Sheridan Idol!

Hey, folks! I'm performing as part of a fundraiser for the Sheridan Food Pantry (Yay!). For the last several years, I have teamed up with Troy Fluhr as the the MCs for the Sheridan Celebrates Parade. Unfortunately, it's been cancelled this year, but they're continuing on with their Sheridan Idol contest to raise funds for this year's beneficiary: The Sharing with Sheridan Food Pantry. 

Over the last 5 years, Sharing with Sheridan has been operated entirely by volunteers who are committed to bringing food security to nearly 1800 families in south metro Denver. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, the number of families being served more than tripled.


So there are two worthy causes. 1) You're going to help feed a lot of people during difficult times, and 2) You get to see the nifty song that I wrote and performed with my buddy Troy (and it's a beautiful song). So donate to vote today!


VOTE FOR ME!

Day 16: Waking Bliss:Commuter Blues

Waking Bliss:Commuter Blues

Today I got to collaborate with my good friend, Emily Bond. We've worked before on some film projects that she's helped me score, so we decided to compose an instrumental piece for a non-existent movie. It took about 3 hours to write. If you enjoy this piece, you can check out more of Emily's music at http://emilybondmusic.com/ 

Boring Details: Emily and I have been meeting weekly for over a decade as part of a musical goal-setting group, and we've worked together on a number of projects. She's either scored some short films that I directed or helped me with additional music for short films I was charged with scoring. She has a very unique cinematic style, and this piece just barely touches on what she does.

Years ago, we put together some movie-less film music (an couple pieces about an alien abduction), so we decided to give that another go. She had recently had a discussion with someone who'd had a bad experience with a former boss, so we were going to do a piece that expressed the dread of leaving your safe place at home to go to a job environment you hate. It didn't seem like we'd get to the office with this piece, so instead we concentrated on waking up, drinking coffee, taking a shower, then the stark transition once you leave the house and drive to work.

This was a really fun collaboration. If you all like it, maybe we'll compose a sequel that takes place in the office.

Mysterious Adventures: Original Film Scores 2

A brand new compilation of some old film score work I did for some friends' projects, most of which never got used, or never got released. Take a listen and let me know what you think!