Hello, everyone! At the request of some friends and family, I've started a food blog. I'm always talking about the things that I'm cooking. Often, I get asked for recipes or explanations of just what I have made. If you have a moment, check it out over at www.shoveandchew.com

I’ve been rather absent from my blog for a while. I suppose it’s something that comes in waves for me... but at least I come back! Lately, it’s been a lot of work. Helping to open a new restaurant has taken up most of my last year, and while that’s been rewarding it’s nice that things have settled down a bit and I’m able to compose and spend time on my website again. It’s also been nice to have a good time travelling and seeing a bit of this beautiful country I live in. Somet

Welcome to the fourth instalment of my series on getting your composition career off the ground. In my previous post, I warned of a long delay... I wasn't, however, expecting a two year delay! Today we're discussing orchestration; that is, the art of putting sound together within the context of multiple sounds. This is, after learning the building blocks of melody and harmony and form, the most complex issue of composition. As always, we'll start by defining a few resources f