Tom's Status

My time has been taken up lately with the nursing of our Dachshund Tom. He is doing a lot better now. He can sit up by himself and yesterday he actually was able to take two or three steps on his own. He is down to just three medications every other day. But he still requires extensive nursing by the whole family.

Also about ten days ago we had another medical emergency, my father called at 3:30 in morning saying he felt he might be having another heart attack, (he had one several years ago) so we rushed off to take him to the hospital. He ended up staying for one day in the hospital, and in the end (Thank the Lord) it turned out to be a false alarm.


Meanwhile I have found a little time work on some music.

I have finished the actual composing of a work for woodwinds (in fours) and keyboard percussion. Still no working title yet, but maybe something like Seven Prayers for the Buddha. The piece still needs to be “sanded”, id est all of the dynamics marks, accents, and phrase markings doubled and triple check. Then it need to be “realize” in Sonar.


I have also gotten back to working on my mix of Kiyone's Mood . Just added a drum solo to it and just need to do some final tweaking in a couple of places.

I publish the score to The Four Freedoms to SibeliusMusic. Both the score and an MP3 file are now available.


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Sick Puppy

Sorry I have not been Blogging lately. My Dog Tom did something to his back last week and he has been unable to stand on his own since then. He is doing better today (he is on four different medications), but he still requires extensive nursing by all of us.

Meanwhile I have found a little time work on some music. Currently I am working on a piece for woodwinds (in fours) and keyboard percussion. No working title yet, but maybe something like Seven Prayers for the Buddha.

I am also trying to finish up revising Kazekikeba (for Alto Flute, Alto, and Piano).

I still have to clean up and publish the score to The Four Freedoms

And someday I need continue on and finish my mix of Kiyone's Mood .


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Top 50 Music Quotations

Not my list, diary of a music whore's list: Top 50 Music Quotations


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The Four Freedoms

I have spent the last two days working on a March that I have decided to call:

The Four Freedoms

{Main Street on the Fourth}

Currently there is no score available only the MP3 [The Four Freedoms]

Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, Freedom from Fear.

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On the 5th

Well I did finish Summer Sax on Wednesday the 5th and it is now available on Sibelius Music.


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After the Fourth of July Holiday.

Well I remained focused on my sidetrack project Summer Sax, which I actually hope to finish today. It is one of those pieces that gets stuck in your head while you are composing and you have to get it out and into the world before you can move on to pieces that you are more interesting in as a composer. My current feelings towards Summer Sax is one of ambivalence, and I am not sure how well the over all structure works. But as I said it seems to have taken on a life of its own, and demands to be released into the world. And until I do, it will not let me continue on my other projects that are dearer to me, id est Kiyone's Mood


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