“I almost didn’t get this post in today.
This week was a busy one, filled with tasks and preparations for this weekend’s Winter Lieder Lounge broadcast, and I allowed myself the luxury of a lazy day off today. I spent the morning watching a movie, followed by a long nap. This evening…”
Read More“My day today has mostly been about making sure everything ran smoothly for this weekend’s broadcast of CAIC’s Winter Lieder Lounge, which is streaming through this weekend. I wrote recently about how much I enjoyed producing this recital, and how rewarding it has been to be able to work with my friends and colleagues in this way over the years…”
Read More“The first day over the hump. Day 16.
Honestly, this is one of those days where I am really not sure what I am going to write. But I’m sticking with this exercise and braving the blank page in front of me, trusting something will come. It’s coming.
Looking to the day ahead…”
Read More“Today was a rather unremarkable Tuesday filled with quotidian tasks and appointments. A chat with my accountant about taxes. A chat with another singer seeking advice about making an album. Sorting through my finances. A visit to the...”
Read More“The expression ‘When it rains, it pours,’ really feels applicable in an interesting way right now. In just the past six days, I have been approached by four different singers about advice on how to record an album. It’s exciting to see everyone’s independent spirit rising to the fore, and I wonder if this is perhaps a symptom of the lockdown…”
Read More“Today was an exceptionally beautiful California day, the kind for which we can feel extra grateful during this pandemic: ideal weather to be outside, allowing us to ease our covid isolation with a socially distanced soaking in of the sun…”
Read More“I am not one for New Year’s resolutions, but 2021 seems to be the year of setting creative challenges for myself. In addition to this 30 day challenge to blog every day this month, I decided that I would try to make a video of a song for each full moon this year, beginning with today’s full moon, which I recently learned is called the ‘snow moon’. Each song will relate to the moon in one way or another - sometimes very obviously, and perhaps sometimes less so...”
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