How did you do it??
Just the other day, I hit 400,000 plays on Soundcloud. After announcing it on Facebook and Twitter, I've had several people ask me, "how did you do it?", or, "I'd love to hear how [...]
July 2016
July 2015
To write (yourself) a concerto…
Writing a concerto is hard. Writing a concerto for yourself is maddening. In late 2013, I was approached by Sean Kleve of the percussion ensemble Clocks in Motion to write a new piece for their [...]
April 2015
Synesthesiac gets a first review!
Synesthesiac get it's first review over at icareifyoulisten.com! It's a fantastic review - thank you to I Care If You Listen and Justin Rito for writing it! Read it here - http://www.icareifyoulisten.com/2015/04/anthony-joseph-lanman-synesthesiac/ The album is [...]
April 2014
Kickstarter!
The Kickstarter campaign is underway! I have many really great recordings of my music that I would love to get out on CD and LP. I had a great chat about it this morning with [...]
August 2013
“There must be some kind of mistake?!”
“There must be some kind of mistake?!” was the first thing I said when I started to get some serious attention on Soundcloud.com. I couldn’t fathom why so many people – so many people outside [...]
October 2009
Palestrina and the Fundamental Difference Between Classical and Pop Music
I wrote this blog a few years ago and posted it on another site that I only used very briefly, and honestly kind of forgot about it until today. I came across the blog and [...]
August 2009
What makes a musical prodigy?
I was sitting around revising Synaesthesiac today, and my fiancee Jenn showed me this amazing video of a 4 year old drummer. We watched a bunch of them and they're amazing and hilarious at the [...]
Two Dowland Arrangements
I just received a recording of one of my John Dowland arrangements, and I thought I would share it because it's really cool! This arrangement of In Darkness Let Me Dwell, a song, or aire [...]
July 2009
When do you stop writing music for free?
Finally, a new post! Since my last post, I've moved from Fort Worth, Texas to Terre Haute, Indiana. Why have I moved? I'm getting married next year (06/19/2009) and I moved here to get a [...]
May 2009
Vivaldi
Since the mid-90's I've been a huge fan of Antonio Vivaldi's music. The recording that really turned me on to his music was a CD of his Four Seasons concertos performed by violinist Gil Shaham [...]