Dalton Ringey (Dalton H. Regnier)
@daltonringey.bsky.social
composer | clarinetist | educator Freelancer in Seattle, WA https://linktr.ee/regniermusic
There’s a composer who’s been offering courses as an alternative to academia, which as a concept is fine, but when all of your success stories are older adults with full-time jobs outside of music, you wonder how much success comes from the privilege of having that income already.
Rehearsal with the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra this evening!
Went to the Ballard Farmers Market today and had a wannabe influencer in front of me - was incredibly cringey and annoying to be around. I was close to saying or doing something to ruin the shot but decided against it.
Will democrats grow a spine now that Trump has announced his intention to illegally run for a 3rd term?
The fact that these are available in Publix’s in 2026 is a massive recession indicator
This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.
I am begging people in the academic job market to stop whining about “inside hires” An institution hiring a VAP or temporary instructor for a permanent role happens all the time and it makes perfect sense that someone who is already teaching in the department would be a better fit than others.
Friends - enjoy a new score video of my new unaccompanied bass clarinet work "Time Traveler!"
Time Traveler (2025) - for unaccompanied bass clarinet [score video]
YouTube video by Dalton H. Regnier, Composer
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Drove 2 hours to campus for none of my students to show up to my 9am class. Hope your day is off to a better start!
One of the Discover commercials with Jennifer Coolidge clearly uses some form of AI/Deepfake and it looks bad and they should be shamed for it
Someone tell this person you have your academic music jobs wiki crashout in private like the rest of us
Very excited to share Beltline Bones' premiere performance of "Concrete Jungle!"
Dalton H Regnier: Concrete Jungle - for trombone quartet and fixed media [world premiere]
YouTube video by Dalton Ringey
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“Is there a technology the left is excited about?” Yes. Granular synthesis
So it turns out in order to receive mentorship from this composer it’s $10k (thank you to a colleague for finding this out). So he really only had 9-10 students, and his biggest success story is someone who has a full time job outside of music (and the financial security that comes with it)
Dalton Ringey (Dalton H. Regnier)@daltonringey.bsky.social · 8mo agoA composer revealed that they made over $90k a year from their private composition studio/academy and I’d really like to see what the pricing is to get those numbers. I checked the website and there’s no pricing listed without showing interest
I should’ve expected the barbershop to be busy today but I have an appointment so if I better not have to wait an eternity
Lindsey Vonn’s decision to compete a week after a torn ACL is not only incredibly stupid, but selfish as well. I’m sure if she dropped out someone else who had an intact ACL could’ve taken her place.
Who thought putting athlete’s spouse’s BPM on the graphics was a good idea?
Instead of posting the ChatGPT charicature trend, I’ll remind everyone that AI companies are technofascists that have modeled themselves after the Italian futurist movement which supported Mussolini. Please do better.
An incredibly important video. Well done, Adam
Suno, AI Music, and the Bad Future
YouTube video by Adam Neely
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A composer revealed that they made over $90k a year from their private composition studio/academy and I’d really like to see what the pricing is to get those numbers. I checked the website and there’s no pricing listed without showing interest
Shoutout to the woman who rear ended me, outright refused to believe that she hit me, but stayed long enough for me to get her tag number to give to the police
The Kalshi ad with AI imagery has to be the worst possible thing I could’ve seen today
The way one of my schools handles email is the epitome of an IT department doing too much. I have to log in via a virtual desktop which doesn’t load half of the time, and when it does load it’s laggy. And my students suffer because it makes communication significantly harder than it needs to be
Latin American Coups promoted by the United States
Zero mention on GMA about this military operation being illegally ordered. Do better.
Really frustrating to see a theory/comp vacancy not even hide that it’s likely going to the current VAP. Zoom interviews 11 days after the deadline and campus invites going out 8 days later. Idk if it’s better that they’re this open about it
