Working on an ad campaign for Excedrin. I’ll post the final video once they release it, but for now here’s a peak at the music. It’s a fun spot, kind of a melodrama meets Disney Princess sound. I discovered in working on the cue that it’s really hard to try to capture that Disney Princess...
This is a commissioned arrangement of “O Holy Night” for solo soprano, men’s chorus, and orchestra. It was premiered by Melanie Galloway, along with the Azusa Pacific University Men’s Chorale and Symphony Orchestra conducted by Harold Clousing at their 2012 Celebrate Christmas concert. It was a privilege to get to work with such great young...
The busy season is upon us! Had the chance to sing last night as part of a choir for Michael W. Smith. His Christmas albums were such a mainstay in my college years, it was a blast to get to perform them. Great orchestra, and thank you to Transparent Productions, who consistently deliver the best...
One of my favorite work methods is to sync Sibelius and Logic Pro together using rewire, so that hitting play in one automatically syncs up playback in the other. This allows you to use Logic as the production platform and Sibelius as the notation platform for the same project. The tutorial linked below takes you...
Finished up a cue for Extended Stay America. They’re bringing together multiple different brands under the same name and logo, and launched a new ad campaign, along with a bunch of internal media to inform people of the new rebranding. They wanted an extended cue that was “Corporate Rock,” something that cranks up the energy...
Playing for a corporate convention this week in San Antonio. I left the rolling rack at home this time, and I’m running the whole show on a laptop rig through the Apogee Duet 2. So far, I’m loving the sound of this thing. I can mix down the signal from the Nord Stage 2, and...
Had a great time this week arranging and producing the choral music for the upcoming film “K-9 Christmas.” I don’t know the plot to the movie, but it involves kids, music, and a dog who saves Christmas, so my guess is you’re gonna want to take your kids to see it at least 50 times....
The arrangement of the Star-Spangled Banner that was commissioned by the APU Men’s Choir was used as the title sequence for the documentary “Proof Through the Night” about Francis Scott Key. You can find it on Amazon.com.
An album I worked on a few years ago with the band The Dailies has been getting some great featured song placements. It was used on the Lifetime show “Dance Moms: Miami” for one of the choreographed dance performances. Great writing by Chad and Erica Reisser, and some very tasteful playing by Corey Witt, Jason...
Hey nerds, this one’s for you. If you’re like me, you have a million things running in the background on your computer. When it comes time to do some serious audio lifting, however, you want to quit them all so your computer can focus on the task at hand, like a freight train of creativity...
I am thrilled that the APU Men’s Chorale will be performing my arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner at the National Day of Prayer in Washington DC. This group of men holds a special significance for me; they are men of character and generosity, willing to take musical risks with me, and selfless in their...
I’m loving LA’s newest A room, The Band House studios. Big SSL 9000 board, great sounding live room, and some very fun keyboard toys. They just opened for business, don’t even have a website up yet, but it’s being run by Chris Steffen, Victor Indrizzo, and Sean Hurley. I’ll be there a few times this...
