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Here’s an orchestral arrangement for that new, sorta unfinished tune, “Sam Brodsky.” Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Bass Trombone, Tuba, Strings, Bass Drum, Snare, Tambourine, Wood Block, Cymbals, Tubular Bells and Glockenspiel sambrodskyorchestra

Here’s adding to the name game: a new piece called “Sam Brodsky.” Sam and I went to school together. He plays in a lot of bands. Go Sam!

This is a new piano piece called, “Kyle Gann.” Kyle was my composition teacher at Bard College. This piece is not a traditional homage but rather, a piece based on my former teacher. Here’s to Kyle.

I am starting to realize how ugly it gets when so much of your favorite music was recorded/composed by someone younger than you. That young, punk don’t stay around forever (inside of us), and I don’t love many rock legends in their 30’s, 40’s, 50’s… 60’s. Maybe Prince/David Bowie/Frank Zappa/Danzig/Lennon/McCartney dried up because they outgrew […]

Basic rules: Stop at red. Go on green. But to translate these rules into a virtual environment. To have to try to persuade someone to pause at a sidewalk. * Game’s are similar to a musical composition. Things are constantly being repeated. A propulsive structure: a structure the mind can follow and find a logic […]

Dear friends, family, and colleagues, I am writing today to ask for your help. I have been working on a new opera, “Tydrus the Twit,” for the past year, and after months of planning, we are starting our fund raising campaign. We are 13 musicians, actors, and artists eager to perform this exciting new opera, […]

Ancient knowledge, dead men, piles Axe replaces bone, night school Iron ore processing plant I said I wake up in the morning and they’re ain’t no jobs, the middle of a gray and worthless moment: makes me feel beautiful in sense of having it, your eyes, silhouette wrap by candle and glow, you’re beautiful sunrise, […]

Basically, experiment Their progress is subtle, and with Part of the “pretentious” argument comes from the rethinking and reworking of older forms. Part of the push Within the sphere of technological progress, there is a  sometimes-useless spectacle will take precedent over seamless immersive experience. newness of videogame design allows freedoms of  Though the claim can […]

Same thing? The actor plays a role. The actor follows the rules and then plays the game. The discovery process for an actor is internal: realization through repetition. It is finding the essence of the action and seeing the self through many different perspectives. The interactor discovers a role. The interactor learns the rules by […]