2007 sure came and went so fast. Did I accomplish everything I wanted? Somewhat. Certainly I had a thankful year.
I’m a bit weary from it, though. But I did start to chug some music out which I didn’t think I would have the energy to do, and with newer technique. [...]

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A multiplicity of genomic mutations could describe this week, which started as a lift of creation – an extaordinary three voice canon – only to lean to confusion as an additional 12 voices were uncovered in secondary related sibling sets. Not to worry, these can be grouped into retrograde and prime flocks, and are [...]

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Alright, it can get to be quite addictive being a composer researcher – just a bit more digging that seems to become infinite in depth and doesn’t seem to have an end state. And here, the last couple of days I found additional voices within the canon I have been working on. So, [...]

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Finished after procrastinating about the depressing content for so long. It was a quicker read than I thought. Impressions?
Good: Relationship is interesting. Some of the imagery is compelling. Starvation the desperation, and the danger have you on edge. Trys to strip out everything except the relationship by [...]

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Yes xmas day, OK?
And what did I get? A very very thankful 3 voice canon with an additional optional 3 voices found late last xmas eve which I will play around with considerably under the light tree this morning while other boys and girls are playing with their hot wheels sets and easy bake [...]

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ahhh Monday…
Where’d the weekend go? It’s a blur…
My friend the three voice canon, which I “discovered” last week had a few extra gems in it over Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. As it turns out, there’s a fourth voice hidden. If you take a pitch from each voice, alternating them, almost at a [...]

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Progress and slowdown, as the train reaches the end of a week. Some of the compositional activities this week included coming full circle in my exploration of rhythmic cells for my current section – picking Moe as a generator, but also liking Larry as a backup model, we go into the weekend with some further [...]

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So, the Fedex box arrived from Amazon and I spent the good part of the afternoon putting these computer and monitor arms together. Instantaneous difference. I can lean back in this chair. The computer machine is now 2-3 feet closer to me and about 1 foot higher which brings it to eye level. [...]

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