It's kind of a silly pun/name that I thought of years ago when dreaming about becoming a rocker. I don't dream about that any more. In fact, the idea of being a rocker doesn't seem all that attractive. For one thing, since I'm a drummer, lugging my drums around to different gigs does not appeal. But I do love to play.
And, as it turns out, I love creating music.
My current excursion into music making began about a year and half ago when I bought a Mac (iBook) which came loaded with GarageBand. I was greatly intrigued but mixing and matching the canned loops wasn't all that fun for me. I wanted to create and record my own stuff. So I bought a keyboard, amp and other gear and went to work. I've since upgraded to Logic and I have a home-studio growing up in my basement.
This blog is about my efforts to make music and resulting experiences. It's been a blast and I've learned a lot. I'm still very much an amateur and I harbor no great ambition to become a professional. I'm also something of an amateur philosopher and my Zen/Taoist leanings influence my approach to creating music. This stuff will come out in the course of the blog as well as opinions about music, technical aspects of the craft, and whatever else.
Posting daily here is probably unrealistic but I do intend to post at least once a week. If there's anybody but crickets out in the audience, I hope you enjoy.
P.S. I'll be posting links to my music (and other folks' stuff too) at archive.org. If you're in hurry you can type "harmsichord" in the site's search field and see a list of songs I've posted.
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