[IMAGE] Two Bald Eagles

…click to listen:

…about the music

Action packed.

I don’t have TV service, and I rarely go to the movie theater.
There, I’ve said it.
I know, it makes me sound weird. Anti-social. Backwoods. Or maybe just deviant (hmm… this all could be colorfully helpful for the mystique of my composing career).

It’s not that I don’t appreciate entertainment. But I’m surrounded by big dramas all day long, on the other side of my windows. Heck, even my job description includes creating drama of the sonic variety. And yup– since you asked (well, you probably didn’t, but lots of people who interview me do), there IS a connection for me between the drama I experience and the music I compose. Which means you better hope that my toilets never overflow. I’d hate to hear what that sounds like in a symphony. Which reminds me of a little exchange I had with a friend years ago: he sent me a link to an announcement from Kohler– yes, the manufacturer of faucet fixtures and toilets– about a grant they were offering to instrumentalists and composers.
To which I quipped, “Oh, I could be their fartist in residence!”.

But I digress. Anyway, so yes, I really get off on the action movies I see every day. Just one single screen star is usually plenty to compel me:

[IMAGE] Here's lookin' at you, kid.

Especially when she gets all up in my face and drama-queenie and starts yelling at me:

[IMAGE] Here's yellin' at you, kid.

So, one diva bird is cool. But watching TWO stars battling it out is even more riveting:

[IMAGE] Two Bald Eagles

And three??

[IMAGE] Three Bad Eagles

I’m on the edge of my seat. Popcorn is strewn everywhere. I’m breathing fast. And the film score in my head is pounding.

[IMAGE] Three Bad Eagles

But as I said, even just a single headliner really is enough. Especially when the props department has done such a great job with the scenery.

[IMAGE] Bald Eagle soaring past Cascades

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