The Catalog of Fantastical Instruments
For a few months I've been using Leonardo AI to create images of "musical instruments." I provide a prompt that includes something about...
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Digital Rabbit
- Dec 31
- 2 min
Ending the Year on a High Note, a Low Note…Actually ALL the Notes!
San José Chamber Orchestra has a concert each year to mark the end of the old and the start of the new. Held at 3:00 PM, it provides...
Digital Rabbit
- Dec 28, 2023
- 2 min
Navigating the Challenges of Mixing an Orchestral Composition in Logic Pro
Over a year ago I finished an orchestral composition that I'd worked on for a few years—Transition. (See Drawing the Double Bar Line.) To...
Digital Rabbit
- Dec 23, 2023
- 1 min
The Beauty in Chaos: Embracing Randomness in Music Can Lead to a More Expressive and Unique Sound
Since the beginning of October I've been writing music using Sptitfire audio modules. (See At Sea: Composing Music While Sailing to...
Digital Rabbit
- Apr 25, 2023
- 4 min
Musical Magic Along the Blue Danube
Tauck promised a trip full of music on its Musial Magic along the Blue Danube River Cruise, and it delivered. All the of the programs...
Digital Rabbit
- Apr 18, 2023
- 3 min
Palaces and Fighting Babies in Vienna
The day began ended with palace visits, starting with the excessive Schönbrunn Palace and ending with the more humble Palais Kinsky. The...
Digital Rabbit
- Apr 17, 2023
- 2 min
Man at Work, Musicians at Play in Slovakia
After an over night sailing from Budapest, I woke up in Bratislava, Slovakia. Our resident soprano Brittany gave a lecture on vocal...
Digital Rabbit
- Apr 16, 2023
- 2 min
Bartók, Castle, and Concerts
Béla Bartók needed a quiet environment to compose. From April 1932 to October 1940 he found solace in a house that used to be in the...
Digital Rabbit
- Apr 15, 2023
- 1 min
A Treat for Eyes and Ears
Today was a treat for both eyes and ears. We toured two spectacular music facilities—the Budapest Opera House and the Liszt Ferenc...
Digital Rabbit
- Oct 13, 2022
- 3 min
Let the Tweaking Begin!
Now that I've declared my piece, Transitions, "finished", I am solidly in the tweaking phase. I brought each section as audio files into...
Digital Rabbit
- Feb 26, 2022
- 1 min
Climbing the Walls in San Jose
The Opera San Jose production of Carmen was so wonderful, that I decided to see it a second time. The first time I attended a matinee,...
Digital Rabbit
- Jan 27, 2022
- 1 min
Seeing the Beauty of Music
Since March 2020, I've been to very few concerts of live music. There is nothing like sitting in an audience and knowing that the...
Digital Rabbit
- Dec 28, 2021
- 1 min
And So It Begins...Again
One of the things that characterized 2020 was the cancellation of musical performances and events. At first, most of us thought...
Digital Rabbit
- Dec 27, 2021
- 3 min
It's Time to Draw the Double-Bar Line
In November 2019, I was a panelist at King’s College London, for an event about the conductor Constantin Silvestri. I showed a few...
Digital Rabbit
- Dec 24, 2021
- 1 min
The Remains of a Feast
We spent Christmas Eve at Treehouse Tavern listening to music and eating an assortment of hors d’oeuvres. Treehouse Tavern is a 180...
Digital Rabbit
- Dec 22, 2021
- 3 min
Christmas: Arranged and Orchestrated
Last year, a friend suggested that I join ASMAC, the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers. I was hesitant. Although I...
Digital Rabbit
- Dec 21, 2021
- 2 min
Winter’s Gifts: Stars
I can’t remember the last time that I attended a choral concert. All of the chorus works I’ve heard in recent years have been part of an...
Digital Rabbit
- Aug 1, 2020
- 1 min
Walking to Tacoma
I've taken 1,693,819 steps since March 16. That's an average of more then 12,000 steps per day, every day, seven -->
Digital Rabbit
- Jul 31, 2020
- 2 min
The Nose at the Met
Dmitri Shostakovich’s first opera, The Nose, is a satirical tale of a St. Petersburg official who wakes up without a nose—just a -->
Digital Rabbit
- Jul 29, 2020
- 3 min
From Bayreuth to New York: Tannhäuser
I purchased a ticket to watch the Bayreuth (Germany) production of Tannhäuser, but the streaming link never arrived. Glen and I were -->
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