✍️ Artist’s log. Day 22. (X? days before the concert)

Third score, “What the Absences Leave” is finished! Starting to get the hang of keyboard patches and controller assignments. And the overall score template has been working great on this one, so I feel good about subsequent pieces! ☺️

Should be fairly smooth sailing from there... just nine more to go 😅

The story behind this concert? Part 1 is here: https://tinyurl.com/3epfn767

When the creative juices are flowing… 🎶 new track for my sixth Audio Network album!

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For years in Boston then Los Angeles, I hid behind imitation—trying to sound like my heroes instead of listening to my inner voice.
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Part 3 of 'Finding the Echoes' is about what lead to the moment someone finally asked me, “What do you want to write?”—a question I hadn't dared ask myself in 20 years—and the truth it forced me to face.
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Read Part 3: https://tinyurl.com/33fufx8p
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#FindingTheEchoes

When I left Paris to study film scoring at Berklee, I thought I was chasing a dream — but I was really running from silence, from shame, from unspoken trauma.

Part 2 of Finding the Echoes is out now.

Read: https://tinyurl.com/4274xuuk

#FindingTheEchoes #ArtistJourney #ComposerLife #HealingThroughMusic

A new photo gallery is now available on my website, with pictures from the November 2019 Japanese instrument session for my album "Shifting Perspectives." It took place at the Bunker Studio in Brooklyn.

Contracted by Tomoko Akaboshi, it featured performances by Zac Zinger on Shakuhachi, Kaoru Watanabe on Shinobue, and Sumie Kaneko and Yumi Kurosawa on Kotos.

https://www.jeromeleroy.com/galleries/shifting-perspectives-japanese-solos-the-bunker-studio

#recordingsession #shakuhachi #koto #shinobue #bunkerstudios #audionetwork

Artist’s log. Day 4 (X? days before the concert). ✍️

The score for “Unbeaten Paths” is done. This piece was first written for my upcoming Audio Network album, so working on the live score forces me to think about the performance itself. 🔍

Closing my eyes, I put myself in the audience's perspective. What do I want them to feel? That leads me to decide what to extend (if any); what to have the group play live or not; and what to leave out. A stimulating process! 🥰

(The piece is 45s longer now!)

Artist’s log. Day 1. (x? days before the concert)

First score, The Origins of Light, is ready. 13 more to go 🤪😳🫣

The story behind this concert? Part 1 is here: https://www.jeromeleroy.com/complog-content/2025/10/finding-the-echoes-an-artists-journey-from-trauma-to-self-discovery-part1-awakenings

#Rediscovery #FindingTheEchoes #ComposerLife #NeoclassicalMusic #HealingThroughArt #CreativeJourney #MusicAndMemory #PersonalEssay #ArtistLife

Je n'ai jamais senti qu'il était nécessaire que je "gagne" le télétravail. Pour moi, les avantages pour l'employeur sont écrasants. En 5 ou 7 ans de télétravail (hybride et full), je n'ai jamais eu un retard. J'ai réduit drastiquement mes absences liées aux rhumes/grippes/etc car le télétravail réduit l'impact de ces tracas. Je suis disponible (exceptionnellement et avec mon accord) à des heures inattendues.

20 years ago, I walked off a stage mid-performance and swore I’d never perform publicly again. Next spring, I will.

I’ve written a 5-part essay about that journey — through silence, fear, and back to music.

"Part 1: Awakenings" is out today. You can read it here: https://www.jeromeleroy.com/complog-content/2025/10/finding-the-echoes-an-artists-journey-from-trauma-to-self-discovery-part1-awakenings

#MusicAndHealing #Performance #ComposerLife #ArtistLife

@daringfireball Instead of "But how different is this from the millions of lonely people with problematic addictions to video games?" Try ➡️ "But how different is this from the millions of lonely people with problematic addictions?"

@stroughtonsmith I don't know how could anyone in their right mind approve this to production.

@daringfireball The marketing for this film has been absolutely terrible. No one (outside of die hard Pixar fans) knew it was coming and/or what it was about. The trailers were terrible, too. It's like they didn't know what they had on their hands and how to sell it. Here in Paris it wasn't even showing in premium theaters! The movie isn't great by Pixar standards but it is good by American-kids-animation-fare standards. It definitely deserved a bigger audience.

"You're holding it wrong." 2.0 https://spyglass.org/spyglasslighting/

"You're holding it wrong." 2.0

https://spyglass.org/spyglasslighting/

@hollywoodreporter « While streaming saved the industry from an era of rampant piracy… » ➡️ Sources please?

Some first thoughts on WWDC25

https://www.theenthusiast.net/wwdc25-first-thoughts/

The incredible Spirit Rangers is nominated for a Peabody Award! 🌿

Created by Karissa Valencia — the first Native American showrunner on a Netflix animated series — and produced by Chris Nee's company Laughing Wild — this show is a milestone in representation and storytelling.

Honored to have contributed as Consulting Score Producer. Congrats to the whole team!

#SpiritRangers #PeabodyAwards #RepresentationMatters #KarissaValencia #NetflixAnimation #TVMusic #ChrisNee #NativeVoices #JérômeLeroy

@BasicAppleGuy We gained a lot, but we lost so much, I'm not convinced it was for the better.