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This made my day, though I’ll admit I’m a member of the “can’t wait for iOS7” club. Preview of today's Twitter: iOS 7 GTA 5 iOS 7 iOS 7 iOS 7 GTA 5 iOS 7 iOS 7 And some hoe wanting a pumpkin spice latte — Alan Garner (@AlanHungover) September 18, 2013

Some fun things. – I podcasted. – I joined a band. – I got a cat. – Playing the piano with Moriah Angeline at The Duplex on Dec 10. – I’m planning a performance of new and old work for the spring. Not sure where or when exactly, but I need a performance goal to …

So, this summer happened. It was. A beast. I’ve been speaking a bunch about “beasts’ lately, but this is an experience more than an actual beast. I’ve been avoiding putting this one down and even sense myself avoiding it now, though I intended to write it when I sat down. How do you write the …

I have had a piece on the back burner for a while that is coming to life and I am so excited. I’m so drawn to interacting with sound, playing keyboard and using text in different ways at all the same time. This is why I wanted to learn Ableton. Working on this new piece …

Last Sunday/Monday I entered this contest from Ableton. After downloading a bunch of loops and instruments, I had 24 hours to put together a track and submit it. You can listen to the results on here. I had fun getting all 80s for a bit and screwing with things in Max for Live to get …

My good friend (and fellow Yoko Ono junkie) Jordan Scoggins asked me to write some music for a video series he is creating around his book Jordan’s Journey. Here’s the first result, Concord Road: Jordan asked me to use some Sacred Harp recordings as a jumping off place, which gave me a good opportunity to …

“My work” feels like such a pretentious/faker phrase to me. Maybe because I feel myself to be such a youngster in terms of what “my work” is. That’s been a challenge, I guess, as I’m pretty clear on what my work isn’t. That’s easy. What it is has to be defined more by “is” than …

I’ve been chipping away at a rewrite of a piece I performed at DiverseWorks back in September. “When It Will Bloom.” I am wrapping it up now, so yesterday I decided to give the original a listen to remind myself how I ended the thing. What I found interesting was that the “problems” with that …