Last week, my family and I went to the mountains for spring break. Among the coats, hats, jackets, skis and poles was my 24″ H x 15″ W x 13″ D plastic storage bin containing my laptop, 2nd monitor, MIDI keyboard, audio interface, mouse, speaker, headphones and miscellaneous cables. When set up in our room-for-the-week, I had a near-complete setup for composition. This is the first time I truly have been able to try out my travel rig, as the first time I tried to use it, COVID and lock-down started on day 2 or our spring break 2 years ago and we had to head back home.

I had this idea that with the family out skiing, I would be able to compose 2 or 3 pieces of music, but in reality, I managed to do only one during the week, which is actually typical speed for me. It was still enjoyable to compose outside of my regular elements and you will surely be seeing this composition on my next T.O.D.D. album.

Below, you can see my travel rig as packed and unpacked.