Hi friends, I reached a new milestone recently.  I have produced my first ever CD!  All of my work on the Musing Mana Song Project has been compiled onto CD format and is now available to order directly from my web site. Dedication: As I have talked about in my blog postings from time to time on my web site, my music and work I put into it is especially dedicated to the most vulnerable and often the least remembered in our world:  Those living with disabilities, especially autism, and to our... Read Full Story

Parent Training Complements Medication for Treating Behavioral Problems in Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders, November 20, 2009 News Release – National Institutes of Health (NIH) Leave it to our government to tell parents of autistic children what they already know: Sometimes we need some extra help in figuring out how to manage our child's behavior and guess what else? Drugs are not the only answer. I wonder how much this study cost? (tags: Autism) Read Full Story

My mission is to provide “Music for Caregivers” to integrate into the lives of people living in nursing homes and to those with physical, developmental or neurological disabilities living in our world. This page and web site is a place for anyone interested in bringing music into a care-giving environment. Care-giving environments can be such places such as a nursing home, a convalescent center, a group home, a hospital or to individuals living in the community.  This is dedicated... Read Full Story

Come this Sunday at 3:00 the 50 plus member Woodinville Concert Band will be ready to raise the roof on the Redmond Performing Arts Center.  Everyone is welcome for an afternoon of awesome music with selections from Wagner, Texidor, McBeth, Reineke and Dello Joio.  How about a nice afternoon concert and dinner with your friends or family afterwards?  Redmond Town Centre is only a few minutes away. Read Full Story

Kristine Carlson and Richard Carlson's "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" site This is yet another of my motivational sites. Today's post is especially timely for me as Kris discusses how does one prepare for an unexpected loss? Kris Carlson certainly knows about this type of loss as she lost her husband, Richard Carlson, author of the "Don't Sweat The Small Stuff" series of books, in the prime of his life. We have been dealing with a similar unexpected... Read Full Story

Home Project Studio: Part 1 & 2 Echoes – Insight for Independent Artists DiscMakers is a great company with a ton of helpful resources for musicians. I wish I had had this article handy when I was attempting to initially construct my studio. (tags: home recording, music shortcut:Music recording) The Official Ringo Starr Site So what the heck happened with Ringo? No news updates since January? He had his crazy, well reported meltdowns and rants at fans and old ladies, got sla... Read Full Story

These are my Favorite Links for November 12th: Home Project Studio: Part 1 & 2 Echoes – Insight for Independent Artists – DiscMakers is a great company with a ton of helpful resources for musicians. I wish I had had this article handy when I was attempting to initially construct my studio. The Official Ringo Starr Site – So what the heck happened with Ringo? No news updates since January? He had his crazy, well reported meltdowns and rants at fans and old ladies, go... Read Full Story

With the aging of our population there has been a increased need for caregivers, either professional, or those who fill the role out of love due to an aging spouse, parent or loved one. There is also a large population of caregivers of disabled children, afflicted with various things such as autism, mental retardation, Down’s Syndrome or other disorders.  At any rate, it is important that you as a caregiver proactively do things to take care of yourself and work to avoid caregiver ... Read Full Story

With the aging of our population there has been a increased need for caregivers, either professional, or those who fill the role out of love due to an aging spouse, parent or loved one. There is also a large population of caregivers of disabled children, afflicted with various things such as autism, mental retardation, Down’s Syndrome or other disorders.  At any rate, it is important that you as a caregiver proactively do things to take care of yourself and work to avoid caregiver ... Read Full Story

I was kind of busy this past week, so I am a little bit behind in getting this Halloween related post posted. On Friday (Halloween was on Saturday), we went to see the Seattle Symphony play the music to Alfred Hitchcock’s movie “Psycho” while the movie played on a screen above the orchestra.  It was great fun, and attracted a lot of people who from their looks and dress were obviously big time Hitchcock fans and/or Halloween aficiandos.  One picture that I wish I could have ... Read Full Story