Happy 4th of July, U.S.A.! I’m bringing the parade, festival, and fireworks to you, instead of you going to them, as it may not be happening in your locale this year. And, I composed a little musical anthem to go with sights. It’s been a full year since I began this blog of new videos […]
Continuing with the “Gumshoe” series, I am setting the mood with today’s video “Falling Sand/Hide ‘N Seek.” It is a two-part instrumental piece that captures the viewer in the crime drama: first, in an extremely suspenseful moment; then, in a light-heated comic chase scene. It is suitable for all ages.
The following video is the second in my “Gumshoe Opera” series. It is the theme song from the science fiction detective novel “The Hydration War.” Although set sometime in the future, I took inspiration from the Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) societies, last known to be alive in 1500 Southwest United States. No one knows what became […]
“it was a dark and stormy night…” Fiction, horror, and mystery writers often use the setting of a “dark and stormy night” as a metaphor for troubled, uncertain, and sinister happenings. Today’s video comes complete with lots of rain and an unsettled-sounding Hollywood soundtrack. It is inspired by Edward Hopper’s 1942 painting “The Nighthawks.” A […]
Some things, like Yosemite National Park, never change, and that is good. From what I can see, it still looks the same as when Ansel Adams photographed it in all of its black-and-white glory. However, some other things do change; some even change quite frequently. Take, for example, modern musical styles. In this video, I […]