Rick Reifenstein

I spent much of the day working in the studio. One major orchestral piece and one little quartet piece. Brass, Strings, Woodwinds, and Moog, making a dramatic racket for sure. In the end it all got under control. Moog photo bombs over my shoulder.

We are deep into Autumn here in Central Virginia. Leaves have turned color and most trees have completely lost their leaves by now. Autumn has always been a time of creativity for me. I'm not sure why. It might be the cold weather giving me a good reason to stay in my cozy, warm family home, brew coffee and spend time in the studio. What ever the reason this Fall has been no exception. Since August I've been working on the Autumn collection of music to add to my Jingle Punks catalogue. Many of these pieces were from the play list of new music that I performed at the 2013 Living Dead Festival in Evans City Pa.  I've been making various alternative mixes to include in the catalogue. It's important to make various mixes for production music so as to allow for different passages and or instrumentation to come into the foreground and thus change the feel and character. It also can allow for easier editing for a show. One thing that has changed with the latest music is that