New music

"The piano is a 7 foot Estonia Grand - the case is made of African Bubinga wood and is a thicker, heavier case than most pianos. I had technicians work on the piano for 4 years and then last year had my tuner, the painter Ernest McMullen, move forward with the Victorian tuning which took about a year of adjustments to settle in the piano and stabilize it at that tuning. I recorded the album in the living room of a historic home belonging to famed painter Richard Estes using 2 Miktek omni directional microphones placed a couple feet away from the piano and about 6 feet apart to capture the upper and lower registers. The music was recorded via a Grace analog to digital preamp into a pro tools Mbox which was then linked to my mac laptop. The entire project started in the summer of 2016 in Boulder where I attempted to make the recording on my Steinway but it wasn't a big enough sound for me so I had the recording equipment shipped to Maine where I made the final recording this summer. The takes are entirely off-the-cuff. No pre planning of any kind was made as far as what I would play that includes the album title, the track names etc. I simply invited friends over or played for Richard who I live with for a couple months a year every summer in Northeast Harbor Maine in the fabulous Acadia National Park. The music itself is very much inspired by the beautiful surroundings."