Writing any kind of music requires concentration. Writing jazz, arguably music’s most cerebral genre, requires a level of commitment that necessitates solitude. As I use my recently discovered extra hours to transfer ideas from my head, through my mouthpiece, onto paper and then into Sibelius or Finale, whichever wins the battle for my attention, it’s important to create an air of solitude around my workspace.
The solitude that I need can only be achieved if I am comfortable and pain free. With more and more hours spent sitting in front of a computer, blogging, promoting, writing, composing or transcribing it’s time to get serious about the chair that supports me.
I need an ergonomic chair. And I need one now.
Filed under Blow and tagged with Blogging, Chair, Composition, Ergonomics, Finale, HAG Capisco, Hardware, Sibelius
Blood, or more specifically the passing of blood from one generation to the next, is central to the theme of my current album. I explained some months ago, when I outlined the album framework, the importance of the three women in my life.
Three pieces underpin the tone of the album reflecting the three women that always were and always will be, literally, my life. Each piece will flow either to or from, directly or indirectly, one of these three roots.
And blood is the one thing that binds them all together.
My mother, my wife, and my daughter.
My blood.
Filed under Blow and tagged with Bloodline, Composition, Women
