On January 4th, 2011, I embarked on a mission to write one tune every single day in 2011.  I took this on as an exercise in artistic discipline, a way to develop my musical vocabulary is, and a way to de-mystify the compositional process.

What constitutes a tune?  Well just about anything.  As long as it is a self-contained musical universe.  I told myself that even just a riff is okay.  Most of the tunes are turning out to be at least 8 measures long, with many turning into developed compositions.

I have been recording some of these compositions and archiving them on my blog.  There is video, audio and in a lot of cases, pdf’s of the sheet music.

On January 4, 2012, I completed writing a tune a day and launched 2 projects with the help of funding from King County’s Cultural Agency 4Culture:

PLY:

Beth Fleenor-clarinet, Paul Kemmish-bass, Max Wood-drums, and yours truly at the piano. Brand new instrumental music with improvisation heavily influenced by rock, pop,  jazz, and experimental music. Featuring 12 of compositions from my 2011 Tune A Day project, PLY will be performing this spring and summer at the CMA Gallery (5/25/12), The Royal Room (6/25/12), and appearing on KEXP’s Sonarchy Radio.

FREE COMPOSITION WORKSHOP:

In June 2012.  I  offered a free composition workshop based on my experiences of composing a tune every day. The workshop explored the fundamental tools to composing music and ways to tap into and exercise creativity.

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