After spending some time talking through my creative process (yes, I talk to myself - doesn't everybody?), I arrived at this journal to track that process. Not a progress report, but a journal of what happened, how I felt about it, and where I want to go next. So, here we go... I want to start now with the atmosphere of Namib – sitting there on the deck of the chalet in the afternoon sun. Before we get deep into the piano melody and really working on the composition of it,

The next piece of music isn't hiding somewhere inside the piano...

A transformative moment of awakening at age fifteen — and how one ordinary afternoon became a lifelong journey.

February brought the biggest blizzard in a decade to New York City, and with it, a creative storm inside my studio. My inspiration for this new track was the celestial sphere of Mercury – the Roman god of travelers, merchants, and thieves. Mercury served as messenger to the gods, and was known for his cunning and speed. With these images in mind, I began by creating an upbeat sequence on the Moog Grandmother, with a custom patch that used “Sample and Hold” to create unp

Photographer: Andrew Fryhover https://www.flickr.com/photos/51743649@N07/ The last few weeks have seen a whirlwind of activity - all of it leading to the release of Reflections Below, the first single from my forthcoming album. But before we get to that, I thought I'd share the process with you first. When considering the theme of this next album, I thought about how "Evensong" and "Arcadia" formed a journey from conception to death and beyond to the afterlife (from a medieva

Hello! And welcome to Quiet Ascent . I’ve been thinking about starting this space for a while. Not because I had something urgent to announce, but because I wanted a place where things could unfold at their own pace—where music, travel, listening, and reflection could sit together without being rushed. Through my creative process, I’ve learned that the most meaningful work rarely arrives all at once. It comes slowly, through patience, repetition, curiosity, and a willingness