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Throughout summer and into fall, I’ll be performing one piece exclusively: “I almost expect to be remembered as a chair.” This piece will mainly be used in live performance to support the forthcoming release on Type Records, The Whole. See the Events page for details on locations, dates, and venues.

After seeing Wittmer + Knowles and reporting briefly on it awhile back, I still find myself thinking about what their performance was like – how physicality played a role, as well as sound, light, space, and other elements. It was surprisingly captivating – not from a judgmental sense, but that after it was finished, [...]

Occasionally in the past, I’ve had trouble sleeping. Not falling asleep, but in the middle of the night, something in my brain would make me wake up, and for hours I would proceed to think all sorts of thoughts, many revealing strange truths about my past and feelings that I was unable to conceive [...]

A public speaker can motivate people with words, inspiring them and making them feel like they can accomplish much more than they expected. A magician can astound people with actions, making them think that the impossible is possible. And a loved one can support people with emotions, making them feel a sense of security in [...]

Items in the Shop have diminished to almost nothing. Thanks to those of you who have helped make this happen. New things forthcoming.
Meanwhile, listings at the Events page are piling up, and I’m excited to meet each of these dots on the map, and share what I’ve been working on.

Next weekend, I’ll be visiting multi-instrumentalist Hal Rammel at his home and conducting a brief video interview with him. The following day, he’ll be coming to my house, with a similar set of questions. After knowing Hal for many years, and having the pleasure to have worked on various projects with him, I [...]

After all the growing up and waiting and learning and eating and thinking and time and patience and stumbling and thinking and fearing and laughing and failing and enjoyment and family and struggle and patience and waste and wonder and love and sins and pain and religious experience and hate and caring and stupidity and [...]

It’s easy for things to pile up. Sometimes, you have to clean house, and sometimes, even your thoughts, and the words around you, become too much, and it’s time to keep the best and toss the rest. But too often, it all just stays. Some trace of everything lingers around, gets buried [...]

Susanna Bolle wrote a very nice review of ‘Phase’ over at Dusted. Copies of the partially physical edition should still be available at FSS.

As mentioned in the notes to my recent Typecast, I’ve been collecting LPs of Georgian vocal music. As with most music, with quantity, I’m now starting to notice some distinct differences in approach, style, instrumentation (where applicable), etc. Some of these differences are interesting, like the nearly straight middle eastern sounding music from [...]