Welcome to my website. Very likely you know me, or know a friend of mine. If so, don't hesitate to contact me. I am always glad to meet new people. The reason this site exists is to publicize and share my music. I explain my musical history in the Bio, if you're curious. I do not know where my music will take me. I don't have a solid plan. I just want to write music for a living, for others to enjoy or use in whatever way they like. I am interested in writing music for specific things like movies or TV. Updates appear just below this paragraph, so that the oldest words are at the bottom. Do enjoy my site.

2-11-08

     Malaise, just now. I am working on a Trombone Choir piece which is nearing completion. It has been a long process to write it, and it must be done within the next two weeks to be performed in Student Recital Hour during this semester. As I change and become a working composer, I've found I'm becoming a more forceful, opinionated, perhaps even savage man. Not that I intentionally mistreat others emotionally or physically, (of course not) but that I do not hide my thoughts anymore, or even necessarily stop to think if what I'm saying might hurt someone's feelings. This is rather inconvenient, but if I changed back, I don't think I could compose as freely. I have found that most people prefer this new variation of myself, anyway.  Better to be honest, open, and offensive than false, distant, and nice. And I am certainly happier for it.

 I suppose that means I'm willing to sacrifice my feelings and collaterally the feelings of others to better my art. We'll soon see if it was worth it.

12-30-07

These five months have changed me more than I think any five continuous months before them. As all of my friends and family grow older and wiser, I do too, and that has perhaps caused some interruption in my musical growth. I've realized that I had forgotten two very important things. 1) That one must surrender one's ego to a higher power of whatever sort to create art; 2) That mistakes are beautiful. They lend personality to art. I knew these things before, and lost sight of them as I became influenced by the academic thought-process. I do not know which, if either, forms the larger part of the ideal mind-set for artistic growth, but perhaps I will learn. 

Also, I've found that the 'Jello' meditation helps me solve problems of whatever kind that obstruct me. I do this by lying in bed or on the floor, controlling my breathing (as I learned from Tai Chi), and slowly imagining each part of my body from toes to scalp turning into jello. It truly helps. Anyway, I plan to update this page somewhat more often, if only in words.

7-26-07

I am twenty-one years old, now. Fancy that. I have had this page for about two years, I think. Perhaps less. I have revised the site, this update. My nineteen-year-old self was exuberant, a bit too naive. Most bits of the site have been altered. Music has been deleted from the Music page, but more will be added as I deem it worthy. My current project is a piano piece, expressing the pathetic, miserable, and powerless. Cheery stuff, no? 

P.S. If you have a Newgrounds account, have a look at the music I've uploaded there. People have been voting my stuff down unfairly, since there are more votes than listens, in many cases. If you've got the time, have a listen and vote however you feel is right.

1-30-07

Exactly four months between updates, this time. Where to start? I finished a piano piece which I will not upload here, and I am working on the Woodwind Quartet that awaits your clicking over in the Music section. College is so different, and so righteous-awesome. I shall miss is when it's done.

9-30-06

Holy crap. It took me three months and ten days to update my effing site. I've been naughty. I'm not really adding much, either. Just a tune or two over in the music page. They're old, too. I haven't produced anything I consider finished in these months, mostly because my idea of 'finished' has expanded quite a lot. I have done lots of sketches and little beginnings, but it will be long until I upload them as part of a finished piece. Whateva. Go over to the Music thing now.

6-20-06

It's been at least a month since I created this site, and I choose to continue deluding myself that people will read this. I haven't been very creative musically recently, except for 'Yummy Pizzicato ', which you need to listen to. Go on, click it, you ninny. It's been well received by some composerish people.  It's approximately two months until I leave this place for college. I'm a bit apprehensive, but there's no sense staying home any longer. Thank ye gods for the internet. A bit of routine to stave off the homesickness until it dies of malnourishment. But we'll hear about that when we come to it, yes? Stay fonky.