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My ReMastering Project is going well. The plugin I'm using exclusively for this project is Nuro Audio's Flexion. I can't say enough good things about it. The algorithms work so well. I've even acquired several other plugins from them, and they all work great. There's enough presets to cover most situations, but you can tweak it to achieve exactly what you're looking for.

Before this, I was an Izotope RX 11 users. I rarely use them anymore. I invite you to listen to any of the works I've presented on my website. This has been, and still is, a fun project for me. I hope youlike what you hear.

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In 2024, I voted in the Presidential election. It was the first time I votewd since moving to South Carolina. What made it possible was the mail-in ballot, which I was sent. Otherwise I wouldn't have been able to. I have mobility issues and can't stand on my feet for more than a few minutes. Most of that came from the cancer treatments I'm still receiving.

The 2026 midterm election, taking place on the 3rd of this month, is a critically important one. However, I was not sent my mail-in ballot. Since my situation has not changed, I won't be able to vote in this election. If I felt I could push through all the obstacles that prevents me from voting, I certainly would. But I've attempted to do that before and it didn't end well. I'm wondering if not being sent my ballot had anything to do with the administration's efforts to block mail-in voting.

I have some time until the 2028 Presidential election to find ways around my disabilities. I'm working on that already. But a mail-in ballot would be the ideal way for me to vote. Maybe by then, the mail-in ballot issue will be favorably resolved. I've noticed a few PSAs on cable TV telling everyone that who you vote for is private, but if you voted will be on your voting record for all to see. I'm 83 years old and have voted in many elections over the years. But I don't remember this reporting happening. Makes you wonder....

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I'm totally redoing my website. This is the first go-around. There's much more to come!

I have completely revised my website. I've tried to make it easier to use with less clutter. It is, after all, a presentation of my work. So I cut out the videos and anything else that didn't support that. In selecting what compositions to include, I decided to choose the more representative pieces and leave out the lesser ones. My full catalogue of work is large, and covers many years. Including all of it would be too much, so I chose only those works I considered significant enough to share.

I've also decided not to take a chronological approach. Each page of compositions is randomly chosen without regard to when they were composed. In retrospect, I don't think listing them by when they were written is relevant to the listener. I think the title of the work, and the graphic I create for it, hints at what it's about.

Like anything else I do, I continually try to improve and enhance it. That's especially true about my website. I know much of my music is an acquired taste. I don't write to please the mainstream, or even those on the fringe. I write first and foremost for myself. The work has to satisfy my own aesthetic before I consider it worthy of presenting and sharing.

I've been composing for over sixty years, so my work has undergone quite a metamorphosis over the years. I don't disregard any of my earlier work just because it's different from what I'm currently doing. It's all part of who I am as a composer. If I were still writing the same kind and style of work, I'd have to question whether I was serious about being a composer.

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