Tonight is a special show. My first conducted composition for large ensemble. It’s big. It’s beautiful. Piece to Celebrate the Proximity of Pearl Harbor Day and the Death of John Lennon on the only date it can happen – Mon Dec 7 @ The Makeout Room in San Francisco. Rehearsal last night was very productive, [...]
I’ve been crazy busy with music goings on… Just finished a great tracking session with The Bodice Rippers at New Improved Recording in Oakland with the wonderful Eli Crews at the board, and I am doing some more tracking for my next instrumentals release with Wil Hendricks and Pat Spurgeon in a few hours…aaaah!
However, the [...]
After deciding earlier in the year not to be a part of the redux for Rhys Chatham’s A Crimson Grail for 200 guitars at Lincoln Center (was to be on tour and not in NYC), a change in plans and a last minute cancellation allowed me to see this adventure through from last year’s [...]
I’ll be part of a gigantic minimalist piece for 200 guitars, A Crimson Grail by Rhys Chatham at Lincoln Center in New York City on Friday August 15. The piece was originally scored for and performed by 400 guitars, but this outdoor take should still be fairly impressive.
The piece is very expansive and meditative, [...]
