The Songs of Mermaids and Other Untutored Savages
Three unhappy listeners describe music from other cultures. “It is perhaps all we could expect from untutored savages, but there is...
Why Music Was a Better Life Choice Than Baking or The Way of Mountains and Desert, part 2
One of my favorite writers has said that her own work arises from “the compost heap” of everything she has read and experienced. I love...
How I Morphed My Little Native American Flute Song Morphed Into a Big Piece for Concert Pianist
To make my latest project, “The Way of Mountains and Desert”, I needed an invitation from a friend, some memories of time spent in...
Native American Flute Player Gets Schooled (by a Wood Thrush)
It’s a stretch of woods that I had walked dozens of times. Before starting down the footpath, I usually greet the trees and offer a pinch...
What Do YOU Hear In Your Head? (when I say "traditional Native American Flute music")
When they first contacted me, it seemed like a good opportunity. A video game company wanted “authentic” Native American music, including...
Native American Flute at a Papal Mass?!? To Play or Not to Play...
OR "So a Native American Flute Player and the Pope Walk into a Baseball Stadium…" Out of the blue one day, I received an email asking if...
Fawkes the Phoenix and the Powerful Magic of Song
“…wonderful red and gold plumage.” “…can carry immensely heavy loads” “…tears have healing powers” “…they make highly faithful pets.” If...
Be a Happier Musician While Trying to Play "In Tune"
Recently, I made two YouTube videos about the Upper Register of the Native American Style Flute. How high above the fundamental can the...
Lunas y Agua - Place, Time, Music
In the spring of 2018, after living in the DC/Baltimore region for many years, I moved close to Orlando, Florida. My sense of home and...
A Magic Beyond, part 2 (Soundscapes)
“Them! Don’t listen properly, do they?” – Stan Shunpike OK fellow Potterheads, let’s play a game. I know you have read all seven volumes...
