The route to publication of my works with Cimarron Music Press is complete! In the end, Cimarron published seven (7) of my works. They published the six I listed in the post previous to this one, along with a new piece titled “Chorale and…
Earlier this year, in March, actually, I proclaimed that after 61 long years, I was finally a published composer of real-world music. While technically true, there was just one shortfall to that statement: I wasn’t traditionally published.…
I have a cautionary tale for any of you who plan on dealing with the United States Copyright Office, either now or in the future. It is a tale of how pre-conceived notions can color one’s dealings with another person, and of how throwing a…
The first live reading of my new work, “Crosswise Dance for Low Clarinet Choir,” went off successfully this past Sunday, July 13th, 2025, at ClarinetFest 2025 in Fort Worth, TX. My thanks go out to Bret Newton, the director of the reading…
One major problem I’ve faced in my classical music writing endeavors is the problem of getting my music performed. For one work, that will hopefully come to an end this Sunday, July 13th, 2025. You see, I’ve written a little ditty called…
It’s been a long time since I released an album, so forgive me if I’m a bit rusty with the release announcement particulars. Here we go! I’ve released a new album called “Going Big,” available on Bandcamp! It’s got seven tracks of my…
Over the past month or so, a few kind people finally noticed that my wind music is online for immediate purchase from the J.W. Pepper “My Score” online store. I’ve sold a couple of copies of my new solo work, “3 Short Pieces for Alto…
Yet another new piece of music has hit the shelves around here! While self-published this time, it’s no less worthy than the last release about which I wrote. This release is for solo Alto Clarinet with Piano accompaniment, and it’s titled…
It only took me 61 years, but I am at last a published composer of a real-world music composition! Mark the date of Tuesday, March 18th, 2025, because on that day, the International Horn Society put my work for Horn Sextet, “Bohemian Galop…
It’s been a while since my last post here, and for that I apologize. A lot has happened. I’ve had to deal with illness, including problems with my replacement knee, as well as other things that you just don’t want to hear about. So, we’ll…
I have been a user of Cakewalk Music MIDI writing software for many, many years now, since Cakewalk for Windows 2.0 was released back in the early 1990s. I’ve stuck with them through renamings and reorganizations, but no more. At long last…
I could have started off this post with a much larger and more gruesome photo post. Be glad that I did not. [shudder] I had Exploratory Knee Surgery on this past Tuesday. It wasn’t much fun on its own, but with my wife there to keep me…
I have a very important announcement to make. My recent works of classical music are finally up for purchase on J.W. Pepper‘s “MyScore” self-publication distribution service! This is the first time you’ll be able to buy sheet music of any…
Some learned colleagues in the Facebook Concert Band Orchestration group have shown me the light of day, as it were. I’ve been carrying the torch for a straight transcription of Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6 in A Major from orchestra to…
I had high hopes going into the afternoon of yesterday, July 6th, 2024. I’d purchased a new NVMe drive, a TEAMGROUP MP44 4TB drive, for my Sager notebook just a day or so earlier. Amazon had delivered it that morning, and my son and I were…
It took a very long time – from August 2023 to the present, in fact – but at long last, my arrangement for concert band / wind ensemble of Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6 in A Major is finished. I’ve put it through the proofreading wringer…
My fascination…some might call it an obsession…with the music of Anton Bruckner’s Symphony Number 6 in A Major has continued to this date, in the form of concert band / wind ensemble arrangements which I have completed for the first,…
If you’ll recall from my post from September 30th of this year about the arrangement of Anton Bruckner’s 6th Symphony, I’ve been busy arranging music for Concert Band / Wind Ensemble. I’ve continued this with a piece written by Johann…
The official notice came via e-mail the other day: my work had qualified for first-round voting for the GRAMMY Awaeds®! Excitement filled me, followed by a brief feeling of panic: I’ve got work to do! I’ve got to start hitting the FYC (For…
I hope you enjoyed that Heavy Metal interlude, because we’re going back to Classical for a bit. I’ve been very busy with a program called Dorico Pro. It’s a music engraving program that lets you prepare professional-looking sheet music and…
FINALLY! After all the wait, after all the hype, after all the cryptic lyrics posts, FINALLY! The collaboration single between San Antonio Nü-Metal band Agony and myself is out! COME GET SOME is finally available on major streaming outlets…
For the first time in nearly a year, I’ve got a brand new song finished and up on Bandcamp! The song, “Pavane,” is a slow, melancholy, electronic dance, although many have described it more as “spooky” than anything else. In any case, it’s…
A contest has just concluded over in Facebook involving the Bass Guitar player from the San Antonio-based Nü-metal band Agony and myself. The Bass Guitarist, Alan Wehrmann, would toss out a one-liner from Duke Nukem 3D (specifically from…
For the first time in quite some while, things have started getting musically busy around here. Since my last entry, I’ve finally started taking advantage of my long-neglected user account over on SoundCloud and have been busy posting some…
There’s a new feature available here on my website – the Song of the Weekend Archive! You see, starting back in 2019, I used to do what was called the Song of the Weekend over in the Lee Jackson Audio Community Discussion Group on Facebook…
Amidst all of the health issues I’ve had to deal with in my life, I never thought I’d have to deal with one this potentially serious. I’ve been diagnosed with something called “Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction,” or HFpEF for…
It’s out! My fourth album, “Lady Tygress’ Suite and Other Commissions,” has been released today. You’ll be able to find it in physical CD, downloadable digital, and streaming formats on all the usual outlets, which are linkable from my…
I’ve had to make an update to my availability for commissions due to continuing issues with my health and due to a couple of operations I’m going to have done before the end of the year. Please have a look at the Commissions page for…