Album” project is completed, in an amazing 29 days. If I had dared to guesstimate how long it might take to write this, I would have said months. But that was before our current pandemic-enforced, work-at-home isolation....
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 | Mar 22, 2018 | Releases
Pastimes of Creation will be released on Mar. 24. Early responses are all enthusiastic, and the Mar. 21 Album Premiere on Radio Spiral was a triumph. Big gratitude to host Diana Smethurst (Gypsywitch), all listeners and chatroom friends. It was a wonderful two hours,...
by eyes cast down | Jan 12, 2017 | The Creative Life, Working That Studio
2016 was largely the Year of Other People’s Music, as almost everything I worked on was either a cover piece or collaborative project. The year’s centerpiece was the July release of my fourth album, Souls Adrift, in Disrepair, most of which was recorded in 2015. You...
by eyes cast down | Dec 30, 2015 | The Creative Life, Working That Studio
This year’s composition and recording trajectory might best be described as an ellipse. The two focal points were (1) my two live shows in June and July, and (2) an 8-day recording blitz in August. Everything gravitated around those two periods. I usually take...