- ARCHIVE / TAG ARCHIVE
- When the galaxy conspires against you in a good way, just give in
For the last couple of months I’ve been writing & recording material that will become my first solo album. An EP really, five pieces of electroacoustic music. I’ve worked with many local folks in the last few years and it feels like a good time to put something out there that’s very personal, all me. [...]
- Radio plays with no talking and images made with sound
How does a city really sound? I just took on a sound design project with Radio88.9 Milwaukee. I’ll be making some field recordings around town with a view to showing what Milwaukee sounds like. My approach to the content is interesting, but that’s a secret for now. But how will I record, edit and mix? [...]
- 1+1=12
When does 1+1=12? When two people collaborate on an art project for 12 months. My wife Melissa and I have both been experiencing creative block for some time. It would be easy to blame parenthood, but we know this isn’t the only thing keeping us from creating new work. Yesterday we both took the day [...]
- There’s music on the site!
There is music in the Music section and more coming tonight. If you find your way over to the Music page you’ll find a Soundcloud player with a few pieces of my music. These were written in the last few years for a number of digital cinema projects with Milwaukee filmmakers. I’m in the midst [...]
- MARN Mentor Show and the future
My latest composition, The Lost Traveler, is being performed this Thursday, 7:30pm at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design’s Brooks Stevens Gallery. This is my part of the MARN Mentor Program wrap-up show. Also performing will be Paul Schwartzkopf (electronic mayhem) & Betty Salumun (interpretive dance). But instead of talking about me, I’d like to [...]
- If you leave ideas in your head they gain weight
If I don’t act on musical ideas I have they sit in my head, gain weight and fill my consciousness. The act of finishing a project, whether it’s something entirely artistic or something as prosaic as writing a report at work, when it’s done I often feel a little buzz. But with artistic projects this [...]
- Death of a New Idea
Why do new ideas rarely even make it to the drawing board? It could be how you listen the first time you tell the tale. Last night I was talking over an idea I’ve had for working with a local arts organization to bring attention to and have more local people hear local musicians’ and [...]
- Galleries or museums?
Last week MARN presented an event during West Side Art Walk and the weekend before at Spring Gallery Night. For full disclosure, my wife is the Executive Director of MARN. So I helped quite a bit and my jazz trio played at the Saturday night party in MARN’s temporary gallery space in Wauwatosa’s downtown area. [...]