Smoosh!
Yes, I know talented musicians are achieving success at a younger and younger age- but this is something I haven’t come across before!
Postcard from L.A.
Torrential rain, floods, mudslides, earthquakes, drought, wildfires…it’s a myth that the sun shines all the time in Southern California. What is true is that some of the most… how shall I put it… unusual people in the world live here. A few recent examples:
Friends Of Benjamin Demo Release
Finally, Robert and I have two our of compositions in mp3 format to share- we had great fun creating them! Green Tea Symphony (MP3 | 3:56 | 5.7MB) Light and Shadow (MP3 | 4:00 | 5.9MB)
Fabulous music of a non-classical nature
Rufus Wainwright’s Want One is the non-classical album I’ve played most over the last year, and I’m STILL not tired of it. The son of talented and famous folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, Rufus was drenched in all kinds of music from an early age. By his teens, he was closeted away …
Milt the Magnificent
Today I have the honor to refer you to the site of someone who has recently become a hero of mine. Milton Mermikides is a 30-something professional musician, composer and teacher in London who was recently diagnosed with leukemia and has been in hospital ever since. He immediately put up a website from his hospital …
Sounds of Alarm
Lots of alarm about “the future of classical music” on some of the blogs I read today. What occurs to me is that one of the reasons that people are so alarmed by this idea is that they don’t regard classical music as just music. It has to be kept separate and elevated, ideally in …