Welcome to fall! It’s a good week here in the Nash. The sun is a bit lower each day while the temps are cooling off – bringing longings for camp fires and wool sweaters – and our leaves are only thinking of changing colors. The anticipation is half the excitement, it seems.

It’s been a big week and a half or so here. This past weekend friends and family decended into town for our first inaugural SoundCrawl:Nashville. It was an exciting couple of days as we popped up time and again in the local media outlets and regional blogs (HA…I almost wrote “blobs”), got everything set up and prepared to step into the Nashville community. Just about everything came off without a hitch and it was a very good evening! Most all of the feedback that we received was hugely positive and supportive – even the security guard thanked me several times for being there! There were many people in the community that came out to hear us and we got to chat with quite a few people, which was great. It seems the church spaces were the two most popular – a place to sit and meditate and experience some interesting sound as it filled the otherwise quiet rooms. Thanks to DPC and all our hosts for everything that they did for us!! And thanks to CREMA for hosting our after party. A time to catch up with friends old and new, thank some folks and relax after some fun!

If you are interested in the music that was presented, we have a few albums for download. The “Teaser” is our top three list. The “Main Stage” is our top 10 or 12. And the “Festival in a Box” is just about everything that we presented. This last one is listed for $20 BUT…if you would like it, send an email and $15 via paypal to crawl@soundcrawlnashville.com and we wil email you the download code. $5 off!! (if you want to send a check via snail mail…you can respond to this email and we can work something out). There is some great work on there from all over the world!

In personal news…now that SC:N is over for the next year or so…I am looking forward to starting back on my own sonic explorations and expressions. One of my biggest desires in that is to have a space that I can go to write and be and work. I am happy to tell you that this past week I was able to move into my artist studio at the Downtown Presbyterian Chuch here in the Nash!! DPC has several (mostly visual) artist studios in their historic building and they have kindly opened their doors to a sound-artist, as well. I am so excited to be a part of this community of creatives and about this space (and thankful to a couple dear friends for their help) and have already started working on my next big project. Attached is a pic of me sitting at my desk, one of the other side of the room and one of my stained-glass window. The post-its on the wall behind me is (what I hope will be) the birth of my latest work. In celebration, I have posted some of my own work for download. An EP of the last year of my work (and a steal at just over $5!). Be looking for a group installation show at DPC during the November Art Crawl!!

Ok, I think that’s all the news for now. Be looking for me at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts sometime at the beginning of next year. They do live music in the Grand Lobby on Thursday and Friday evenings. More on that when details come.

I hope you are all well these days. Listen to something beautiful for me.
Always

-AHD