I'm working (slowly) on a 4 song EP of instrumentals in the Nu Jazz vein. Tracking with all the great players in this town. Kennedy,...

A beautiful addition to these compositions were performed by Andrea Stern on Concert Harp. I love the sound of Harp and Vibes and used...

Added some much needed ballast to several songs on this project. Dr. Scott Agster is a master of Low Brass and played beautifully. Tenor...

Flyte Tyme Studio Studio B (Minneapolis Media Institute) 2014 I worked with Dugan as an Instructor at MMI for 5 years He's a beautiful...

Creation Audio, Minneapolis Minnesota February 2018 Studio owner, Engineer, Mixer, Producer . . Legend Making a record

This is a piece I composed playable on Piano, Vibes/Marimba..Harp to an extent. A type of perpetual motion idea. Straight eighth notes...

I write all of my pieces, for the most part, on piano - first. The harmony, melody, bass, rhythm.... The Vibes are always my focus....

I've been to Salzburg, Austria - where Mozart was born. I visited the places where he played and lived. His music in all forms, I find...

This is the song distilled to 1 minute Simple and effective composition by Lennon/McCartney I study this stuff Tension Release

I love that this is such a recognized holiday now. Never left them. Bought and sold more then I can remember. Listening all the time.

This is a headphone mix - for best experience. I show the sample I use, at the end. Music and visuals always go well together I used...

Sometimes when you slow things down, everything turns out beautiful

Band at STEP 2016 These are the people that give me inspiration.

February 19th and 20th 2018 were amazing days for me. I pulled together all the Stems from the 12 songs I've been recording at Bellows,...

Marc Anderson is an amazing percussionist, and I was thrilled to get him to record on these compositions. We had two dates at Bellows in...

I've been backing up all of my sessions to these trusty drives for the last 10 years. LACIE Besides paper scores, which I always start...

I love working at Bellows Studio Downtown St. Paul Adam Krinsky knows how to get sounds We're micing up Drums, Bass, Horns and Organ here...

Getting Sounds

I talk about setting the motor on the Vibraphone to match the songs BPM

I talk about using the pedal and setting the motor to the BPM of the songs I'm playing Recording techniques with Microphones