(10/16/05) How time flies when you're having fun! I've decided for the time being to retire my old blog. I have started a new one fo ssharing the things I find online that interest me. You can find it here: My Brain Dump
(1/4/05) Happy New Year! Here's a quick catchup of the last 3 months. After
a 3-year illness, I lost my father, Robert C. "Bob" Brown of Central Ohio,
just after Thanksgiving. One never knows what to say about such
a significant event, but I'll just say that I am forever indebted
to my dad for being a great provider and a role model, and for allowing
me the freedom to learn and grow in my youth in ways that still
impact me today at my "advanced age". LOL...he will be
missed. In other news, I was approached this morning by my record
label in Taiwan for permission to use "Waltz Flowers",
from my Breathe album, for a charity compilation disc...the proceeds of which will
go to benefit the victims of the tsunami disaster in Indonesia.
I was obviously honored to be included.
(10/6/04) Album update: My new piano album, "Incandescence", is
finally available. It will be on Amazon.com soon, but is currently
available on CDbaby.com as well as for direct purchase here.
Also, I've posted 3 cuts for free download on my HealingPiano.com site.
(9/6/04) Just a quick update. First of all, I'm VERY pleased to finally announce
that my new piano album is completed and just days away from manufacturing,
which means it should be available for sale beginning sometime in October. It's called "Incandescence",
and if you'd like a quick peek at the cover art, here
'tis. (Pretty spiffy, eh?) Check out the site of the artist
who did that beautiful cover, April
Smith. I got an email from Taiwan this morning indicating that
the album is going to be released there as well. One other thing:
Yesterday's Columbus
Dispatch had a column by Joe
Blundo on political voiceovers. Joe interviewed me about 3 weeks
ago, and you'll find some quotes from me in the article, which I've scanned for you who aren't local to the
Central Ohio area.
(7/22/04) A couple really cool things have gotten wrapped up recently in which
I played some sort of role. You might want to take a look. One is
the final version of Luminescence, a terrific story written by Will
Addison. The audiobook (which I narrated) is now finished and available
for sale. Also, I received a DVD in the mail the other day from
Dave Parkhurst of Alaska Naturally. He's a photographer based in
Alaska who makes his living photographing the Northern Lights. Really,
really beautiful stuff. Anyway, he puts together a show each year
featuring the best of his work, including his latest stuff and the
best of the old. This year, he chose my song, Remind Me to Breathe
(along with some music by my friends John Morgan and David Nevue)
to serve as the soundtrack for his incredible visuals. My wife and
I sat and watched it the other night...and, had you been a fly on
the wall...you would have just heard a lot of "wow...wow!...wow..."
for 40 minutes. Check out some of his amazing work, including the
new DVD, on
his site. Also, the delightful novel Runt
the Brave has been released in hardback. That's a story that
I will be narrating as an audiobook later this year (the first 3
chapters are available for listening now on the site). In other
news, Tom Boyer of OATH Studios here in Central Ohio is finishing
up the final mixing and mastering on my new piano album, which should
be on sale a bit later this year.
(5/15/04) Hmmm...I seem to be getting WORSE about these updates instead of
better. I must be even busier than I thought! Well, the new piano
album is not done yet, but it IS getting close (honest injun!).
I'll actually be working on it more this weekend. I'm also nearing
completion on an audiobook I'm reading called "Luminescence",
by Will Addison. It's a love story set in Georgia. Really good stuff!
I'll provide a link once it's up so you can check it out. I recently
did a voiceover for a trailier for an indie movie called "My
Giant Robot". It's cute. You may want to watch
it. I'll be working on another audio book project again a bit
later this year called "Runt the Brave", written by Daniel
Schwabauer. The site for it is down for maintenance at the moment, but is supposed to
be back June 1. It's an excellent story targeted toward the same
age demographic as Harry Potter. When the site is back up, you'll
probably be able to listen to a sample of the first part of the
book, which I've already completed. |