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Listening With Intention

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August 3, 2026  

I’ve struck an interesting balance these past few weeks with a couple of clients who have not only hired me to edit, mix, and master songs, corporate bumpers, and voice-overs, but also to teach them…

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Float to Live

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November 10, 2025

I’ve recently become more aware that a concerning number of fellow citizens on this pale blue dot, fitting oddly enough on a planet where 70% of its surface is water, are drowning. What they are…

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Tune Up

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October 13, 2025

In what now feels like a different life, a quarter century ago, I was utterly obsessed with tuning my guitar using an E tuning fork. I only relied on a tuner, specifically a strobe tuner…

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The Mozart Effect

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September 8, 2025

The Mozart effect is the theory that listening to Mozart's music can temporarily enhance specific mental abilities, especially spatial reasoning skills. It originated from a 1993 study, where college students showed improved performance on spatial…

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Limitation as Inspiration

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February 24, 2025

When practicing music, limitations can be beneficial because they compel you to focus on specific areas that need improvement. They encourage creativity within those constraints and help to develop a deeper understanding of technique and…

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