Musings

One small step for me, one giant kick in the face to Kinkos. My new coil-binding machine came in the mail to day, which is the perfect companion to the boxes of coils that came a few days earlier.

With this one machine, I will never have to listen to a print-shop employee try to explain [...]

You would think that having narrowly escaped the past few months with my life (and my jobs) following my recent and massive projects that I would want to spend some time away from composition. You know, “let’s give it two to three months” or something. Instead, I have volunteered - that’s right: there are no [...]

I have again become remiss in keeping this site fresh with my latest thoughts. It’s just that when I usually have important projects with impending deadlines - the time I would most like to post about the details of my craft - it is most difficult. So now I will try to summarize my two [...]

Say what you will about Apple’s new touch-pad computer, the iPad, but consider for a moment the amazing possibilities for interactive musical applications. Anything from practical control surfaces such as mixer-boards or piano-style input to conceptual instruments and interfaces that utilize the accelerometers and multitouch technology in astounding ways. My head is just full of [...]