Feb 2007
A link to my personal weblog was added to the front page. Click here to read it...

Oct 2006
Removed "Wired Angel" from the playlist and instead placed the main titles from "My Crappy Neighborhood", a television pilot by Fred Greenlee. I was asked to write the title music to a pilot after the original titles could not be licensed. I put it together in about 3 hours..

July 2006
Updated the Audio page: added some tracks, and cleaned it up a bit.

April 2006
Working, playing, recording basic ideas, and taking care of business. No new news now, but watch this space - as soon as I have something good to report, I'll report it! Update: I'm working with live drums and bass again. We'll see where the initial improvisations go. In the meanwhile, the 3AM project is getting a new "band-name", and a new CD title. We've had it on the shelf for a long time, and we're hoping to release it this year.

August 2005
I've got three CDs worth of music up on iTunes. If you have iTunes, enter the iTunes Store and enter "rubenstein" in the search value. You can now buy the songs you like from the Cathedral, Image, and Tonecluster CDs!

In other news, I'm slowly working on some new music and practicing piano, getting my chops back into shape. We'll see how well the piano sounds in a recording, and hopefully we can use it for the next few projects.

May 2005
5/24 It's been a busy couple of months. I upgraded the studio, replacing the old Mac G4 with a new, faster G4; replaced the old recording software with a newer version of ProTools, and added another monitor screen to the Mac. Two screens, baby, so I can place audio on one screen and the mixing console on the other.

The music has been interesting: I've contacted a drummer and bassist for a new trio project, along the lines of Cathedral. I'll keep you updated. . .

I also spoke with a director about scoring his surfing documentary.. cross your fingers, as I'd like to get the gig. I'm not a surfing dude - more of a motorcycle guy - but I enjoy watching these folks in the early mornings down at the beach.

March 2005
3/19 Greg Clow over at 'feedback monitor' at CIUT in Toronto played a song called 'Recycled Spy Movie' (available on the 'Tonecluster' CD) last month. Check out his website! He spins some quality music and features special concerts in-studio. I've uploaded 'Recycled Spy Movie' to the audio page for your listening pleasure.

3/13 I'm working on some new music, and I've uploaded a work-in-progress version. I'm not sure where I want to go with this thing (called "demoedit" for the moment), but we'll see. The mp3 might be a little 'hot' (or loud) as we say, so check your volume before you play the track.

You may notice some influence from Robert Fripp in there; for the musicians out there, I overlaid a 9/8 phrase over a 7/8 phrase against a 4/4 pulse. The texture is interesting, to say the least.

February 2005:
Welcome to the re-launched website! Looks good, doesn't it? Thanks to Urban Frenzy for the great design work.

January 2005:
The website is currently being redesigned & we'll re-launch soon. Watch this space!!!!!

March 2004:
The Shop page has been updated. My music is available to you now from Amazon.com and from CDBaby.com, and we've added Off The Beaten Track Recordings artists Gypsy Soul and gavin. Check it out!!

February 2004:
Wow! Way too long in between news updates! Check out the audio page for some mp3 files, selected for your listening pleasure. Much has been going on since '02, and I am happy to say that I'm back in the studio finally and working on some new music. Stay tuned.. as it gets recorded, I'll put it on the website!

February 2002:
Three A.M. has been added to the playlists of echoes, a "... daily two-hour music soundscape, distributed by Public Radio International and broadcast on over 150 radio stations from Maine to California." Please visit their site and help support another wonderful radio program.

December 2001:
Finally! The project I did with the talented Roman Morykit of Gypsy Soul, (formerly named 'eidolon' but now called 'three a.m.') is up at mp3.com as three am!! Click here to visit the page.

June 2001:
The band, The Science Fiction Ensemble, had its first ever gig at The Baked Potato in North Hollywood. It went great, we had a blast, and we'll have more performances in the future. We went onstage without a proper rehearsal, no matter what the news says below (we had only one!) , and made it all up as we went along. Not only did we have fun, but it sounded great, and the room full of wonderful, nice people who came out on a Wednesday night to hear us said they had a good time as well!

April 2001:
The new band is in rehearsals, and sounds great! David Carol-Libman is back on drums (not that he ever left), along with Andrea Carol-Libman on another set of drums (yep, they're married). On bass is Svante Westerberg, and yours truly will be banging away on piano and assorted sounds and noises. There is a web page, and its www.gearheadmusic.com/SFE. What is SFE? It stands for the Science Fiction Ensemble. The music is along the lines of what you hear on "Where The Hell Am I?" and "The First Day" and, of course, "Cathedral". Stay tuned to the webpages, the message board, and the news for updates on performances and CD releases.