Why Quantity is more valuable than Quality (when you are first starting out)
When you are a young composer or music maker, I think it is far more valuable to focus on just writing and finishing music as much as...
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Dave
- Aug 17, 2022
- 2 min
Brass Quintet No. 3 ' Dusk' || (2020)
'Dusk' is a curious piece for me. This quintet was written for the Brockton Symphony Chamber series for a concert at the beginning of...
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Dave
- Aug 16, 2022
- 1 min
2nd Person Prelude || for solo piano (2021)
This is the world premiere of '2nd Person Prelude'. The piece works like a 2nd Person Book, where the performer can choose how many times...
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Dave
- Aug 15, 2022
- 14 min
What does YES actually mean? || The Sand Dollar Ep. 6
Today I want to talk about what it means to say YES. What does it mean to commit to something and what does it mean to say NO. If you are...
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Dave
- Aug 14, 2022
- 1 min
Soaring Over the White Mountains
This is a recording of the world premiere of my orchestra piece: 'soaring over the white mountains' (2022) for orchestra. The Brockton...
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Dave
- Aug 13, 2022
- 1 min
Chroma the Great || for Orchestra (2014)
I have always loved Norton Juster’s children's novel, The Phantom Tollbooth, for its incredible allegories and general fun with the...
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Dave
- Aug 12, 2022
- 1 min
Asylum || for orchestra (2013)
Asylum was my first time getting to write for a full symphony orchestra. This is my first work for orchestra. It was performed by the...
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Dave
- Aug 11, 2022
- 10 min
On Teaching in a Pandemic || The Sand Dollar Ep. 5
I don’t think many of us could have imagined a year like the one we’ve had during 2020 and 2021. Really they are two years, but to me it...
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Dave
- Aug 9, 2022
- 20 min
Star Trek: The Original Series || The Sand Dollar Ep. 4
To explore Strange New Worlds. To seek out life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before. Coming from the early...
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Dave
- Jul 26, 2022
- 2 min
"Horizon" IV. Sunrise (2012) - Film Score
Sharing the work Part 6: This is is the last cue of the score I wrote to my friend Preston Jeter's film 'Horizon'. It has been really fun...
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Dave
- Jul 25, 2022
- 12 min
The Phantom Tollbooth || The Sand Dollar Ep. 3
I wasn’t planning on doing this episode for a while, in fact I’ve ben spending the month preparing to do an episode on Star Trek the...
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Dave
- Jul 22, 2022
- 2 min
Nightmare || for Saxophone Quartet
Sharing the work Part 5: This is an excerpt from a saxophone quartet that I wrote in 2012. This piece takes a lot of inspiration from the...
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Dave
- Jul 19, 2022
- 2 min
'Horizon' III. The Climb - (2012) Film Score
Sharing the work Part 4: This is the third cue in my score to 'Horizon', the Climb sequence. This track had to capture the anticipation...
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Dave
- Jul 18, 2022
- 6 min
Harnessing Inspiration || The Sand Dollar Ep. 2
It can be a rare thing, but what do we do when we finally have inspiration? First, we have to define what inspiration is, and what...
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Dave
- Jul 12, 2022
- 1 min
'Horizon' II. The Ride Sequence
Sharing the work, Day 3 The second track has the characters riding their bikes towards the mountain where they will watch the sunset....
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Dave
- Jul 11, 2022
- 7 min
The Fog is Real || The Sand Dollar Ep. 1
The fog is real. Sometimes, when we want to create, the ideas just don't come. The fog surrounds us and makes it seemingly impossible...
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Dave
- Jul 7, 2022
- 1 min
Brass Quintet No. 1 ' Flight'
Brass Quintet No. 1' is in many ways my first real piece. It was the very first thing that I wrote in my very first composition lesson....
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