Tranquil Sound Gardens

I have updated the website to reflect my moving to Saginaw, Michigan, however, something is wrong with the “activities“ portion of the website. The ISP servers is continuing to put up an old page for that section. I’m trying to get it figured out.

Folks, I'm going to have to make some changes to the way I present my music.

My wife and I live with and care for my elderly father-in-law. He now needs more care such that I cannot get away from home to do presentations on any sort of regular basis. I will continue to hit the road once a year to present my music at Hexenfest (so long as they will have me) and at Patricia Hatfield's Harmony Drum Circle, also once a year. Other than that, I have to stay close to home.

What that means is, I am going to see if it would work to have people come to our home here in Hayward instead.

I will be inviting people here for three different activities:

1) Presenting the music of Tranquil Sound Gardens

2) Offering a tutorial on resonant percussion instruments, from a physics perspective. This is a very effective hands-on tutorial with a handout, but without any sort of certificate.

3) Hosting an informal annual(?) gathering of folks that play gongs and other such instruments to visit, chat, potluck, play for each other, and just get to know our musical neighbors.

Since we'll just be doing the above activities in our home’s living room, we unfortunately won't have the capability of hosting large numbers of people.

Anyway, I will be announcing dates and details for each activity in the coming months as I get myself organized around this new way of doing things. I do hope that some of you reading this can get to Hayward, California so we can share some fun musical time and musical learning together.

If you are interested in any of these events and activities, and particularly if you are traveling into the SF Bay Area from elsewhere, contact me and we'll see what we can arrange to fit your schedule!

Here's a picture of one of my gongs...

and so I am working through a busy period right now - when things settle down a bit I want to put together another gathering of SF Bay Area folks interested in gongs and other resonant percussion instruments. Let me know if you are interested. This would happen here at my home in Hayward, CA

Sunday I'll be delivering a tutorial on resonant percussion instruments. (gongs, chimes, bells, etc.) Wheeee!

Having survived the big family holiday gathering here on the 22nd, I stumbled into the workroom this Christmas morning, looked out the window, and what do I see? The SF Bay Bridge main pier below a golden moon...Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

At this hour of the morning, I'm not sure I even have a mind!