Summer Dayz

I’ve been spending a lot of time in the studio and planning things for Fall 2009 and 2010 this summer. The heat and humidity has been bad the past couple of weeks, so it’s a good time to stay indoors and work on stuff. I’m focused on finishing up some recording projects that have been on the back burner with the Gemini Wolf release last month. Those include, an ambient album I want to record with my friend’s Juno 106 before I have to return it to him when he moves to Vermont, a “dubstep” album (we’ll see how that sounds in the end, I have about 30 tracks for this that I need to pair down) and the recording of the radio drama, Pangaea - Trinity Sun. My goal is to get all these items finished by the last week in September when I start my film scoring class at Berklee.

I’ve also got two exciting composition projects for 2010. I’ll be writing a piece for Nora Gibson’s new dance work that will be premiered at the New Edge Residency at the CEC in April 2010. I’m also very excited to be working with film maker J. Makary. This fall / winter, we’ll be collaborating on several short films in conjuction with her residency at the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks and Phlagraphika. The films that J. will create are using the Powel House as her muse with music that I’m writing now for the Janus Trio to perform as a score and in the film. There’s a lot of ideas flowing with all these desperate element, but we’re really trying to use music and film together in non-traditional ways. The premiere of this will be in March 2010.

In Gemini Wolf world, Megan and I took a much needed break from the band for the past month. We worked really hard with recording, mixing, promotion and rehearsing for the album release show last month for Synchronized Eyes. Now we’re getting back into the mix. We’ve got a few one-off duo shows this fall at Kung Fu Necktie (benefit for NEXUS) and a Little Berlin halloween show this fall. We’re also in the beginning stages of writing a new EP of songs that we hope to put out by the end of the year. We’re also slated to release a single with Mental Monkey Records in October and Megan is working on her first remix for composer Joseph Hallman.

The Philadelphia Fringe Festival will be upon us in a few weeks. I’ll be taking part in two shows. One of the shows, I won’t be performing, but my music will be used for the Michele Stortz piece Study349 at the Influx at Mascher show on 9/10 and 9/13. The second show I will actually be performing live with Zornitsa Stoyanova and her cast in Side By Side at the A.W.A.R.D. Show at the Arts Bank on 9/16. I’ll have more info about these shows as they approach in the next few weeks.