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 | 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 | Oct 2, 2011 | Adventures in Living
After a lifetime in Canada, I have moved from Toronto to Chicago. Thereby hangs a tale… Anyone following the progress of my recording projects might have been struck by my apparent failure (or refusal) to finish an album, while defiantly starting up new ones. At the...
by eyes cast down | Jun 6, 2011 | Intrinsic Beauty
What is it about a sunrise or sunset that attracts us? What is it about a particular piece of music that makes us feel at peace, grounded, and uplifted? What is it that we love about being out in nature? It’s easy – banal, even – to say there is beauty in all of...
by eyes cast down | Mar 8, 2011 | The Creative Life
On Feb. 26, 2011, StillStream featured the music of Lucette Bourdin in a five-hour edition of Zen Caffeine. This completed a week of tribute programs, which also included Kite Radio and Free Floating. That was my introduction to Lucette’s music. While she was...