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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...

'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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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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