6 a.m. It’s easiest to get out of the house before the kids wake. On the 20 minute drive to work, I listen to Robert A. A. Lowe’s score for “Grasshopper Republic,” slicing through the city fog.
10 a.m. I spend the morning at Tube Factory absorbed with audio/visual projects, meeting with Rob Funkhouser and Jordan Munson to discuss the Current State festival, which will showcase Herron School of Art and Design students’ works and performances.
3 p.m. Post-work rush to Mark Tester’s house to grab cassette tape supplies. Our label Medium Sound has a release party tonight at the State Street Pub. We produce all our cassettes in house and this batch had some setbacks. Mark spends the evening wrapping the Eternal Husk release and I work on Jarry Mutant.
8 p.m. After getting my kids to bed, I head to State Street Pub where I’m performing with the aforementioned ensemble, Eternal Husk. Performing with this group is one of my favorite creative outlets — the music is entirely improvised and free, meaning there is no set rhythm, melody or key. It’s exhilarating and deeply spiritual to perform this music.
2 a.m. Crawl into bed.
Day Two:
7:30 a.m. Up with my 5 year old, who’s demanding orange juice, banana bread and attention. As the coffee hits, I spend 30 (interrupted) minutes reading a few pages of Curtis Roads’s Composing Electronic Music.
12:15 p.m. Nick Yeck-Stauffer, from Eternal Husk, spends the afternoon with me in my studio. We’re recording trumpet for a project before he heads back to Chicago.
8 p.m. I take a short nap while putting my son to bed, then go to my studio and work on sounds for a film project with Jessica Dunn. We’re building on our collaboration “Eternal Garden” that we did for the Lume at Newfields.
Day Three:
8 a.m. I try to read a book on Brian Eno’s visual art but I end up watching “Bluey” with my kids.
1 p.m. I put my two year old down for a nap. My wife and other son take a rare trip to a Pacers game. Because I am unexpectedly free, my lawyer comes by for a studio visit and we debrief on our respective explorations in modular synthesis.
8 p.m. Put the kids to bed. Late night in the studio.
Day Four:
5:30 a.m. Up early to drive to Michigan for a funeral. I lost one of my best friends of over 20 years, Jered Sheline. We met as teens and played music. We toured and lived together. He started a label to release my first band’s tape when I was 16. His band Vacation Club is truly one of the all-time favorite Hoosier bands.
Day Five:
7 a.m. Spent the first half of the day at Tube Factory working on various things around the galleries and and on some WQRT related things.
12:15 a.m. After an evening with my family, I work through the night on projects in my studio.
Day Six:
6 p.m. It’s been a busy day but I at least have a little time to enjoy an essay about Moki Cherry.
Day Seven:
7 a.m. It’s early, but I’m already helping install and light a show for an artist that opens this month at work.
4 p.m. Cleaning the garage while listening to an unreleased album that Ben Hall sent. I’m also working on a flier for a show with Ken Vandermark’s Edition Redux.
9 p.m. I end the day working in my studio. Have a listen…
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