A couple of weeks ago I attended a presentation by Digital Painter Bert Monroy. Bert wrote the first book I ever saw and used about computer art. It was a tips and tricks book for Photoshop 1.0! I loved that book. Bert demonstrated how to paint photo-realistically in Photoshop. I devoured every tutorial (how to …
Landed in New Studio!
I once heard a woman say that no woman would have a second child if our minds were able to remember the pain and process of childbirth. Well, I think moving is kind of like that. I am in the last throes of a move, and really looking forward to getting back on track with …
New Theory: Consciousness has less control than we believed
Pretty cool theory to ponder: consciousness is just a conduit, not an actor. Link.
Teaching Coding in U.S Public Schools
For the last many months, I have been working on ways in which we can get coding / programming into our public schools. I gotta confess: the outlook is dire. I had no idea when I started my research just how dire. We see all these catchy headlines about the need to get more …
The Sad Fate of Professional Musicians in U.S. : Outsourced to London, Part III – On Treaties
I will be starting this post and updating it later. I have held off on writing more because there is someone I need to interview, and we have not been able to get in time sync to do so. Apparently there is a trade treaty the U.S. has that makes it illegal for London to undercut …
The Sad Fate of Professional Musicians in U.S. : Outsourced to London, Part II – The Pay Model Connection
In the last post, (Part 1) I talked about the loss of studio musician jobs in the U.S. to London as a result of the removal of music education from our schools, the lack of paying venues for musicians and the lack of practice time for musicians because they are so busy supporting themselves with …
The Sad Fate of Professional Musicians in U.S. : Outsourced to London, Part I – The Music Education Connection
Why are so many film and TV producers going to London to record their music soundtracks rather than recording here in the States?