Welcome!

I am not assuming that what I do is of such importance to the world that anyone may be interested in it. However, there has been considerable volume of questions about my process as an artist, my feelings about specific events and/or concepts ubiquitous in art and music as well as a general curiosity about where I am, what I am doing and with whom I am doing it.

I also have to stand by my own maxims. I recently wrote a lengthy letter-to-the-editor of the Eugene Weekly, a fine publication by which I was once employed, ranting against the mythology behind the 'Artiste' and the 'Composeur' - fact is, we work, it's a job like any other, but as with any other job, a specialized set of skills. I think it's important that the world-at-large come to realize that composers aren't like unicorns or sprites: the idea that composers, or any artist, belongs to a different class, a different echelon or niveau of human evolution - well, that's preposterous and adds to the mis-belief that we work hard to learn our skills, master them and to put our best efforts into our field.

So, in the spirit of sharing information and in the spirit of debunking fairy-tales - I open this blog!