Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 1 —JOURNAL

Sharing my work as it happens for this composition.

Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 2 —JOURNAL

I wrote some good harmonic lines! I started learning a new notation software program!

Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 3 —JOURNAL

The first draft of the first section is complete!

Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 4 (Part 1) —JOURNAL

I have a version of this piece I could publish! Now to get the rest of it done…

Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 4 (Part 2) —JOURNAL

Reworking rhythms to make the next section of this piece connect more clearly to the first.

Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 5 —JOURNAL

Fighting a horrible mood by making progress anyway. Not much. But enough.

Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 6 —JOURNAL

A surprising amount of progress over the weekend—the muscles are coming back!

Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 7 —JOURNAL

Memorial Day and Thursday night progress…

Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 8 —JOURNAL

SpaceX launched today, and I am launching the rough draft of “Fanfare for a New Era of American Spaceflight” to honor it!

Trailer Music Jam↩︎—❈—ELSEWHERE

The fruit of riffing on an idea at a coffee shop all afternoon.

Miscellaneous Updates—JOURNAL

Or: it has been months since I wrote anything, so I’m scratching that itch.

Fanfare for a New Era of American Spaceflight ↩︎—❈—ELSEWHERE

You can now search for my name in Spotify, Apple Music, etc., and you will find there: orchestra music!

StaffPad Versions—JOURNAL

Making it easy to keep track of your composing history in StaffPad.

StaffPad to Dorico via MusicXML? Alas, no. —JOURNAL

A tale of woe! …but with some tips for less woeful tales to sooth the bitter pill this is.

A quarter-of-the-year check-in——JOURNAL

What Can I Do With 10 Minutes?—JOURNAL

What can I do when I do not have long stretches of time to give deep attention to a task?

Flow State—JOURNAL

Maybe it’s less important than we like to think?

Dorico Tip: Solo Parts in String Sections —JOURNAL

This was a bit subtle, so I'm writing it down for myself in the future (and maybe others, too!).

A Note on Life Stages—JOURNAL

A few reflections on parenting, hobbies, and time.

An Orchestra in My Pocket—JOURNAL

Well, in my bag anyway. Close enough. And astonishing.

Fanfare for a New Era of American Spaceflight – Live Recording! ↩︎—❈—ELSEWHERE

Last summer, I hired the Budapest Scoring Orchestra and recorded my fanfare. And now: you can listen to the recording!

Extended Time Off Report—JOURNAL

What I got up to over the past month! Because I relax by learning and doing.