My perspective on the academic world is very favorable. I did certain kinds of things that I could never have done otherwise.

I had been creating music on tape that was to be listened to as a recording, rather than through performance.

I don't think of my music as being about something.

I never thought that I would write orchestra music, but in fact I did write a group of orchestra pieces.

It's very interesting for me to listen to music with my wife. She's not a musician but she very often makes comments about pieces in ways that are similar to what I'm thinking.

I've been really fortunate to have Bridge Records interested in publishing my music for the past 25 years. Most of my music is available in their catalog.

I noticed things in my computer music that were getting old, and I started to figure out that this has to do with the way the listener interacts with music.