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Enjoy the latest updates and musings from the studio.
Who? Festival produced by Electro-music.com – an international online forum and community of artists, enthusiasts and industry pioneers in electronic music. People of many walks of life. What? Electro-music Festival 2010. This really was a celebration and not the usual industry conference with lots of ego, and PR hob-snobbing. Performances, ...
I finally got a chance to post some pictures (OK, a lot of pictures!) from our trip to see the Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey circus recently. It was a sort of dream come true as I have always wanted to see the big show. Would have loved to ...
3/26/05 – Tibetan Monks of Drepung Loseling Institute, Harrisburg PA. This picture was taken during the closing of the Mandala ceremony where the sand from the sand mandala is poured into the Susquehanna River. The procession of onlookers and monks is accompanied by the baying of trumpets and clamor of cymbals. Dumping the sand ...
10/10/04 – Zakir Hussain This was from a performance with the Rhythm Experience at the Painted Bride in Philadelphia, PA. I’ve seen Zakir there twice, and thanks to Bulu’s persistence got to meet him and get his autograph. What a humble artist. It was like being backstage at any local gig. (Photo by ...
As many of you know, my primary focus has been finishing school and catching up on the many things that have been backlogged in past months. We’ve also been trying to make time to see some folks we lost touch with, providing a welcome break to the otherwise furious pace. ...
I rarely feel the need to write a movie review, even if I feel strongly about a particular film. I didn’t even get too emotional about the newer Star Wars movies or Lord of the Rings (LOTR). But when I saw Clash of the Titans last night, I knew I ...
Yamato – The Drummers of Japan Haas Center for the Performing Arts Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (USA) November 7, 2009 ...
A few years ag I found a copy of Carl Sandburg’s book, “The American Songbag.” As a blues performer and song collector, it was truly inspiring. ...
Native Instruments’ free VST synth platform Kore is a nice tool. It comes with many great patches, and works well on PC, but the Mac version appeared to have lots of trouble recognizing a MIDI input from a Triton… or so I thought. Read about my wild goose chase… ...
Many people are scaling back these days… what about all those website IDs and passwords? Do you really need them? ...
Read about one of the top most frustrating experiences of my musical life. Originally posted on Blogger Saturday, December 20, 2008, now with updates. ...