Category: Sample and Hold

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Did some diving last weekend and there was a nudibranch explosion. We usually don’t see these Hermissenda crassicornis (no common name) in So Cal, but saw 50 of them last weekend. Maybe because the water was so cold (58 degrees!). Click the pic for more: I also recorded some new music a week ago. I […]

Published on: 31 May 2007
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Site update

I’m updating the look of my site. Still to come, updating the Studio and Music pages, and maybe a music player on this page. At the same time, I’ve been writing a bunch of music. I have one piece for the Chris Young class that will hopefully be recorded by an orchestra, I’m scoring one […]

Published on: 27 April 2007
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Anniversary

I surprised Anna on our anniversary this year. We drove to Long Beach and I said, “I thought we’d take a helicopter to Avalon for dinner.” She thought I was kidding. Of course, our return ticket on the boat was to another part of Long Beach. I’m more of a “big picture” guy myself. (Click […]

Published on: 23 April 2007
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Back from Australia

I’m still going through pictures, but here’s a teaser for now. More Pics here

Published on: 7 March 2007
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New Music

I wrote a new romantic piece of music that I’m happy with. A Kiss Goodnight In other news, I’ve signed up for two classes and commited to scoring a feature film, so this will be a busy winter for me. One is an online class on Orchestration (writing for orchestral instruments). The other class is […]

Published on: 13 January 2007
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Critique

I just posted a piece of music on the web. I think it came out pretty decent, and I stretched my compositional chops during the writing and orchestrating phases. Difficult Journey What was the most fun about this was the discussion that began on one web board: Guy Bacos: I like your sense of dissonance. […]

Published on: 17 October 2006
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