While the Song Is Still Playing
A song can take you somewhere else. The hard part is hearing the refrigerator again.
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Journal
Reflections, publication updates, music notes, studio news, and announcements from Tony Wynne.
Why I Wrote a Book That Won’t Tell You What to Do
Most conversations about AI want you excited or frightened. Plainly Speaking offers something different: a chance to think clearly and make up your own mind.
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The Names We Carry With Us
A reflection on forty years of creativity, and the private place where music, theater and writing have quietly remained connected.
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A Weekend of Levels
Every tune on the site has been remastered and normalized. No more reaching for the volume between tracks. Tedious work, but the kind that needed doing.
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How a Piece Begins, and A New Tune
Most pieces start with noticing something, not a melody. On how a composition begins, why the piano comes first, and where "Parallels" currently stands.
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Bringing the Rooms Together
Skyward Productions is not new. This change brings books, music, essays, and other creative work together under one familiar name.
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Skyward’s New Home Is Open
The Skyward Productions site has been rebuilt, and it is now open. If you have been here before, everything has moved.
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