Blog | Keith Pray

The Gate: A Portrait of the Mohawk

In 2007 I was commissioned by the Empire Jazz Orchestra to write the "composition I always wanted to write" composing a piece for the...

You want to play what????

As long as I can remember I have been mesmerized by music. Some of my earliest memories were of recording TV and movie themes onto my...

Making of an Album Part 4

Well all of the fun part in the album process is now over. Now its all about getting the word out (the business side has never been my...

Making of an Album Part 3

All the parts recorded by the musicians, mixed over and over again, adding electronics and taking them away (and adding them again),...

Making of an Album Part 2

When we last left off, I mentioned that there has been several phases the music for Universal Blues has gone through. The need for...

What is Improvisation

I hope that as this page grows, I will have both musicians and non-musicians as part of this community. These types of posts will be more...

Active Listening, the Lost Art

In today's world, music is everywhere. Not only is it everywhere, almost any song, composition etc. is there for us to hear and only a...

Making of an Album Part 1

Wow what a process! Its amazing reflecting on the inner workings of making a record. Each time its such a process and this time has been...

Composing Music Part 1

What is it that allows us to create? This is a question that many have tried to answer for generations. Some feel it is self-expression,...

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