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27 December 2024, News
New Books: Quintet for Vulgarian and Office Drone, Throwing Out Love Notes: I just released new two new eBooks of short stories and prose. QUINTET FOR VULGARIAN AND OFFICE DRONE A crude quintet of arbitrarily humorous urban scenarios involving offices and orifices. Four fictional snatches of city life and a final farce dedicated to anyone who ever compromised their integrity for job security. Available at Apple Books and Barnes & Noble . Coming soon to Kindle. More retailers at https://books2read.com/u/31avdD ...; 16 August 2024, News
Zappacrite (work in progress): " Zappacrite " is a work under construction, arranged for virtual string quintet and piano. You can preview the latest revision on my Soundcloud site . ©℗2024 Sophisticated Schizophrenic Publishing; 31 July 2024, News
Soiled Fingers and a Deer: "Soiled Fingers and a Deer" , an ode to guerrilla gardening best performed quietly on a piano in the forest in the presence of wild deer with the pianist's fingers soiled from randomly planting fruit seeds. Solo piano score now available.; 25 April 2024, News
Pumpkinhead Vortex: A brujo, commando in a mini skirt, conducts a black magick ritual in the midnight seclusion of a fenny forest... PUMPKINHEAD VORTEX Full score and parts now available here on Musicaneo or included with Bandcamp purchases of the album An Equal Sea . Download what thou wilt.; 21 April 2024, News
Pubic Transportation: This post has nothing to do with Taylor Swift A transvestite boards the subway... PUBIC TRANSPORTATION Score for four pianos now available. From the album Every Man and Every Woman is a Star Market available on Bandcamp and streaming services. Download what thou wilt.; 14 April 2024, News
Dogs of War: This past week, I posted two versions of "[Sic] Puppy" from Manofgod, one score for percussion ensemble and an extra version for solo piano. I'm currently working on a piano quartet arrangement for "Pubic Transportation" from Every Man and Every Woman is a Star Market. The very moment I save and close the latest revision, breaking news comes on the television that Iran has transported violence to Israel by launching missiles. This moment has a synchronicity only relevant to me at this writing but will ...; 01 April 2024, News
Pickle Park Polka: In a fenny forest adjoining an athletic field, a crimson fairy dances through a field of reeds before being caught by police officer Ivan Tsukyuov. The fairy offers the policeman his magic bat in return for releasing him and with a promise to return the favor to the officer and his associates who do not hesitate to keep the fairy to his word. A peanut butter egg for the Easter basket of your favorite music geek: "Pickle Park Polka" sheet music (arr. clarinet, accordion, organ, and drum set with ...; 22 March 2024, News
Scrahmbled Ives: An aural thrill for your waste of a weekend. "Scrambled Ives" (mono demo). Excerpt from a work in progress. Sheet music will be available upon completion. Listen on Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/p7kBMgdqxKrU4Ngk6 ©Ⓟ2024 Sophisticated Schizophrenic; 20 March 2024, News
Today's menu: Finger Food and Apple Sauce: Two new piano scores: "Every Man and Every Woman is a Star Market" (solo reduction) and "Pesky Recall" (duet) . New article: Apple Purée: The CD Baby Classical Conspiracy Download what thou wilt.; 20 March 2024, Article
Apple Purée: I'm just noticing that some of my older catalog descriptions still cite CD Baby as a distributor. These entries need to be revised. I stopped doing business with CD Baby and you should too. Some years ago, I had an issue with CD Baby employees downloading releases without authorization and sharing them on bootleg sites. I know this because these included certain singles that were exclusively released on CD Baby. I have not had this problem since I switched to DistroKid, ...

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