Summertime, and the living's...

busy.
I forgot to mention it on here before I shipped off to the land of sugar-beets and soy, I'm going to be pretty busy working the next couple months, so posts here my be a little more sporadic than they are usually.
I've gots ta work, so I can afford to go to the PNW film scoring program.
So for this week, I hope you are doing well.

I'm on the Podcast

The Chronicles of the Nerds invited me onto their podcast this week.
So i told a short anecdote about the inception of their intro song, and contributed overall to their stream of consciousness conversation.
Go check it out, and if you haven't yet, you should subscribe!

A graduation gift?

I don't know how you all feel about this, but it makes me very, very happy.
I just read that there is going to be a Star Trek Deluxe Edition score release that includes:
...over an hour of additional, unreleased music and sequences it into a chronological presentation of nearly 100 minutes of music from the film, including the final film version of the Main Title.
The elaborate and beautiful, 2-CD packaging includes a 28-page, full-color booklet (in the dimensions of a Blue-Ray disc case), with new liner notes by Starlog Magazine founder Kerry O'Quinn.
This is being (edit: the offering is from Varese Sarabande, but can be ordered from SAE) offered by SAE, and will be released on June 17th. This may just become a graduation gift to myself. Thank you 8 lb. 6 oz., newborn infant Jesus.
While I'm here, don't forget to contribute to the Curtain Call Kickstarter Fund. Help support this effort, and feel good that you're helping me gain experience.

The Climax of 4 years

The last couple weeks have been hellah busy. Lots of rehearsal for my senior recital. The Ruth and I went to San Francisco for our friends' wedding (congrats Greens!).

Then we got back from San Fran and had to clean the house in order to create a clean space for my parents impending visit.
Next is more practice for my recital, and rehearsals for the Bloch Sacred Service choral concert.
Then on Thursday, my Senior Recital, which was pretty awesome... more on that later. Then on Friday, my friend Stella had her recital, in which she played one of my compositions. Then on Saturday, my friend Matthew had his recital. Sunday, the last concert I will be involved in as a student at PSU.
Whew. That was a lot of stuff.
But now I'm done (for all intents and purposes), and ready to let my brain rest for a second.
Next up: go to North Dakota and build some railroads to earn money to pay for the PNW Film Scoring program.
But now for the recital. I loved it. And why shouldn't I? I wrote the music. But seriously, I was really happy with it, and my professors seemed pleased as well. Even better though, I think my friends who performed enjoyed it as well.