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Nothing in the writing department, but jazzing at the piano and wishing. I’ve sort of lost any interest in writing a pure instrumental work anymore, and anything less than some sort of vocal form seems inexpressive and pointless. God forbid I should even consider something intellectual. I don’t know what to say [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Plugin Away
Posted by BryanKirk in April 23rd 2009
Touch
Posted by BryanKirk in April 14th 2009
Nothing to report composition wise. I continue my surveys of off the track rock/folk/pop crossover singers – lately Beth Waters, Selena Cross, Holly Brook, and Vienna Teng – an interesting quartet of lyrics and vocals.
Instrumentals don’t seem to motivate me much anymore, and having a hard time thinking I could come close to writing [...]
Busy and Slow
Posted by BryanKirk in April 8th 2009
Unfortunately, nothing is happening in the musical front this last week or two. I’ve been extremely busy with some life issues, but hope to be back online in a little while.
Side thoughts take me into improvisation, and working with sequencers only. I’m not sure writing music down on paper is on the forefront. I believe [...]
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