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I don’t sleep much and I’m pretty active, so by way of compensation I eat enough food for two or three people per day. I’m also solar-powered, but I’ve found you don’t really need more than ten minutes of direct sunlight to recharge the battery cells. Anything more than that and I start to hear [...]
Something happened to me today at an intersection. As a guy whose brother is well on is way to his doctorate in cognitive science, and also as a guy who read almost 180 pages of GEB before conveniently forgetting to re-check it out from the library, I can safely say that my qualifications when discussing [...]
Here’s a funny track from my current super secret project Lunatic Sun! Stay tuned for the music video, which begins production end of summer.
The very first test episode of Blue Paper Mate. Maaaaybe next time not quite so big, since the blue paper mate-ness is a bit lost by such fine lines.
A handy article about copyrights for freelance writers: http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2010/05/25/5-must-know-copyright-facts-for-freelance-writers/
Composition means a lot more than just learning scales and modal harmonies. In the vein of Stephen King’s On Writing, I wanted to actually talk about what I do when writing music. The single most helpful thing I did for increasing output was eliminate setup. A guitarist would probably think of this as keeping your [...]
Know your folk music. This features Kris Drever, one of my favorite folk guitarists around right now. The wind blows cold today my love A few small drops of rain I’ve never had but one true love In a cold rain she lies slain I’ll do as much for my true love As any young [...]
In the spirit of KCRW’s ongoing Guest DJ Project and also in the spirit of the fact they probably won’t be calling me to ask any time soon, here is a list of ten songs that helped to shape me as a musician. To make this easier I restricted myself to songs I discovered before [...]
Having heard legends of the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the flawlessness of its acoustics, I was very excited to see such a fearsome foursome as the Kronos Quartet, Matmos, Mike Einziger, and Terry Riley all in one go. First off, the WDCH does not disappoint in the slightest. We sat in the cheap seats [...]
Just finished this track with the graphic this morning. Some time next year this will go on album #2.
