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I’ve been composing like a madman lately, so much so that my brother is calling me the “Stephen King of Composing,” not because my pieces are particularly horrifying, but because I am slamming them out with the speed and consistency of the great horror writer.

I’ve just released Firefly Dance, which is on every streaming service other than Spotify.  You can even find it on YouTube.  I have another release coming on 1 March 2024, Epistemology; subscribers can listen to the title track here.

I thought I’d take a short break from composing, but within a couple of days I was back in my music journal and Noteflight, composing new works.  In the process, I’ve stumbled upon my next project:  Four Mages.

I started with composing two pieces in my music journal, “Blue Mage” and “Red Mage,” which I then polished and altered in Noteflight.  That start got me the idea that I needed a “White Mage” and a “Black Mage” to accompany those pieces.

Here’s a video version of “White Mage,” which I think is my favorite so far:

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