The music I compose is written in a state of being similar to meditation and what has been termed channeling. Before starting a composition, I sit quietly and wait for the cosmos to show me where to begin. I search through sounds in digital synthesis and then listen…for a given sound that reflects most accurately a part of what is being “channeled” through me. I then manipulate that sound, fine-tuning it to match the message of the whole and add it to the emerging composition. With further manipulation, addition of other sounds, the full song idea starts to present itself. Throughout this process I try very hard to listen more to where the music wants to be rather than impose my will or ego on the composition. The “music of the cosmos” is very beautiful, intricate, and I think most of this music already exists, just waiting for the artist or composer - who acts more like a radio receiver/manipulator/transmitter, a conduit, an inspired messe...