Improv Class Experiences

This fall I’ve been teaching a class in free improv to two adult students at Lexington Music School, both experienced musicians. We’ve had a lot of fun as we practiced crafting music in the moment. One student is continuing and we’d love to make the class a larger group. If you’re curious, and somewhere northwest   Read More...

Get a Recording Education Online

I’m impressed by how often Wikipedia has an article on any topic I want to know about. I was looking for information on microphone techniques and the topic Microphone Practice even had diagrams. I also discovered WikiRecording, which had really helpful articles. Check out their category page Microphone Techniques. They have manuals for a lot   Read More...

Rebirth of Spindrift Commissioning Guild

I don’t seem to be able to write blog entries regularly. Either I’m hard at work at something else, or I’ve finished that something, which I could write about, but I’ve moved on. I’m going to try harder to capture some of what’s going on in my composing life more often. I’ve got improv classes   Read More...

Improv with Audio Files and Computers

I heard an interesting concert last Friday. The New England Phonographers Union appeared in the Art Without Borders concert series at the Democracy Center in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. They each make their own audio recordings of “found sound”, whatever is going on in the world around them. Then, without further editing, maybe just a   Read More...