12 Days of Christmas 2013
John Denver and the Muppets sing the 12 Days of Christmas Highly entertaining holiday music. 2nd only to Bob and Doug McKenzie's version of this song. Last year I released [...]
12+ years of Zen bamboo flute training and my shakuhachi Shihan ranking
Greetings fellows humans. It has been a long time since a blog post here. It has been an incredible year of cultivation and contemplation as I moved out to the woods in Marin County and have [...]
preview of Blood Vapour for flute quartet
Blood Vapour for flute quartet The fourth part of the Chthonic Flute Suite commissioned by Areon Flutes in 2012. This suite has two main inspirations: ideologically it draws guidance from the book The [...]
The Ancient Mayans and Genius Flute Players
This dancer wears a scaly armadillo mask, plays a flute, and shakes a rattle. From a Late Classic Maya vase in the Chama style, found in the same region as the Great Hollow where [...]
Sincere Christmas Music
For those of us still susceptible to warm fuzzy feelings (perhaps even hints of...Joy? shall we say) Christmas music can stir those at this time of year, take it or leave it. I finally released [...]
There’s no such thing as an unpaid gig
I wish that this were a pleasant, informative post about the power of interconnectedness and positive intentions. Of course, those things are great and have their place. In fact, those are probably more important topics [...]