Updates and News: July 2026
Pics are from my recent trip to Scotland: Oban
July 1, 2026, Update:
I've been dealing with a flareup of inflammation for the last couple of weeks that has set me back a little. But the BIG NEWS is that I have been researching a new way to publish Kitninny Catness: New Dog in the Neighborhood, using Chat GPT and a whole production and publication plan has been developed. We (Nuria and I) have already begun planning the production sequence and decisions have been made. Please see the page, "Story" on this website for details...
As for music, "San Isidro" is coming along well, and I expect to publish it by the end of this month. I'm headed to Texas in November and will be doing some recording of piano composition while I am there.
Substack
Because I've had pretty limited use of my left hand, I've spent time learning how to dictate, using Chat GPT as well as Windows.
I The Precursor Series is finished and up, and I think the last three articles turned out to be a
stand-alone brief of the whole series.
II "Aces Wild" (Humor) is up.
III The "Guernica" Series begins this month.
Moonlight over the pier
The Ferry Boat Docks
A Piper on the harbor strand
The Columba Hotel
Music
I "Two Preludes"
The re-make is published. It was recorded at Mason in December last year and the visuals are
from the Aller river here in our village.
II "Along the San Isidro"
The voicing is complete; tracks are all set up. and much of the melody lines are laid in.
The cowbell samples are selected and in.
The town of Oban along the bay,
looking from the docks toward
the Columba hotel.
Travel Update
Remainder of 2026:
October: Ireland Pilgrimage: Turas Cholmcille
November: USA to visit friends and family
December: Santiago de Compostela for Christmas
Eve, midnight mass.
Oban Bay
A Shoutout to Nuria:
I first hired Nuria Dieguez to teach me more about Digital Audio Workspaces (they used to be called "Sequencers") used by musical artists to compose and record. We started with Reaper, although I had been struggling with Cubase for years prior. Her kind patience and talent together with her technical knowledge have been invaluable to me. I actually was considering giving up on anything related to digital technology for music when we started working together. Now, over a year later, I'm looking forward to her technical help on anything I do. We transitioned back to Cubase about four months ago...
In addition to being a skilled sound engineer and a joy to work with, she is a musician / composer and also devotes her talent to music as therapy.
