This Sunday, my best friend and causer of epiphanies (see my About page), Garland Prototype, came down for a visit along with his son. This is the first time we have seen each other in person in 2.5 years due to the pandemic. He brought down his portable music rig and I had a chance to see how he was making music now. The last time we visited this territory, he was using Reason but he is now using Bitwig. It was fascinating to watch this looping style of composition, which stands in stark contrast to the more linear approach I take with Studio One. Maybe one day, we will work on something together by swapping stems back and forth. In any case, it was inspiring to be with him again and I got back into the groove of composing last night; a very nice sounding piece featuring cello, violin and accordion. The accordion is not my go-to instrument by any means, but as I was composing, something told my brain (more on that in my next post) to drop in an accordion and it has worked out beautifully.

To good friends and good music.