Category: Recordings

Posts pertaining to new recordings of my work.

New Single: “West Richland”

My latest single, which will be featured on my upcoming second album, has just landed on the streaming services and on Bandcamp. The title of the new track is “West Richland”, named after the city of the same name in the eastern part of Washington state (a title which, no doubt, will be of great …

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Walker Lake EP Released

In other news, the Walker Lake EP is now live.  It features the previously issued “Whirlygig” alongside a new track, “Walker Lake”, both of which will be on my next album. “Walker Lake” is a languid, meditative track with synthesizer and electric violin, inspired by the lake of the same name in the Nevada desert …

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New Single: “Whirlygig”

The first single off the sequel to Electrical Gremlin is now available! “Whirlygig” is slated to be the opening track on the new album (as of yet untitled . . . perhaps Electrical Gremlin Vol. 2: Electric Boogaloo?) and is a dizzyingly moody, mathy romp with percolating synths, an angular, stabby bass line, and brooding …

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Electrical Gremlin CDs Have Arrived!

The first batch of the CD edition of Electrical Gremlin has now arrived, and can now be ordered on my Bandcamp page, for $10 plus shipping.  Many, many thanks to Atomic Disc, just down the road in Salem, Oregon, for doing such a fantastic job on these. The CD edition features a snazzy LP-style protective …

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Electrical Gremlin Has Been Released

My new album, Electrical Gremlin, has officially been released today.  You can purchase the digital edition over on Bandcamp for just $7.  And since today, April 7th, happens to be Bandcamp Friday, Bandcamp will be waiving their revenue share from purchases, making this an excellent day to buy Electrical Gremlin, and lots of other interesting …

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New Album, Electrical Gremlin, Releasing April 7th, 2023

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This coming Friday—April 7th—I will be releasing a new album of music, entitled Electrical Gremlin.  The new album is up on my Bandcamp page, where you can also preview (and buy with pre-order) the third track on the album, “Poltergeist Activity”.  (And yes, I did the cover art myself.)  If you buy on release day, …

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Upcoming (Virtual) Performances for April 2021, and “Threnody for Strings” Recording

After a period of relative quiet here, due to the pandemic, things are starting to pick up again in terms of performances (still virtual), recordings, and other activity here. First things first, my most recently-completed piece, Cyan Egg Music, Op. 59 for flute, alto sax, and horn, will be presented by the most excellent and …

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Watch the Cyan Egg Music Online Premiere by Onomatopoeia

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Earlier this year, after the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out everyone’s performance calendar, the (mostly) Seattle-based wind trio Onomatopoeia (Cassie Lear, flute; Soren Hamm, saxophones; Rebecca Olason, horn) released an “online premiere” of my Cyan Egg Music, Op. 59 (2019), on their Facebook page and on YouTube–the latter of which has been embedded below for your …

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Cyan Egg Music “Virtual World Premiere”, 4/4 at 5pm Pacific Time

As I suspect all readers know at this point, the COVID-19 situation has pretty much shut down all concerts for an extended period of time–something which has been quite difficult on all of us in the music world, beyond the already difficult task of dealing with a global pandemic. Fortunately, my dear friends in Onomatopoeia …

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New Score Video and Demo Recording: Symphony No. 1 in C-Sharp Locrian, 1st Movement

As mentioned in my last update, I’ve been starting to get farther and farther into DIY recording, and have been attempting that process with my Symphony No. 1 in C-Sharp Locrian, Op. 58 for string orchestra.  Today, I have an initial taste of that to share–a score video with my current iteration of the 1st …

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