Category Archives: Flute

February 12

New Tune — Ataraxia

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This Friday’s tune is a bit different from the things I’ve been releasing lately. It’s a darker sort of mood tune, as opposed to the big dancy sort of beats I’ve been putting out lately. I’ve been really digging the music of trumpeter/composer Jon Hassell lately and wanted to dabble a bit in that sonic […]

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December 18

Rondo alla Game Show for Flute

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Here’s a new tune that I’ve written for flute called Rondo alla Game Show. It’s a jaunty little melody for an imagined game show, possibly somewhere where all the colors are a bit too bright… https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=3642309165/size=small/bgcol=333333/linkcol=9a64ff/transparent=true/

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January 08

Hello 2020/2019 Wrap Up

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Happy New Year all! Yes, I know it’s a bit late. I closed out 2019 with three rather big and very different gigs all within a week. It was a bit crazy and I logged a lot of miles, but it was fun. I played lead alto for a made-for-tv christmas special at the Beacon […]

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April 10

This Week’s Shows 4.10.18 India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Singapore

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Well, I’m back on the Celebrity Constellation and as usual, I’m well past due for a weekly update. We’ve been busy sailing between Abu Dhabi and Singapore, playing a lot of Motown, crossover violin shows, a Phil Collins tribute, some swing-style crooner music, and of course a lot of saxo/DJ sets. This itinerary is really […]

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December 05

Introducing EDDA

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There’s a massive cold front rolling in and I’ve listened to Björk’s ‘Utopia’ twice through so it feels like as good a time as any to announce my new saxo/flute/DJ venture. It’s called EDDA and the concept is basically me improvising on saxophone and flute over a variety of deep-house, down-tempo, chill-out, and dub music. […]

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October 04

Altissimo, Jungle Flute, and Deep-House Music. Summer in the Mediterranean.

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Summer has finished here in the Mediterranean. It’s cooler now and I’m writing this long overdue update from a rainy Sicily. It’s been an interesting summer. I’ve devoted a lot of hours to really focused practicing and have developed some new things. This summer has mostly been about Altissimo, flute doubling, house music, and Aperol […]

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April 22

Vintage Sobriquet Videos

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Now that I have constant access to blazing fast wifi I found some videos of my band from Indiana days called Sobriquet. Here are two videos from our last gig. The first is an original tune on a pretty epic scale titled ‘Strophs’ and the second is a cover of Radiohead’s ‘Morning Bell.’ The videos […]

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February 13

Woodwind doubling — Practical Advice

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Here are 6 extremely practical habits that can help to improve your doubles dramatically. These are habits that I’ve acquired from years of experience doubling on multiple woodwinds. While these tips won’t help you improve your technical abilities on your instruments, I believe they are invaluable when it comes to the mechanics of actually switching […]

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October 21

Flutter tonguing — A super easy method.

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I was talking to a trombone playing friend of mine last night about flutter tonguing and he told me that he doesn’t really know how to do it properly so I thought that I would post an article on the subject. Flutter tonguing is called for pretty rarely so it’s no surprise that most people […]

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July 15

Daily Flute Warm Up

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Warm ups. Not exactly a very sexy topic, yet so important.   I think you would be hard-pressed to find anyone who thinks warming up is unimportant, yet, strangely enough, many people go about it in a haphazard or random way. While this style will no doubt get the blood flowing and help you prepare […]

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