It's been a while since I last posted. The reason? I'm busy. Since my return from the UK ... really since just before I left for the UK, I've been buried under typesetting work. My new company that is forming as we speak (hopefully) and finally has a name, which I will announce as soon as it is finalized by my attorney. Many of you may have voted for it on my Facebook page, so it won't be a mystery to you.
I've sorted out a few of my computer problems, but not completely. I've replaced my clean, but limited, Creative X-Fi with a Xonar DG, which is a nice inexpensive ASIO sound card. Unfortunately, it isn't well shielded, so my hard disk activity bleeds into the output. That isn't as bad as it was on my onboard chip, but it is annoying anyway. If I decide to do any recording, I may have to build another PC that will tolerate my X-Fi card and more than 4 GB of RAM.
My latest problem is that my Score computer has died. While I was away, there was a power surge, and while my main PC was protected, it seems my Score one was not. Now I have everything plugged in through my UPS, so there shouldn't be any further problems. I'll receive a new power supply on Friday, which should fix the problem.
Hence, there has been no work on my Piano Concerto, nor the parts for my sax concerto.
It appears that I'll be conducting/directing the SU Contemporary Music Ensemble this year, so I'm thinking about reviving my work on Night Vision, which is a directed improvisation. I like the idea of having one improvisation on each concert, so I would like to start with something that is a little more codified than what they used to do at York, which was supposedly completely free, but unfortunately didn't really satisfy musically.
Please do attend my Cazenovia Counterpoint concert on 20 July if you can.
