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Motivation & productivity in quarantine

Composition Creative work Productivity Writing

I wrote this post about a month ago, and while some of these thoughts hold true, the whole situation gets more maddening by the day.…

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The hardest thing I ever wrote: reflections on academic writing

Alt-ac Research Teaching Writing

I’m pleased to announce that I have a book chapter published! It’s part of Audio Education: Theory, Culture, and Practice, edited by Daniel Walzer and…

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Life in higher ed as an “alt-ac”: a profile of two jobs

Alt-ac Career Research Teaching

The term “alt-ac” was widely discussed in the mid 20-teens, and it’s problematic and misleading but I haven’t seen a better term. Essentially, “alternative academics”…

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The Composer’s CV

Career

I’ve been obsessing over my own CV for about 15 years, and I’ve read many other people’s CVs during that time. Either I read the…

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Restore album

Composition Creative work

Third post! This time I’m going to take a look at a recent musical project. My plan in this blog is to jump around between…

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Quick advice for composers: bios, CVs, websites

Career Writing

Welcome back to the blog! This is my second post, and I’ve started planning out a lot more. In doing so, I think I’ve figured…

Out with the Twitter, in with the Blog

Writing

Everybody’s making logs and pods When the pandemic hit, it seemed like everyone and his brother started making vlogs or podcasts. I had considered making…

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