I'm excited to announce the release of my first major video game soundtrack, for the game Star Reaction. I was asked to join the indie game company Untied Games with Will Tice (lead programmer) and Ethan Calabria (lead artist), and it's been great fun working on the music for this puzzle game.
Since I'm getting more into writing video game music, and since a lot of game developers are looking for an old school chiptune synth sound, I thought I should learn the authentic way to make them: by using a music tracker.
My friend Jeff Schwinghammer filmed a mini documentary about a scooter-driving woman in San Fransisco, and he asked me to write "ambient surf-ish music" for it. Sounded right up my alley.
I wanted to write a love song for my special lady, in honor of us dating for 2 years. Coming up with the melody and chords? Not too hard for this one. Coming up with non-cheesy lyrics? Much more difficult.
I wrote this original piano piece for the first New Age Salon performance hosted by The Schubert Club. This group of musicians, painters, poets, dancers, and composers was organized by Fidelis Odozi and inspired by the salons of centuries past. We tried to capture that same feeling of artists collaborating and sharing their ideas in a relaxed setting.
If you've been following my musical history, you'll recall that back in February my friend Nick Syman and I resurrected our experimental improv group Cagetones to complete the RPM Album-in-a-Month Challenge. We recently had the opportunity to play our first live set together in four years, at the Continue reading... 
Demented, sugary chaos - I guess that's how I picture this new song written by my cousin Nate Graves (aka Kurtz). We started working on it back in April, but we got stuck trying to add percussion. I originally thought a steady Radiohead-esque beat would work, but it felt kind of plodding to me. So Continue reading... 
Is opera a dying art? Maybe, maybe not. If it is, the English National Opera has defibrilator paddles poised and ready. The ENO has started a mini-opera competition, and they're hoping to rejuvenate opera for a younger generation through an online crowdsourced project.
Scriptwriters, composers, and Continue reading... 
After a grueling but supremely fun month of writing and recording, Nick Syman and I finished our album for the RPM Challenge. The album spans a ton of different sounds and genres, and even eras. The one-month limit forced us to work with ideas we might have otherwise thrown away. And I'm glad we kept Continue reading... 