Crossing Through
My very first instrumental soundscape just dropped on Spotify, Apple and other streaming services. Please do me a HUGE favor and give CROSSING THROUGH a listen and then click on my name and… Continue reading
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Poppy Ackroyd – RESOLVE
From my LIKE LIST: Poppy Ackroyd!!! If you don’t know about Poppy yet, well, consider this your introduction. This woman from Brighton, UK is amazing. Her music is upbeat, playful and energetic. Check… Continue reading
Blood flow
Music from my Like List: Bloodflow by GrandbrothersI love the drive and energy in this piece. It really gets me going. Interesting how the piano is principally used as a percussion instrument. Spotify:… Continue reading
NaNoWriMo
Welcome to November!Welcome to NaNoWriMo!Or National Novel Writing Month Although it was conceived to encourage young writers to write, this old writer wants to accept their challenge this year. You see, I’ve had… Continue reading
My Compassion Manifesto
This Rumi quote is going to become my theme, not for just this year, but for the next several years “Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life… Continue reading
A Brazilian Christmas Tale
A Short Story by David Brazzeal A versão em português está aqui The gray-haired pastor wiped the sweat from his brow. “So, in summary, we’ll keep things just as they were last year,… Continue reading
String Play
Another piece of music for modern dance…..I give you String Play.
Opening Up
Check out my new piece for modern dance – OPENING UP. I see it as a calm-in-the-midst-of-chaos type piece. We CAN find moments of transcendence in the middle of the craziness.
TE DEUM – Latin/English/French-Jazz/Classical
Check out this “in progress” video filmed during the choral recording of John Featherstone’s TE DEUM. It is an amazing work in 3 languages and melange of classical, jazz and gospel styles. Truly… Continue reading
Poésie Block-out Poetry
This weekend we had another wonderful ART PARTY here in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France. One of the activities was a table dedicated to Block-out (or Black-out) Poetry. Block-out poetry is done by ripping out of… Continue reading
Some Kind of Morning
Music for modern dance used by choreographers Demetrius Klein and Gina Buntz in 2016
New Year Speed Bump *
Originally posted on Mud at the wall:
I drag my case over the man-made border Between one year and the next A sleeping policeman Lying in the road Marks time in yellow and…
Pray like a Gourmet: A Book Review
Originally posted on rAwe:
Pray like a Gourmet: Creative Ways to Feed Your Soul by David Brazzeal One chapter into this book and I was already forming my review: This book wasn’t what…
An Outdated Birthday Gift
I had a great birthday party this year. Since my good friend, also named David, celebrated his 40th year just one day after my 60…we decided to celebrate together our 100 years of… Continue reading
Street Music from Montreal – Beatle Covers
This is why I love Montreal…walking back from the Jazz Festival we come across these guys.
Mood Contagion
Recently in a BBC radio broadcast one of the erudite guests refer to the term “mood contagion.” Hmmmm, fascinating, but what is it? He went on to explain it this way: Picture a… Continue reading
Meditatio 2
Another electro-meditative piece on soundcloud…
Favorite Films : 2013
My NUMERO UNO film of 2013 is without a doubt : Searching for Sugarman. Some of you may have seen it in 2012 but for me it was this year. Searching for Sugarman*… Continue reading
The Artist’s Way
Thanks to meeting a new friend, actress Isabelle Sprung at a party that I wasn’t too keen on going to, I find myself in a new Artist’s Way group. It was about 10… Continue reading
Inspire Someone
Recently, I made a month-long trip back to North America to see friends and family. In many ways it was an inspiring voyage into my past, present and future at the same time.… Continue reading
