A link to my interview in the Winter 2018 edition of The Rookery has been added to the Links page on my site. This came about through David Arivett's recording of Eastern Neck Island. The staff at the Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge liked it so much that they asked Marty Hoover, a journalist living in Rock Hall, Maryland, to write a piece about it.
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Rich Pulin will have another one-hour interview with me on his Pulin 4 Jazz internet radio show. It will be streamed live from Las Vegas on Thursday, January 17, at 3:30 Eastern time.
"Space Music" is the theme for the show. We will feature a selection of my originals that are unusual in one way or another. Please join us. Here is a link to Pulin 4 Jazz: http://page.cloudradionetwork.com/pulin/ For those who are not familiar with Rich, see About Rich Pulin. Archive recordings for some of my past shows are available on the Links page under Interviews. The Charleston Youth Winds ensemble in Charleston, SC has begun to rehearse two of my pieces -- Appalachian Awakening and Salt Marsh Rag. They have an interesting instrumentation: woodwinds, viola, trombone, tuba, piano, and rhythm/percussion as needed. Kristy Marx, the ensemble's Director, discovered my scores (written for flexible instrumentation) at Sheet Music Plus and purchased these pieces. The unconventional instrumentation of this ensemble is right up my alley.
http://www.charlestonyouthwinds.org  WAMU (NPR station in Washington, DC) selected twelve of my recordings for Capital Soundtrack. This project enables original music by musicians in the DC-MD-VA region to be featured with the station's programming.
Recordings: A Ballad For T Appalachian Awakening Catoctin Snowfall Connecticut Avenue SUVs Eastern Neck Island New Tango No. 3 Rubber Chicken Rag Salt Marsh Rag Samba Da Aguia Pescadora Sleepy Creek Samba Sunset On The Chesapeake Twilight Sail WAMU banner feature: February 6, 2017 A link to my interview in the Spring 2017 edition of McKendree Magazine has been added to the Links page on my site. The jazz feature has several stories. Scroll down and you will see mine.
"Musicians strive their whole lives to become like alchemists, healing the world with their music, turning the world’s pain to beauty. But we haven’t yet learned how to save ourselves. If we remain passive bystanders, I believe we will watch the music that we most value slowly silenced." -Maria Schneider
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES Music has never been more popular, more accessible, or more valuable. Billions of people around the globe rely on it to enhance their lives. Overall revenue from the use of music has increased exponentially, but only a tiny fraction is finding its way to the people who actually create the music and recordings. The business of music has become unsustainable for those who make it. Therefore:
I support these principles and encourage fellow musicians & music fans to add their endorsement to the Music Answers campaign. For those who would like to listen to my past radio shows with Rich Pulin, archive recordings are available on the Links page under Interviews.
This new video, filmed by Robert Peak, features Jennifer Carpenter-Peak dancing to one of my bossa novas. It can be seen on the Videos page.
Robert Peak's videos are nothing short of stunning. In creating this aerial video of Romney, WV he used the second part of my Appalachian Awakening. It starts at 2:36. The first track is from a stock music service that he uses (no composer credit is available). Here are links to Robert's website and Facebook page:
http://www.robert-peak.com/ https://www.facebook.com/RobertPeakDesign The Saving The Farmhouse video has been updated with new photos. A big thank you to Jack Soronen and Jack Shaffer for their latest work on the house. The video can be seen at the Morgan County page on my website.
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