Michael Evan Moore is an artist born and raised in the Los Angeles Area. He has had an interest in music and film since his early childhood. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in music composition, he received further education from UCLA in Film Scoring.  Having developed a strong familiarity with orchestration and audio engineering, he has composed professionally for directors and produced for other artists throughout his career. Some of his most notable orchestrations were recorded at renowned studios in Los Angeles such as East West and The Village. His debut single, “The Unknown” released in 2018, captures the essence of life’s unknown nature, being unpredictable, and absolutely subject to change. His most popular single, “Memories” released in 2021 is a journey through the past, present, and future. This song is dedicated to his late grandmother who left a lasting impact on his life and family.  “Waves”, released in 2022, depicts the high and low tides of life. In ...

My Experiences in the Beautiful and Mysterious Appalachians In a previous post , I wrote about how I came to love music and especially Beethoven, who was a kindred spirit in that he loved nature and hiked quite a bit, so I was intrigued when Dave, seemingly out of the blue, asked if I wanted to spend the week of our spring break hiking the Appalachian Trail. I said alright, not really knowing what I was getting myself into. Dave had it all mapped out; the plan was to get a friend to drive us out to the trail-head in Maryland and then hitchhike back into Baltimore after a week of hiking. We made our preparations, which were on the crude side and didn’t take into account any really rough weather, after all it was spring. We arrived at the trail-head and started south. That first night, when it started getting cold, my morale dropped and I was wondering what the hell I was doing out there. Dave started to gather up wood and enjoined me to do the same. “Sure, gather up wood,” I thought, “...

  Unpopular Opinions; Communication Breakdown If you’re having a communication breakdown, any opinion is unpopular, and we’ve been in a communication breakdown for a very long time. What are some of the ways that one achieves a communication breakdown? Trust me, a communication breakdown is not something that occurs naturally; it is most definitely planned, worked on and achieved. One way, of course, is to put communication on autopilot and substitute identifying gestures and appearance for actual communication. Back in the day, it was a peace sign, a tie dyed shirt or a joint. “Are you cool? Are you hip?” ‘Nuff said! Given the correct outward trappings and social tricks, opinions and attitudes are assumed. One need not be burdened with the effort of actually communicating. In more contemporary times an extremely complex handshake will serve to bypass any need to communicate. And if you want to avoid any serious discussion about religion, just carry around a bible or wear a cross. ...