R+R

some people thing break is about rest and relaxation, but i think its all about rehearsal and recording.

rehearsal went well today. we started sifting through a wide variety of music that we might "cover"this spring. we looked at music composed by lasso, bach, satie, rodgers, as well as one of my new modular pieces. with all the interesting gigs we play you never know when a bach fugue or renaissance motet might come in handy, so its always good to have the possiblity of playing much more music than you need. i also feel that concerts that feature single composers almost always end up being a little tiring on my ears. i think mixing up the evening with scratch arrangements and/or deconstructions makes for a much more enjoyable performance. i know i get sick of my music and its probably better to not show all of your tricks at the same time.

after rehearsal we compared holiday plans and or semester successes and failures over 99 cent tacos and i then made it back to los angeles to continue editing the most recent vocal recordings for retrace. the recording and editing is going much smoother this time around in the studio. so far we have the recording and editing of the first two mvts. completed and over the next two weeks we will be finishing the last two mvts also. i'm not sure if i'm going to release retrace on its own as an ep or continue recording my latest compositions this spring? once i get done with the vocals i'm sure i'll have a better idea.