Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Free download of this performance on SoundCloud. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is about, Oskar, a boy on the autism spectrum, who loses his father on 9/11. Upon finding a mysterious key in his father’s closet, he is convinced that […]

Lily’s Theme Free download on SoundCloud. Lily’s Theme, by composer Alexandre Desplat, is one of the most poignant pieces of music from the Harry Potter films. This was was one of the first songs I ever posted — way back in 2011. It was time […]

The Shape of Water  The Shape of Water is a 2017 American fantasy drama film directed by Guillermo del Toro. The Academy Award winning music is by composer, Alexandre Desplat. The Shape of Water, which also won best picture, is a highly original film. That […]

Often, what I try to do, is distill a song down to its core elements — then create a guitar arrangement from that. I began this blog in 2011 doing note for note arrangements —  but I soon realized nothing sounds as good (to me) […]

The Imitation Game is an interesting story in world history, and one that has implications for millions of people living today. In a nutshell, the brilliant Alan Turing (1912-1954) was a British mathematician, mathematical biologist, a pioneering computer scientist, and a philosophical thinker on the […]

Crikey! I’ve lost my mojo! – Austin Powers I was insanely sick this week for the first time in years. When your lifestyle is your passion — the lines between work and play become very blurry. I burnt the candle at both ends and succumbed […]