Jan 14th – Anyone having a peek at my “Sound Sketching” page may have noticed that almost all of them carry this fairly generic moniker: “Sketch”. The simple reason for that is that my purpose to doing these little sketches is sort-of all about trying instruments and sound. To be honest, I tend to get… Read More Colours and Textures in Sketches
Some time ago, we decided to do the ethically kind thing and provide a home for six “rescue hens” (measure 1 – 8, noble intentions): chickens that had passed most of their lives in small cages. I fenced in our backyard – eventually – to keep them from destroying our entire property – as chooks… Read More This Metaphor of Chooks
Wrote another sketch, calling it ‘reflections’. It hints at different times in my past, times of which now I have bittersweet memories. The piece progresses in step with my reminiscing, and at some point those memories come into clearer focus, and the honeymoon ends. I’m still learning Reaper: managing instrument articulations/dynamics/expression in CC channels… and… Read More Perpetually in Learn Mode