Writings
The Experimental Troubadour
21st century composers of serious music have a unique set of tools available to them - a complement to writing music in the traditional genres such...
The Family Stereo
The offer was an eye-catching full page ad in the San Francisco Chronicle coaxing consumers to purchase a modern hi-fi set by throwing in one...
Teaching Free Music
Sentient Music - Spontaneous Music - True Music - Personal Music - Improvised Music - Free Music - Not Really Music - Creative Music - Undisciplined...
Art Forms
In Western culture there are three categories of art forms - popular, folk and serious. The popular, most clearly reflected in music and literature,...
First Music Years
My adult life, and a good deal before, has been governed by solitude and either the active or anticipatory attention required for making art -...