Music!

Pretty sure this was on here before but it deserves another spot!

New Trivium song.

Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble


This group is extremely near and dear to my heart, and has been that way since 1999. Several of my colleagues and friends from my conservatory days are members of this group, including its director and conductor Kevin Noe, whom I had the incredible luxury of studying conducting and score study with. Simply a brilliant man with the biggest heart I know in the music industry.

They're presenting their entire 2021 summer season virtually in binaural presentation- if you have access to Zoom and some high quality gaming headphones, you can enjoy these concerts as they are intended (yes, even when you attend live, its a headphones-on presentation), and they are running this season with Zoom access on a "pay what you can" format.

If you want to see what's possible with the right balance of talent, artistry, love, and technology, this is the show to experience it. Starts tonight at 7:30pm Eastern Time, and there are 3 more different performances coming up....but "The Grey Cat and the Flounder" is one incredibly special show.

I Don’t play FFXI anymore but I hope the people who still play are having fun.

not sure why but the line "like stop - bring it back bring it back" is stuck in my head since yesterday.

It's not exactly her live performance of Winter, but I love this song by Tori Amos.