Good morning, Nostr 🎻🎹 I hope you’re having a great day. Today I’m sharing a little improvisation where I’m playing both violin and piano. You’ve seen me do this before… I’ll play something on the piano with my left hand, then jump back and forth to the violin. But near the end of this one, I got inspired to try playing both instruments at the same time! That means my left hand is playing the piano, while my right hand bows open strings on the violin. So no left-hand notes on the violin, just resonance and rhythm. This one feels full of a kind of pomp and nobility, upright energy and passion. I love thinking of music as a way to express different characters or emotional colors, and that’s a big part of how I compose too. It’s amazing how sound can take on such precise shades of mood and meaning… often I don’t even know where it comes from. Anyway, here’s what came out today. Hope you enjoy! #musicstr

Good afternoon, Nostr 🎹🎶 Posting a little later today… it’s been a busy one! Here I am playing along with one of my absolute favorite jazz musicians, Thelonious Monk. This track is from his beautiful album Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington, and the tune is “I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)”. There was a time when I listened to this record obsessively. I’ve always loved Monk’s touch, his phrasing, his approach to harmony… he’s one of my favorite jazz pianists, hands down. I’ve never actually played over this tune before, so I’m just going by ear here, finding my way through, catching moments that feel good. It’s alllmooost like I’m actually playing with Thelonious Monk 💜 Hope you enjoy this one as much as I did playing it 🎻🎹 #musicstr

Good morning, Nostr 🌞 I hope you all had a great night! Today I’m back on my trusty studio keyboard. Last time I used the choir setting, but now I’ve got the harpsichord going. I recorded a little harpsichord line into the memory and then improvised a solo violin melody over top. I love this combination, especially at the beginning. The harpsichord part is a busy and rhythmic, while the violin floats gently above it. The harpsichord is such a great instrument. Baroque era, like a piano, but instead of hammers striking the strings, it plucks them, giving that crisp, plucky sound. It’s an old sound that can still feel new, given the right context. Hope you enjoy this little meeting of past and present. Have a nice day! 🎶 #musicstr

Good morning, Nostr ☀️ Today I’m improvising alongside some of the music from the film Koyaanisqatsi (1982), with its mesmerizing score by Philip Glass. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a kind of visual essay… described as “an essay in images and sound on the state of American civilization.” It’s a montage of slow-motion and time-lapse imagery, all without dialogue, just Glass’s repeating minimalist textures driving it forward. At the time, it was one of the highest-grossing art film/documentaries ever made, and it’s become a classic, still relevant today. Here I’m playing over the very beginning of the soundtrack, when the music is sparse and open, just adding my own melody on top of this gorgeous, slow-moving music. Hope you enjoy 🎻 #musicstr

Good morning, Nostr 🌞 Hope you’re having a great day wherever you are! Today I’m playing something a little fiddly. Sometimes I like to try to improvise a tune, rather than improvise totally freely. It’s a fun exercise… to try to come up with a melody that feels memorable, something to repeat, something that could become a real tune. It’s really more like composing in real time. I’m thinking about melody, shape, structure, variation, and groove, all in the moment. I really liked the melody that came out at the beginning here and tried to circle back to it at the end (not sure I totally nailed it, but that’s part of the fun!). I also really like the groove in this one. I think it has definite potential to grow into a real tune someday. 🎻✨ Hope you enjoy, and have a wonderful day! #musicstr

🎹 Good morning, Nostr! Today I’m checking in with a little improvisation using the choir setting on my keyboard… a peaceful, slightly strange and medieval sound world! Now that I’ve passed my 8 weeks on Nostr milestone, I’m feeling inspired and excited to keep my daily creative flow going … let’s see where the music leads next. Hope you find a little calm and curiosity in this one🌤️🎶 #musicstr

🎻 8 Weeks on Nostr! Hard to believe another 4 weeks have gone by… now we’re at 8! In that time, I’ve shared over 50 daily tunes, improvisations, and musical moments… from spontaneous solos to orchestral releases (link in bio!). 💜 The support from this community continues to amaze me. I really feel that in the daily interactions and the periodic “viral” moments when there’s a frenzy of engagement. Every comment, repost, zap ⚡️, and kind word encourages me to keep going. You’ve made Nostr feel like a real home for me and for musicians and artists in general! A huge thank you to everyone who’s been along for the ride — whether you’ve been here since the beginning or just joined recently. Special shoutouts again to some of you who have been my biggest supporters! @DireMunchkin, @Evelin, @Grace and Truth, @Stacking Functions, @corndalorian, @Paul Allen, @npub1huqw...6uau, @FL Justin, @Melody, @MAKE SONGS LONGER, @Ryan, @OpenMike — and many more new friends who’ve jumped in over the last few weeks! Keeping the Coltrane train going… here’s a joyful little improv to his rendition of the Sound of Music tune “My Favourite Things”… because Nostr is quickly becoming one of mine!! Here’s to the next 8 weeks of music, connection, and experimentation! 🚀🎶 #musicstr #grownostr

Good morning, Nostr 🌞 Today I’m playing along with one of the greats, John Coltrane, on his beautiful tune “Naima”. A few days ago I shared a duet with Miles Davis on “So What”, and this time I’m stepping in with Coltrane’s band, weaving a little solo of my own alongside the piano. I first fell in love with Coltrane in my early 20s… those waves of sound 🌊, his famous “sheets of sound,” really spoke to me while I was learning the art of improvisation. It’s a joy to revisit that influence today 😊 Hope you enjoy, and hope you have a beautiful day too. #musicstr