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Kickstarter Thank You!
Our FSM 35th Anniversary Kickstarter has closed with a whopping $64,726. Thank you all so much! I was pretty sure we would reach our...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 113 min read


Kickstarter Last Day
Our FSM 35th anniversary Kickstarter concludes tonight (Thursday 7/10) at 11:59PM, Pacific time. Thank you all for your incredible...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 101 min read


Kickstarter Countdown
Whoa! You guys are awesome! The Kickstarter has surpassed the stretch goal of $50,000 and is sitting north of $52K as of this morning...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 93 min read


Kickstarter Ends Thursday Night
All right, home stretch! We are on our way to making the $50K stretch goal and THANK YOU all for your support. We are already building...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 82 min read


Kickstarter Final Week
Our FSM 35th anniversary Kickstarter is in the final week—it ends Thursday night at 11:59 PM Pacific time, 7/10/25. For me this is...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 72 min read


Zoom Test Today
Happy Sunday everybody! I have a pro Zoom account so let’s do a test today, 7/6/25, at 11AM Pacific / 2PM Eastern to see who wants to...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 61 min read


Farewell to Mark Snow
What a rough couple of weeks. We’ve lost Mark Snow, composer of The X-Files and so much more. Here’s the Variety obituary . He was a...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 51 min read


Ray Ellis Sound Samples
Happy Fourth of July! As we’re in the final week of our FSM 35th Anniversary Kickstarter —trying to reach the stretch goal of $50K—this...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 41 min read


7 Days to Go
It’s the final week of our FSM 35th Anniversary Kickstarter and of this morning we’re knocking on $40K. I am trying to get to the...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 32 min read


Kickstarter Week 4
We’re into week four of our 35th anniversary Kickstarter and it’s looking great ! We have passed the initial goal of $25,000, are...
Lukas Kendall
Jun 304 min read


The Lalo on My List
I’ve been thinking about Lalo Schifrin who we lost last week, and all the enjoyment I’ve gotten from his scores over, well, my entire...
Lukas Kendall
Jun 292 min read


Finishing the Ray Ellis CD
Greetings from Mulholland Music , where I visited Doug Schwartz yesterday to put the finishing touches on the master for the Ray...
Lukas Kendall
Jun 281 min read


Lalo Schifrin
Farewell to one of the all-time greats, Lalo Schifrin, who died yesterday at 93. Here is the Variety obituary by Jon Burlingame. (Above:...
Lukas Kendall
Jun 272 min read


FSMCDs Needs CDs
First off today, I was a guest on The Geek Speak Show and really enjoyed it. Check out their newest episode and thanks for having me! We...
Lukas Kendall
Jun 261 min read


Kickstarter Halfway Point
It’s the halfway point in our 35th anniversary Kickstarter and the problem with coming up with a stretch goal is because I put all the...
Lukas Kendall
Jun 251 min read


The Legendary Shaiman Chat With the Kaplans
This is another one of my all-time favorite FSM pieces. It will definitely be going in our Best of FSM book! From FSM Vol. 5, No. 7,...
Lukas Kendall
Jun 248 min read


Kickstarter Week 3
Our FSM 35th anniversary Kickstarter is entering week three ; the halfway point is Wednesday, and it wraps up end of day Thursday, July...
Lukas Kendall
Jun 231 min read


Paper Archives
Thank you to everybody who has contributed to the FSM 35th anniversary Kickstarter ! It is going great and will continue through the end...
Lukas Kendall
Jun 221 min read


My 1997 Piece About Film Music Aesthetics
Way back in 1997 I wrote a “think piece” about the future of film music aesthetics inspired by, of all things, The Fifth Element . Eric...
Lukas Kendall
Jun 215 min read


New Website Samples
They say there is no happiness in show business—only relief. Well, I am relieved we have crossed $32K on our Kickstarter , in large part...
Lukas Kendall
Jun 202 min read
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