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 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 5, 2022
- 3 min
Remembering that its not about us || Horizon 'Overture'
A couple of months ago, I got an email from a saxophonist through my website. She was asking if I still sold a saxophone quartet I had...
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Dave
- Jun 14, 2022
- 1 min
Don't wait for inspiration
When I was teaching at BSU, I would often have a similar conversation with several of my composition students. They would tell me that...
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Dave
- Jun 13, 2022
- 1 min
These are the days
Sometimes I look back at the things I got to do at UNCSA or Boco and think, 'Man, those were the days'. I loved getting to work with the...
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Dave
- Jun 3, 2022
- 2 min
Embracing the Beginner Mentality
When is the last time that you were a beginner in something? Could be anything, a new game you are playing, a new hobby that you've...
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Dave
- Jun 2, 2022
- 2 min
It's a leap of faith
Dealing with Unknowns is a tricky thing. Comfort and consistency are the opposites of dealing with the unknown. Often times it is our own...
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Dave
- Jun 1, 2022
- 2 min
It's been a minute....
Have you ever stepped back into doing something that you used to do? Especially after a long period of time? Isn't it funny how something...
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