Like many artists, I’ve struggled all my life with my own self image and with self-defeating behaviors. In the past eight years or so, I’ve been gradually moving myself back into composing and performing, with increasing success—but also with increasing...
I’ve been a composer most of my life, and a business owner for 15 years—I started “Breur Media Corporation” in July of 2001, and rebranded it as FireSpike LLC in 2013. Most of those years, the company has belonged to some business organization or...
When we lose a loved one, we often redirect the emotion invested in that person into other areas of our lives. In my case, this happened very clearly upon the loss of my grandmother Jocelyn. Jocelyn was my paternal grandfather’s second wife. They were divorced...
Folks usually laugh when I mention that the Jim Henson’s Muppets were a big musical influence on my composing style and sensibilities, but it’s totally true. I was fortunate enough to be at a very formative age when both Sesame Street got really...
There seems to be an idea out there that any serious 21st Century composer must be making music that is “cutting edge” or “experimental” or some other “far out” description. But why should that be the case? Consider the culinary...
Arthur Breur
