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Age

42

Location

Minneapolis

about me

I'm a musician, an occasional philosopher, an even more occasional dancer, and a trained corporate office monkey.

I’ve had the extreme good fortune to spend much of my life surrounded by wonderfully talented musicians and artists, who inspire me ceaselessly.

My path leads through dark places.

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Where I Lurk

*Aveyanda Skye-Tribal Fusion Bellydance*, Afsana Sisters, Akashawear, Alchemy: The Royal Art, Ameena Ahava, Ariellah Gothic Goddess, Banat el Kamar, Basimah Kamar, Belly dance Al-Bahira!, Belly Dance Electronica, Belly-Q, Blue Damsel ~ Stiletto ~ Exotic Blend ~, Burlesque, Ceremonial Magick/Ritual Magick, Chthonia, ...

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Child of the Night - What Music I Make

Thinking in the Dark

So tell me...

A call out to the dancers that will be performing at or attending Djinn Hardcore next week...

It'd be great to hear your feedback on the song Invocatio will be playing toward the end of the show. Interesting? Something you could dance to? Decent length?

One of my goals for the group is to keep providing music (albeit nontraditional music) to the dance community, which was one of the reasons I enjoyed playing with Felahi so much. Just checking in to see if we're on the right track.
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Thu, June 14, 2007 - 10:46 AM permalink - 1 comment

Invocatio

I've set up a tribe for my new musical group, Invocatio: tribes.tribe.net/invocatio

It's a bit empty at the moment, so feel free to drop in and liven things up.

Mon, June 4, 2007 - 10:16 AM permalink - 0 comments

Why the Recording Industry is Doomed

About a month ago, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced the release of the 2006 Year End Shipments report, which incidentally includes about 10 years of history. I took a look at the numbers and made a couple of graphs, which served to highlight some of the trends people have been watching for the last few years.

The short summary: It's a good time to be a musician if you want a lot of people to be able to hear your music. It's a bad time to be a recording indu... read more

Mon, May 21, 2007 - 8:16 AM permalink - 1 comment

The Fog of 2007

There are wonderful opportunities for some fun performances in some great venues coming up this year. Sadly, I don't know much about them yet. Let's call it "the planning stage."

For example, it's extremely likely that I'll be playing a piece or two for the Guild of Oriental Dance's Annual Guild Show... one of the days, or perhaps another, probably.

For something a little more conservative, I'll be playing the first of Shostakovich's Three Fantastic Dances at a recital in April. Sometim... read more

Thu, February 15, 2007 - 8:56 AM permalink - 1 comment

The New Culture

We've been an oral culture for the bulk of our history ("we" being the humans). Oral transmission of myth, story, culture, knowledge, science, etc., faces a bandwidth problem: you can only talk/listen so fast, no matter how skilled the orator, and so in the course of a human lifetime there's a cap on how much information you can receive, process, and transmit. In addition, the time period from being a receiver (youth) to being a good transmitter (elder) might be measured in decades, and some ... read more

Mon, January 15, 2007 - 9:37 AM permalink - 2 comments

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Ex Tenebris

That's What I Said

Re: Wear Us (in Invocatio) Why, yes! An excellent idea.

CafePress is still in beta with the dark/rich color shirts, and it kind of shows. I wasn't too impressed with the colors on my test dark t-shirt order, so I removed the darks from the list.

I'm looking for anot... read more

discussion post on Thu, May 15, 2008 - 8:41 AM

Re: New photos (in Tim Rayborn) Nice shots, and it's definitely an edgier look. I particularly like the "I was drumming, sorry about the windows" shot.

discussion post on Sat, May 10, 2008 - 8:37 AM

Re: Wear Us (in Invocatio) Good idea! When I'm convinced it's done snowing, I'll put one of those together.

discussion post on Thu, May 1, 2008 - 9:01 AM

Re: OT - a note of thanks and farewell (in Mischievous Djinn) Mmm. San Diego. Nice.

Be safe and keep dancing!

discussion post on Tue, April 29, 2008 - 9:00 AM

Re: Tribal Fest 8 performance (in msZuza Productions) Excellent! You'll be amazing, as always.

Get pictures!

discussion post on Tue, April 29, 2008 - 8:58 AM

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