Today, a lovely lady at my usual Irish session said something that assumed I was straight and I realized it’s been YEARS since someone assumed I was straight to my face and that actually made me pretty happy 😆

Alright y’all, I’m at a point where I’m in desperate need of management. Any tips? Ideas? Thoughts? I simply cannot keep this up on my own anymore.

Starting off spring break right by throwing my back out for the third time in the last 3 months. 💔

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

Hot take but commission fees shouldn’t shouldn’t be lower just because the composer calls for improv or uses graphic notation. Those things take just as much time and effort as conventional notation (if not more, tbh).

Just FAXED Chuck Schumer! It’s free!! Took 2 mins on my phone. Felt GOOD.

they were booing him before the orchestra played Petrushka — the fin-de-siécle is so fucking back

BREAKING: In response to our lawsuit, the National Endowment for the Arts will no longer force grant applicants to certify that they won't promote "gender ideology." This is a big step toward defeating the NEA's unconstitutional censorship.

Happy International Women's Day! Did you know it was first established at the International Socialist Women's Conference in 1910?

Any tips for recovering from burnout?

What the hell was I doing in 2011?

Sick for the first time since 2019 and I would just like for this thing to leave my goddamn head so I can have a thought or two again

How to change a swastika that cant be removed

this is an act of unspeakable violence. it benefits no one, it doesn’t move a number on a balance sheet. it only guarantees that every one of these incarcerated transgender people will be tortured.

Tr*mp is shutting down at midnight tonight the federal website for ordering free COVID tests (four per order). I just ordered four—can’t be easier. Last call. ------------------ covidtests.gov Please share

Me: I’ve eaten too many grapes today. Don’t want to make myself sick. Also Me: Walks over to pantry and tosses back a handful of raisins. Me: Sh*t.

Give it 10-15 years and people will be tearing down this “outdated 2020s wood paneling” left, right, and center

Ohio friends, please call your state reps and tell them to vote against this: ☎️ at reps.fyi

THIS SHOULD BE BIGGER NEWS

Few things shock me anymore but I am utterly disgusted by what Mapi Leon did to Daniela Caracas. That’s honestly a lifetime ban-worthy offense. We can’t allow transphobia to get a foothold in the sport, period.

In case you were wondering, calling someone white isn’t racism. So relieved the courts got this one right.

Oooof. 💔

Can't believe I have to say this but NO ONE should be asking ANYONE to compose a piece for "EXPOSURE." That's not MONEY. Money is money. PAY PEOPLE FOR THEIR WORK.

Not me manically refreshing my feed for live reporting from musicologists

Alright, musicologists! Do your thing! Dissect the whole half time show. I want to know everything!

YOU PICKED THE RIGHT TIME BUT THE WRONG GUY

Threw out my back again. Second time this year. 2025 keeps proving itself to be the ultimate suck fest.

I just hope both teams lose.

I know pointing out hypocrisy doesn’t matter anymore, but if there’s one person I wouldn’t want to be the judge of who goes into locker rooms, it would be the man who openly boasted about walking into dressing rooms of underage girls

This is the correct take.

Beyonce winning Best Country Album at the Grammys gonna piss off allll the right people.

Delivered final score & parts for two totally separate pieces today: a 23 minute band + electronics piece about the fight for equal pay in the United States and a 5 minute piece for clarinet and electronics about rehabilitation efforts for coral reefs. Here’s a little painting I made for the latter.

Been spending a lot of time around musicologists lately and that also means I’ve been spending a lot more time with a dictionary than I usually do 😆

Yall, if you’re not watching @unrivaledwbb.bsky.social on TNT you are missing OUT

If you prefer not to use an app (eg 5calls), here's a great tool to find your reps, including local ones. Tip: save their numbers in your phone, your future self will thank you.

The “no one watches women’s sports” crowd has pivoted their tune to “keep trans people out of women’s sports” and I would just like to point out these are they same exact people. The Venn diagram is a perfect circle. They truly hate all women. Don’t be fooled otherwise.

Self care is hiring an engraver for your massive band piece

Holy hell Bend It Like Beckham did NOT age well. Wife and watched it for fun for the first time since we were kids and my god I haven’t seen that much homophobia in one film… ever?

Commit the sin of empathy.

have you considered giving it to the artists

Very gentle reminder that if you care about the environment, one of the single best and easiest decisions possible to make as an individual is to eat less meat

When I teach orchestration, I tell students to befriend a representative of each orchestral instrument. 17 years later and I’m still texting my college bff flutist with Phone A Friend Orchestration Hotline questions and she texts me back audio sample of what I’m working on. It is truly the best.

“If you’re cold, they’re cold.” My Newfoundland at 10°F, begging to stay outside another 30 mins

What is our new “liminal”? Wrong answers only.

Well this aged well

Y’all know he’s just gonna unban tiktok in the coming weeks as a PR stunt, right?

Today was the first meeting of my AI and music class, and in the first hour we drew a direct line from AI slop Xmas music to the wildfires raging in LA right now. If you teach AI and don’t discuss its immediate climate impacts, you need to start doing it. Every single day. Here are some sources (🧵):

Threw my back out yesterday. 2025 off to a great start. 😑

Conductor/composer check-in while the orchestra is on break.

Friendly reminder to put Auld Lang Syne in 7. Really helps move things along.