Edward Van Halen: a fanboyography

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Gordon

In this essay, I reflect on the life of my hero through the lens of my own musical journey.

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Music from Larkspur Underground – free download

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Gordon

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Last year, I scored the serialized horror podcast Larkspur Underground, written and produced by Michael Paul Gonzalez in Los Angeles over 11 episodes. You can read more about that process in this blog post.

With the first season concluded, now’s your chance to binge it if you haven’t already. Things got … um … crazy in those last few episodes! I’ve also decided to make my musical score available, which you can hear in its entirety below, or anytime on my Music page with all my other projects, newly updated as well.

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Scoring “Larkspur Underground” podcast

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Gordon
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Visitors to my Music page know I’ve produced many tracks for multimedia. Theme songs, spot cues, drops/bumpers, etc. However, the closest to a complete score that I’d recorded was for my 2006 short film Featurette, clocking in at a mere 19 minutes. Then came an opportunity to compose for a new serialized horror podcast called LARKSPUR UNDERGROUND. We’ll get down and nerdy in a bit, but first the story.

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“Songs I Wrote in the ’80s” music video

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Gordon

This one takes my previous video, “Antidote,” to the next level: a logical progression from studio to stage. Enjoy!

Special thanks to Pat Redd and School of Rock Overland Park.

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“Antidote” music video

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Gordon

With my Finding the Light album release this week, I figured I should preview a full track. And in the same spirit as the recording process, why not keep the video DIY, too?

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Album cover revealed!

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Gordon

Here it is! She’s a beaut, eh? The artwork comes from the illustrious brush of Boden Steiner. He said the concept originated in my song “Costumes,” which is a nostalgic tune that’s partly about kids auditioning different personalities (“trying on costumes”) and figuring out what kind of people they want to become. The album’s larger themes are probably obvious from the title and his bold step into what surely will be flight, yeah?

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Finding the Light – album preview

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Gordon

Now that Finding the Light has been mixed and mastered, here’s a six-minute sampler with a little from each track.

Intrigued? I’m anxious for you to take the entire 50-minute journey, because so far only two people have heard it: the mastering engineer and cover artist (the only two roles I delegated).

My next post—very soon—will be to reveal the cover artwork. I’m expecting a mid-September release if everything falls into place. Still got a bunch of flaming hoops to navigate, like the design, manufacturing, publishing, and online stores. At that time I’ll link up a dedicated page with all the info to get it in your CD, download, or streaming library.

This album will need all the promotional help it can get, so I’d appreciate you loosening up those jaws in preparation to spread the Word of mouth … or any other mouth-love you can provide. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Album Progress

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Gordon

My lack of recent updates is because historically most of them have been literary, and I’m on hiatus from that world for a bit. (I will, however, be hanging in Minneapolis during AWP, eager to let you buy me drinks.) My stack of unread books grows monthly, as I’ve barely cracked a spine since last summer. But if you figure I’ve gone dormant, perish those thoughts.

I’m recording a new album.

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Important Question? podcast

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Gordon

Important QuestionWhat would convince you to eat another human being?

This is our first topic on a new must-listen podcast: Important Question? where we explore and debate such taboos with the profundity and absurdity and hilarity they warrant. Ensuing episodes will examine other grey areas soaking in our collective grey matter, like, I dunno … ruining a child’s Christmas(?) or taking a bullet for a stranger(?).

Alongside myself, the devil’s original advocate (author, BookTuber, marketer) Caleb J Ross brings his perverse wit and flexible morality (and web hosting) to the dialogue. Will it end in aural fisticuffs or virtual high-fives? Who knows. Either way, you’ll come away with the requisite ammunition to argue these topics later with your racist grandmother.

Episodes post weekly or biweekly and are 15-20 minutes: more Adult Swim than sitcom. And yes, that’s me performing the theme song. Find the complete episode guide at ImportantQuestionPodcast.com. Get interactive, Like us on Facebook.com/ImportantQuestion for even more fun media and discussion.

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Visit my archive of podcast appearances here.

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