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Open Mic Adventures CXLIV: “Divertimento in D”

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Assuming CD Baby does its job and approves my submissions, I’ll have three albums releasing on 1 September 2025 (which also happens to be Labor Day this year in the United States).  Regardless, they’ll be released in the wee hours of Labor Day morning on my Bandcamp page.  These releases will be my first since Leftovers IV landed on 21 April 2025 (the day after Easter).

Today I’m featuring another piece from one of these releases, the album Ringtone Circus.  This piece was one of the last I wrote for the album, but it’s one of my favorites.

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Open Mic Adventures CXIV: “Violet Fantasy”

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I’ve finished composing my latest album of instrumental music, PRISM.  It’s color-themed, very much like last year’s Four Mages; it will release to all platforms on Friday, 7 February 2025.

I enjoy composing with different colored pens, and Dr. Girlfriend gave me some awesome V5 Precision pens that are great for composing by hand.

This week I’m featuring the ninth track from the album, “Violet Fantasy“—note, that’s violet, like the color, not violent.

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Open Mic Adventures CX: “Rainy Wednesday Morning Waltz”

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Pickup my newest release: Leftovers III!  Use promo code ziggurat to take an additional 20% off all purchases on Bandcamp!  Code expires at 11:59 PM UTC on Tuesday, 31 December 2024.

I’ve just released my tenth album of the year, Leftovers III.  It’s really an EP, as it just contains five tracks, but it also contains the longest piece I’ve ever composed, “Hanging Gardens.”

This week I’m featuring the third track from the album, “Rainy Wednesday Morning Waltz“; it’s looking like tomorrow (Christmas!) is going to be pretty rainy, so it seemed apt:

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