September 2010 Blog Posts (18)

("Octoccata Freeway" by Christopher Stewart based on this Interstate Shield)

« Vibrastinato, » the third movement from « Octoccata, » gets its name from the combination of vibraphone and ostinato, and features an abundance of…

("eight" by timlewisnm)

« Igorchestral, » the second movement of « Octoccata, » has been thus named because of the inspiration for the music, and the selected arrangement.…

("1898 New Zealand stamp 8 pence blue" by The Crown)

« Octoccata » is an instrumental suite clocking in at a little over 16 minutes. The title comes from the combination of…

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("Ratha Yatra Festival in Puri, India" by James Fergusson)

The third part of « Juggernaut, » entitled « Procession, » evokes the arrival of the juggernaut before it unleashes into a frenzy of…

("A free body diagram of a mass on an inclined plane" by Mets501)

Will the island turn into an archipelago ? More poetry today...

How long have I hankered

For the right way to go

How far have I wandered

To know what I now…

("Surface Tension" by darkmatter)

In « Surface, » the sixth chapter of « The Dam, » the protagonist/narrator is gradually returning to activity after having transformed into who he feels like being, and will ultimately reach the…

("Multiac Nylon" by poligraf)

Today’s music does not comes from Poligraf’s catalogue as such. Rather, it is a piece for solo guitar that I intend to publish on an album of about ten acoustic compositions, all arranged…

Hello everyone and Happy Monday to you! Wow. I am beyond exhausted from this exhilarating weekend! I had the time of my life Saturday night, performing at Country at the Merc again. This show was a special 'Songwriter's Night', featuring myself and three other fantastic artists. I had the sheer privilege of performing with Hayley Stayner, Kristi Krause, and Jill Calkins. Everyone was phenomenal. The amount of talent that was in that venue…

("Stone Wheel Juggernaut" by Serge Lachinov)

The fifth section of « Juggernaut » is entitled « Resilience, » which is defined as :…

("Stromschnelle" by Gerhard Rießbeck)

In « Rapids, » the third part of « The Dam, » the protagonist/narrator is being carried from a mostly uneventful and rather disappointing river…

("Magnetic field of two bar magnets with unlike poles" by Alexander Wilmer Duff)

« Come Back » dates back to the epoch of The Fall Children, the band that was supposed to be but never really was, and whose unexpected but timely demise cleared the…

Hellllllooooooo everyone! Happy Monday, as always. I have good news... I finally finally FINALLY finished the backup vocalist video... :D I AM SO EXCITED TO SHOW YOU! A reminder... this is Miss Aja Alycean and Miss Jackie Foster... you are going to LOVE their performance in this video. Are you ready? I AM SO EXCITED TO SHOW YOU :D Here we go!…

(Detail from "Quarryman at work" by Unidentified Artist)

« Stonecutter » is intended as an anthem to perseverance and is based on one of my favourite citations, one which has helped me on several occasions, the following quote…

("Fugue" by Wassily Kandinsky)

The central theme of « In Our Space » is the idea of building, of perhaps finding or reaching, a space where one is free to simply be themselves and do as they feel they…

("Emblem 45" from Atalanta Fugiens by Michael Maier)

The Lepufology Project is the story of Jack Babbitt, regarded as…

("The Sea of Ice" aka "Polar Sea," aka "The Wreck of Hope" by Caspar David Friedrich)

« Derelict » is the fourth chapter of « Lifeforce » and is a completely instrumental section intended to…