GJ

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The Band Sound Pyramid – Debunking the Myth and Defining the Reality

December 7, 2010 - 12:51 am

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Many years ago, I had a director of a community band preach this notion of the Sound Pyramid.  The concept from (http://www.theconcertband.com/band-training/balance-a-blend.html): The Pyramid Approach A more sophisticated approach to the problem of balance and intonation is identified with the composer Francis McBeth [Effective Performance of Band Music, Southern Music Company, 1972]. It is based [...]

When things get too busy

December 6, 2010 - 11:23 pm

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I find value in writing at moments of great stress. At least I can look back at it later and get a sense of where I was. Right now things are getting extremely busy and I find myself being asked to do small favors for people and clients. I’m tired of doing those favors. My [...]

Dexter Morgan returns!

August 25, 2010 - 11:29 pm

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Sure, Dexter is now on it’s 5th season and I’m just catching up with it. I don’t get Showtime and frankly I’d rather have a large slice of Dexter than to portion it out into smaller bites. And I’m already tracking the new season of Mad Men week by week – I don’t think I [...]

My Emily at the AOF festival

July 25, 2010 - 7:53 pm

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First off let me make a public announcement about the Action on Film Festival in Pasadena. Everyone not directly associated with the festival had nothing but good things about the event and frankly I don’t doubt them. I got a chance to network with some interesting people and as my very first festival acceptance for [...]

Pitch Black Sneak Peek

July 1, 2010 - 10:46 am

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Wow, it really shows how crazy the last two months have been. The last post was “My Emily” being born and now I’m going to show you a quick preview of my next film “Pitch Black” The 17 page script was shot over a period of two days using the Canon 1d MkIV and the [...]