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...
by eyes cast down | Dec 16, 2014 | Releases, Working That Studio
Guest blogger alert: It’s a pleasure to turn the page over to my collaborator Chris Russell, for his perspective on making the Memory Palace album: The journey to this palace has been a long, rewarding and sometimes frustrating journey. But so worth it in the...
by eyes cast down | Oct 31, 2012 | Adventures in Living
It was time for another long weekend in the woods, so in mid-October we returned to the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington, IN, which we had gratefully discovered six months ago. Autumn is my favorite season, so this was the perfect time to be...
by eyes cast down | Oct 2, 2012 | Working That Studio
It’s wonderful how circumstances can push one forward. Venturing out to play live this year has been a major growing process, as one learns quickly (and sharply) what works and what doesn’t. For this fledgling, circumstance dictated a significant setup change, which...
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...