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Larger ambitions didn’t pull through as well as expected.  I though I had the energy for it, but I need up taking much needed naps and walking around in a daze.  I did manage to lay out a melodic chain based on the 4-sets which are embedded in the 8-set which forms the basis of [...]

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Spotty week.  Lousy energy, minimal time, and extreme heat were not exactly motivating factors.  Yet in all of this, I did see some promise – in philosophy and in practice.
I’m resolute that there is a place for improvisation in my writing now.  However, I pulled back a bit on exactly when [...]

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So, I received a letter from AEA saying they are closing their office in San Francisco and moving responsibility to Los Angeles  Get this:
…Frankly, the stresses and sense of isolation that our Reps have experienced in operating a two-person office has been extreme, and your own experience will tell you that the burnout factor has [...]

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Contrary to popular belief, the method is not putting a real bullet in a gun during some of the scenes of THE DEER HUNTER, or trying to make believable circumstances by replicating real situations to get a sense of truth. Not saying its doesn’t work or isn’t a creative technique, or just good PR [...]

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in speaking of Meisner, there is a very good documentary online on youtube, which is well worth seeing. Particularly, look at the end of section 5 – around 6 minutes in, and the beginning of section 6 where he is watching Francis Sternhagen do an exercise. Sanford gives her an “adjustment” and the [...]

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Piano improv last evening after a GodFather fix. Pacino is his magnificent self. De Niro did something good for a change. But my piano playing was dry and uninteresting. Nothing much going on here – detail wise. Its more strategic anyway. How do you treat tonality – veiled or [...]

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Progress is light this week. Why so, I guess has more to do with laziness than brain lock or writers cramp. I did produce enough of the details to be able to project out an estimation of how long this section will be in duration. My first estimation was 40 minutes! [...]

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Rogue and restless with a dash of eccentricity, composer Bryan-Kirk Reinhardt is blessed with a mixed bag of musical education from The Eastman School of Music, Berklee College of Music (B.M. Music Composition with highest honours), UCLA, The University of Southern California Thornton School of Music (Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television Program), and the [...]

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