My weekly schedule is structured so that Fridays are dedicated solely to “creative activity.” I have no Friday classes, and do my best not to accept other appointments. I lock myself up in my office or home studio, roll up my sleeves, and work without distractions. This Friday I wrote…
Part 5 in a series chronicling my process and progress in writing a commissioned big band chart.
Let’s be honest folks — too few of us openly share how we wrestle with our art and ourselves as we work/create.
I was commissioned to write a big band chart for Martin Saunders‘ Jazz 1 ensemble at Marshall University and said I’d have it to him by the beginning of the spring semester. Now that Christmas has come and gone, I figure it’s time to roll up my sleeves and get this new piece of…
