You never know when you sit down to write music what will happen.

As a young composer, I struggled to the point of nearly abandoning music writing altogether because of the fear that I had nothing to...

In my last post, I mentioned the author C.S. Lewis. In his autobiographical work Surprised by Joy he talks about an experience he had...

One of the most popular tourist spots in Kyoto, Japan is Arashiyama. It means "storm mountain" in Japanese, but whenever I've gone there...

If you've ever started a new venture, if you've ever moved to the big city, if you've ever begun a new life you'll understand how I felt....

You've probably seen the hashtags or reddit threads where people post their "shower thoughts." Many of them are quite funny, but there...

Several years ago, I had a very humorous boss who used to always ask us the same few questions. This would come at times when you were...

Modern classical music has become a respected genre in the last ten years or so thanks to the likes of Nils Frahm and Ólafur Arnalds. The...

Many composers and artists speak of the ideas or experiences that inspire them to create. But often when I sit down to the piano I find...