The Musicians Association of Jacksonville is hosting and promoting a series of sessions we are calling “The Real Jam”. The name Real Jam signifies that we will be playing selections from the “Real Book” as that is the bible of American standards. The Real Jam will be held at the […]
Preliminary Release of Pictures at an Exhibition
So, I have been working on this for quite some time and finally have a version I am proud of. There is still a lot of work to do, but I am feeling like the mix is finally coming together. I wanted to post a preview so I could elicit […]
I’m Santa
The true story of what inspired me to get the suit. The most awesome thing about having a massive white beard is that very small children think I am Santa. In December at Clark’s Fish Camp a friend’s daughter, Rayne, was surreptitiously looking at me out of the corner of […]
Winterreise – The Hurdy-Gurdy Man
Winters Journey is a song cycle by Franz Schubert. The last song in the piece is called Der Leiermann which translates to The Hurdy-Gurdy Man. The song cycle is epic, and sad, and this piece wraps it up with an ambiguous ending to the cycle. The song is to be […]
Satie with Friends – The Ken version
Howard F. Arner, Jr. · Satie with Friends – Gymnopedies 1 – Lent Et Douloureux – Ken Soper Lent Et Douloureux, Slow and Painful. This is a collaboration we call Satie with Friends. In Jacksonville, Florida I recorded a backing piece by playing bass and impossible pianos. Impossible pianos are […]
Satie with Friends – Kyuppa
This is a collaboration we call Satie’ with Friends. This entry is based on Gymnope’dies number 1. Lent Et DouloureuxSlow and Painfulゆっくりと痛みを伴ってYukkuri to itami wo tomonatte French, to English, to Japanese In Jacksonville, Florida I recorded a backing piece by playing bass and impossible pianos. Impossible pianos are patches that […]
Somethings Missing
April 5th, 2022. We sold the big boat. It served its purpose as it gave us a place to live whilst we built the new house. Alas, it is now in the hands of an owner with time and inclination to use it well. My Wellcraft is happy as it […]
The Power of the Dog
Well, I watched the power of the dog last night. Worst movie in about 25 years. Worst soundtrack. Natch that, grating, awful, painful soundtrack. Overall, boring, incoherent, and just bad…. did I say boring? Oh, I understand what they wanted the movie to be, they just failed… miserably…. and it […]
Polyrhythms upon paradiddles…. the drumming continues
Years ago my friend was sailing the islands in the south pacific trying to expunge the wanderlust from his system. He approached an island dock of an obscure inlet to stay the week and enjoy some local Polynesian cuisine. Once docked, he noticed and was intrigued by the constant drumming. […]
Aftermath of Hurricane Irma – Day 1
So, today I took a warm shower, trickle water but OK, and washed my hair. same clothes since Sunday morning so that felt awesome. Dad lent me some old shoes and we all went to the house. Well, the shoes lasted about half an hour when we got to the […]
Why I am thankful this thanksgiving
I am thankful for Hurricane Irma. I know that sounds weird but there is method to my seeming madness. Irma flooded my house on September 11th, 2017, with 18 inches of water. Carla and I had to bolt to a neighbor’s house with three cats in tow at 5:00 in […]