topic: music

Everything I’ve written on the subject, from the beginning of this version of the site.

I may also have written on this on earlier versions of my website:

(The even-earlier versions of the site existed… but are not relevant here.)

2020
- May
  - 04
    - Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 1 —JOURNAL
      
      Sharing my work as it happens for this composition.
  - 05
    - Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 2 —JOURNAL
      
      I wrote some good harmonic lines! I started learning a new notation software program!
  - 06
    - Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 3 —JOURNAL
      
      The first draft of the first section is complete!
  - 07
    - 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.
  - 08
    - Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 5 —JOURNAL
      
      Fighting a horrible mood by making progress anyway. Not much. But enough.
  - 24
    - Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 6 —JOURNAL
      
      A surprising amount of progress over the weekend — the muscles are coming back!
  - 28
    - Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 7 —JOURNAL
      
      Memorial Day and Thursday night progress…
  - 30
    - 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!
- Jul
  - 15
    - Presence—JOURNAL
      
      A few notes on God-with-us in his Word and at his Table.
2021
- Apr
  - 07
    - Trailer Music Jam↩︎—❈—ELSEWHERE
      
      The fruit of riffing on an idea at a coffee shop all afternoon.
- Jun
  - 01
    - Miscellaneous Updates—JOURNAL
      
      Or: it has been months since I wrote anything, so I’m scratching that itch.
- Jul
  - 18
    - 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!
  - 28
    - StaffPad Versions—JOURNAL
      
      Making it easy to keep track of your composing history in StaffPad.
  - 31
    - 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.
- Dec
  - 24
    - 2021 End-of-Year Thoughts —JOURNAL
      
      Another year behind, another reflection on what happened (and what didn’t!) in this latest circuit of the sun.
2022
- Jan
  - 22
    - Eternals—JOURNAL
      
      Not a good movie, exactly, but an interesting one.
- Nov
  - 06
    - 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!).
2023
- Jan
  - 01
    - 2022 in Review: The Rest of life —JOURNAL
      
      Less than I wanted of music, running, etc.; but some good things on the financial and spiritual fronts.
  - 07
    - An Orchestra in My Pocket—JOURNAL
      
      Well, in my bag anyway. Close enough. And astonishing.
- Mar
  - 31
    - 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!

2020

May

04

Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 1 —JOURNAL

05

Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 2 —JOURNAL

06

Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 3 —JOURNAL

07

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

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

08

Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 5 —JOURNAL

24

Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 6 —JOURNAL

28

Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 7 —JOURNAL

30

Composing a Fanfare for Crew Dragon: Day 8 —JOURNAL

Jul

15

Presence—JOURNAL

2021

Apr

07

Trailer Music Jam↩︎—❈—ELSEWHERE

Jun

01

Miscellaneous Updates—JOURNAL

Jul

18

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

28

StaffPad Versions—JOURNAL

31

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

Dec

24

2021 End-of-Year Thoughts —JOURNAL

2022

Jan

22

Eternals—JOURNAL

Nov

06

Dorico Tip: Solo Parts in String Sections —JOURNAL

2023

Jan

01

2022 in Review: The Rest of life —JOURNAL

07

An Orchestra in My Pocket—JOURNAL

Mar

31

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