I just composed by far and away the best piece of my entire life. And then some. It's a choral, SSAAATTBBB form composition using the words from Robert Frost's "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening." It's the most haunting, intricate, compelling piece I've ever written, and I feel like I'm going to explode if I don't hear it sung by a choir right ( Read more... )

Okay, the Late Night Show just copped out on me to play a piece I wrote for them, and so did Monkey Gone Mad. I wrote a 9-piece ska chart that's positively money-in-the-pocket good, and I want a semi-local ska band to adopt it into their repertoire. However, no band seems to feel like any music not written by themselves is worthy of being played. ( Read more... )

For the first time in a month and a half, MY HOME PHONE WORKS. (518) 393-2645, ALL OVER IT.

FYI.

Wow. Since I last updated has been the most stressful, painful and intense section of my entire life. I went through some rough stuff in that time, and I have more ahead. But that's okay now, because I lifted an unbelievably heavy weight from my shoulders tonight. I told the truth that had been bottled up for months. And I just sat there and let it ( Read more... )

My last note to the LiveJournal community - come to mine and Justin's Composer's Forum on June 9th, 7:00, at the Blackbox Theatre inside of Schenectady High School. Gotta get as much publicity outta this online shit as I can ( Read more... )

This is the single best concert I've ever heard in my entire life. I had no idea that the piano, the bass or the drums could be played like that. This redefines music for me. I saw something unbelievable. They were the most incredible thing to ever walk across a stage, anywhere. The best musicians I've ever heard, the best performers, the best show ( Read more... )

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The latter part of my title I said about my history teacher and her swine-anal proclivities ( Read more... )

I think that the trick to being truly happy, engaged and passionate is to be able to live and feel vicariously through the human experience, and to be able to respond to that.

Alright, what asshole hacked into my page and made my LiveJournal all purple and lilac lookin' and shit? You guys know I'm a moron with technology, so I'm gonna be stuck lookin' at a lilac screen, which will make me question my sexuality, and then I will have sex with men, and Meg will hate me for it and kill me, so essentially I will DIE until and ( Read more... )