Mixed Meters

Few people remember that I began my musical career as a percussionist.  In fact, even I had forgotten this fact until just recently. I was...

Quick! Pick an image you think best portrays "Southern California."  We're looking for a single shot that says it all. You ...

On Flowers is my new video.  It's less than 90 seconds long.  I'm trying not to tax your attention span with long pieces. I'm s...

Last week the Los Angeles Times interrupted its continuous coverage of the Academy Awards to run a Mark Swed review of a recent  Los Angele...

Yes, it's another installment of the longest running Mixed Meters silly obsession: pictures of products or companies which use musical t...

With Extra Butter and Naughty Last Movement are the titles of two new 30 Second Spots .  If you don't know what the heck I mean when I...

If you don't know about my on-going composition project The Seasons then this post might lean towards the obtuse. Sorry. There's ...

Today, January 27, 2015, would have been Arthur Jarvinen's 60th birthday. It's been over five years since Art chose to take his fina...

Today's Powerball Lottery is worth one and half billion dollars, the biggest jackpot ever.  I bought my tickets.  Of course, I'm no...

Here's a picture of our dog Chowderhead contemplating the kumquat bush in the driveway. Kumquats are among the few foods Chowder do...

I haven't posted a 30 Second Spot in, like, more than a year.  (One year and four days to be precise.) 'Tis the season for my annu...