…click to listen: …about the music Suite, for something extraordinarily sweet. Greetings from your hostess de la kelp, the Princess of Algae herself. As my toes (see prior post’s video below) and I have mentioned only in passing until now, Her Highness of the Low and Other Notes, who might have been a marine biologist had she not has [...]

And where inspiration is sometimes found. Okay, I admit it: I had a lot of open time this week to accomplish a gazillion things on my apparently-never-ending-until-I’m-pushing-up-daisies to-do list. And far too few of them have been accomplished thus far. Except, perhaps, something rather important: sanity. Calm. Peace. Exhaling. I think [...]

…click to listen: …about the music A fine collaboration over the net. As I bumble happily along in my career, one of the things I seem to have become a little bit known for is my web presence. Click and ye shall find me. Between my professional dot-org existence (more about me than anyone could possibly ever wish [...]

…click to listen: …about the music ¿Cómo se llama? The first time I saw geese gliding along on salt water, I was surprised. I had only thought of them in the context of lakes and the like. The first time I saw deer balancing on the damp rocks of a tide pool, I was surprised. I had only [...]

…click to listen: …about the music Honk if you like music. Well, a few posts back I showed you my ducks in a row, so it’s only fair that I now share my latest feathery water visitors and their excellent sense of alignment. The cormorants tend to stand guard at many of the ferry terminals and closely watch [...]

…click to listen: …about the music Herd any good music lately? I’ve been a baaaaaaaad blogger, and it’s been too long since my last post. Well, until I have something pithy to offer, here’s a snapshot from a day in the life of this island composer: my drive home yesterday behind some most adorable cargo[at].

…click to listen: …about the music Music to glide by. I’m pretty sure that if anyone watched me just outside my studio, they would have no idea that I’m a musician, and instead assume that I’m a photog for National Geographic or something. I am almost never without my Big Camera With The Long Ass Zoom Lens; a [...]

…click to listen: …about the music Music for insects on the go. Since returning from my most recent trip to New York, I’ve had a productive month of composing and living on this gorgeous floating rock that holds many more animals than people. I’ve been mesmerized watching spring become a verb through the actions of each tree, bird, [...]

…click to listen: …about the music Older, in a suite way. I think I love pelicans and herons so much because in flight, they look like ancient pterodactyls. And, after a phone interview I gave to a very pleasant college student yesterday, I suspect my affinity toward them must be because they feel like immediate family. The composition [...]

…click to listen: …about the music Please hum. Yes, it’s me with the birds again. In a moment of harmonic stultification this afternoon, when I realized that my ears were so overloaded with chords and notes and rhythms that they could no longer hear straight, I grabbed a popsicle and sat on the waterside deck in the sunshine [...]