Waltz of 1000 Stars is a composed piece, inspired by the classical music of the late 1800's and early 1900's and also by the works of game henge you would hear in the early 90's...  There is an underlying story but feel free to endulge your own imagination. 

Recorded in the middle of the Pandemic in Burlington, VT in 2020, just after the Beacon Jams shows TAB put on. 
More info on TAB here https://trey.com/. more on Ray and Russ's Duo here https://soulemonde.com/

Waltz of 1000 Stars is the type of song you…

Ari put a hope out to the Universe years ago; a hope to work with Stone Gossard, Pearl Jam guitarist, Ari has long admired as a musical genius.  The Universe delivered in the most beautiful and unexpected way.  Stone Gossard, guitarist for Pearl Jam and Temple of the Dog stopped by the The Music Factory mid-April to record some voice for a great cause - the environment!  This was both fun and meaningful.  Stone and several other voice actors spent a couple of days on this campaign to protect water quality…

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Valentines Day 2.12.2021 6-8pm PST

It's been a minute but here is what I am up to. 

I am working to try to create a platform based on the success of The Music Factory in Seattle. The Music Factory has been around for a long time now. The company started around 2005 and opened up in a it's current physical location a few years later. The last 10-15 years has given me alot of joy and pleasure both bringing music to kids and adults, and also employing some of the finest musicians around. In a way the pandemic has created a cocoon for me. There…

Narration for the Tuxedo rock opera composed by a student at The Music Factory see previous post

Tuxedo co-written by Carson Myself and teacher Frank Vitolo at The Music Factory's Summer Camp from 2017

Just listen... it is really adorable... we have written like 100's of these over the years, unfortunately most of them are lost to old hard drives and even burnt CDs