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Shuffling Through Shibuya

A walk through Shibuya City, Tokyo will invariably lead through the Shibuya Scramble—the legendary street crossing that stops traffic in...

At Sea: Composing Music While Sailing to Tokyo

When I signed on to sail from Seattle to Tokyo, via Alaska, I did so because there were nine scheduled sea days. My goal was to use the...

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...

Retrospective 2022: Music

Music, music, music. What can I say? My friend Alan says “Music is my life’s blood.” I agree with him. But that can take the form of...

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...

Drawing the Double Bar Line

One of my hopes in life has been to write a piece of music for orchestra. I got a very late start in life learning anything significant...

I’ll Say Something, “Give it up Dude!”

When I worked at Apple, I attended every event in person, when possible. One year, after the slew of announcements, Tim Cook announced...