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Nov
03

Working for Exposure

in Hard Bloggin', Work
Musicians and composers are constantly being asked to work for “exposure” and/or “publicity” and my thoughts on that situation have really changed over the years. Just, up front here, what this post is not about are collaborative situations wherein people don’t have any sort of meaningf[...]
Sep
05

in Actual News, Blog, Work tags: blue spark collaborative, future of work, gbh, Music, PBS

Check out tracks from my company’s library in a new PBS show—I mean, ONLY IF YOU WANT TO.

Jul
07

“Music for People in Japan” for People in Warren, Rhode Island

in Actual News, Blog, Total Friendship, Work tags: drive-in, film, Music, Music For People IN Japan, scoring

Music for people in Japan, a new short doc by filmmaker Kevin Belli that I scored–and which premiered at this year’s Independent Film Festival Boston–will be screening at the Drive-In @ 30 Cutler in Warren, RI on July 16th along side three other films!

Jul
05

The Horse’s Tail Tale

in Actual News, Blog, Work tags: Ben Franklin's World, podcast, scoring

I’m psyched to have had the chance to arranged and compose a custom score for the newest episode of the podcast, Ben Franklin’s World.

May
04

Music for People in Japan

in Actual News, Blog, New Music, Total Friendship, Work tags: composing, Film music, IFFB, kevin belli

I’m pleased to report that the film will be having its world premier at Independent Film Festival Boston this month (May 6th – May 16th). This year’s program is entirely online and all films can be streamed by registering over at the festival site.

Apr
19

H[oz]torical Arrangments

in Actual News, Blog, New Music, Work tags: Actual work, Arranging, Music, Oz

I provided some historical music arrangements for PBS | American Experience’s film, American Oz, detailing the life and times of author L. Frank Baum–the creator of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and other Oz books.

Dec
08

The World of the Wampanoag

in Actual News, Blog, New Music, Work tags: Ben Franklin's World, Narragansett, Omohundro Institute, original music, podcast, Wampanoag

Over the past month or so, I’ve been working away on the original score for a two-episode podcast series, produced by Ben Franklin’s World and the Omohundro Institute, entitled, “The World of the Wampanoag.”

Jul
26

Salem Film Fest Q&As

in Actual News, Blog, Work
The Salem Film Fest is entering its last week–running through July 30th! As a member of the festival's screening committee, I can report firsthand that this year's collection includes some truly amazing entries. In addition to screening films, I was super lucky to get to moderate a coupl[...]
May
27

Comusica

in Actual News, Blog, Work
I'm super psyched to be a part of the team that put together Comusica–the centerpiece event of MIT's online commencement this year. Conceived by Eran Egozy, Comusica is a track which “features the voices of more than 800 MIT class of 2020 graduates and alumni, stitched together into one o[...]
May
18

AI and Me and You and The Beatles

in Blog, Friendship, Hard Bloggin', Total Friendship, Work, Workshop tags: AI, computers, documentary, Music, podcast
On May 7th, I received an email from my friend, Ryan Walsh asking me if I had any thoughts on this article for a piece he was writing for Stereogum. The good news was that I definitely had thoughts; the bad new was that I had ten-jillion of them, which, of course, is just too many thoughts for a [...]