Category: Immaculate Misconceptions

4/8/06 10:27 AM Last night was mostly house keeping, going through some drafts of songs and fragments to see what I may have missed. One of the things I deal with constantly is the changing atmosphere in the studio, and my preference for recording methods. Most of the time, I just ...

4/1/06 1:14 AM Well, the writing process is nearing an end for this project. It’s time to figure out which pieces will be in the play, which will be pre-recorded or performed live, and which songs might end up on the Immaculate Misconceptions CD (merchandising!). For now I’m trying not ...

3/5/06 12:54 AM I may be repeating myself, but there are a few ideas in relation to the play that I may not have fleshed out, and I wanted to get them down now. The process of writing for Immaculate Misconceptions has been very rewarding. The writing and recording process has ...

3/4/06 7:24 PM At some points the songs came to me like images – sometimes stills, at other times movies. ...

3/4/06 What became abundantly clear in the writing process for this project was that I could actually write, almost, on cue. The result may not always be what one would expect, and the piece may not even be useful (a lot of stuff ended up on the cutting room floor), but ...

2/25/06 Been listening to lots of Arabian music. Stuff from Syria too. Islamic studies continue with my reading. Rumi still fascinates. College studies in image restoration taking up some more of my time. ...

2/12/06 Waiting for Bulu Suite – Bulu called me on short notice today (as usual) and said he was going to stop by. That basically blew most of my afternoon because I didn’t have an exact time (Bengali time is rarely exact, as they say). So since I couldn’t get too ...

2/4/06 Overall I am still feeling very prolific with this, but some of my biggest struggle is: Are these pieces truly inspired by the play, or by what’s going on around me? Both? Probably. My rather sudden emergence into Islamic writings, combined with my perennial study of Sufi poetry, Joseph Campbell ...

1/7/06 My work has always addressed religious dogma in some way or another. However, I have questioned the clarity of this material from time to time. With this play, I was able to allow Steve’s play to speak for itself about the experiences and questionable occurrences of such an isolated religious ...

12/17/05 I know what Steve is trying to say with this play, but I am forced to consider what I’ll be saying with the music for the play. Will it complement the play or stand on its own? The writing approach has been largely organic, inspired by the things around me ...

12/28/05 The music writing for this play took place, almost strategically, over the 2005/2006 holiday season, which included the usual weekend away at my in-law’s, all Catholic. Of particular note are my interests in Sufi poetry (Rumi, Hafiz) and the spiritual traditions of Buddhism, Hinduism and – to some extent – ...