Month: January 2009

  • SPIDERS and The Urban Regeneration Program

    Oh my gosh…someone buy me this shirt…

    Picture 6

    Or this one…

    Picture 4

  • Hearing is Believing

    As a writer of music–which is inherently an auditory art form–I like to actually HEAR the music I write.

    This doesn’t often happen in this digital age, where email and FTP sites allow us to transfer music back and forth digitally. Most of the year I write for OTHER composers/orchestrators, and so on…and don’t necessarily get recordings of what I write.

    However, last night I went to the Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood to hear a friend of mine perform a big-band chart that we arranged together. It was completely exhilarating and nerve-wracking. The whole time they were playing the chart (which sounded AWESOME, by the way), I felt nervous. It potentially had to do with the fact that he introduced me and talked about the fact that I arranged it with him right before they played it…maybe that was it. Or maybe it’s been a long time since I’ve sat and listened to something that I’ve written performed live–AND NOT been a part of the rehearsals or preparation.

    Hmm.

    It was great…and far exceeded my expectations.

    Honestly, there is just no greater thrill than to hear something you created come to LIFE like that.

    And after saying that, I feel a little bit like Dr. Frankenstein…

  • 2009 – A Look Back

    Happy New Year.

    It’s 2009.

    WOW.

    I can’t believe it’s here.

    So, in order to stay sane, and not have everything in my life blur together in one giant whirlwind, I’m interested to take a look back at:

    What happened ten years ago?

    In 1999:

    -Everybody was scared about the Y2K bug.
            (what a downer, btw…that whole thing was LAME)

    -Daniel and Christy got married.
            (We will be celebrating our 10-year anniversary in November)

    -I entered my Junior year at APU, and took a year off from being in UCO.

    -Shakespeare In Love wins best picture at the 71st Academy Awards (REALLY!???!        REALLY?!!???!)

    -The Columbine High School Massacre took place on April 20th, shocking the nation

    -I screwed up my first Christmas tree with my new bride of only about a month. (let’s just say, it fell over)

    -Napster made it’s debut on the web
           Before I became highly aware of copyright law and it’s affect on me and those around me as a musician, I downloaded a few things, including the Tron soundtrack (???)

    -I turned 20 years old, 6 days before my wedding.
            In addition to celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary, we will also be celebrating my 30th birthday this year. (Ugh.) However, the GOOD news is that Christy wants to take 
            me to see SNL live in NYC. WAHOO!!

    So what were you doing in 1999?