software engineer dreams of floating in a sea of decaffeinated coffee. After losing the fight to save an ancient tree from the teeth of a new housing development. Throwing a rock through the “window of opportunity”. When the “bottom line” hits rock bottom. Soap Opera Septet for flute, violin, cello, electric keyboard, bass, percussion and tape recorder. Based on actual TV soap opera broadcasts. Vocalise No. 1 for vocal soloist and computer controlled piano. Fantasia for violin and computer-controlled piano. Same work as Vocalise No. 1 rescored for violin instead of vocal soloist. Ghouls for French horn and tuba. Also arranged for cello and double bass, or 2 cellos. Duration: 4 minutes. Trio for flute, viola, guitar. Also arranged for violin, viola and cello. Fanfares for Vernal Equinox, Summer Solstice, Autumnal Equinox, Winter Solstice for brass quintet. Duration: 3 minutes each. In Memorium—Christopher Cornford for string quartet or string orchestra. Duration: 5 minutes. For tape recorder Snake Oil Symphony. (In the permanent archives of the Institut International de Musique Electroacoustique de Bourges in the French National Library.) Soap Opera Suite Fundamentals. A theater/performance work written with Adam Cornford. Ad Nauseam. A theater/performance work written with Adam Cornford. Tape Composition No. 5 “The Society Of The Spectacle” Tape Composition No. 4 “Tortured By Demons” Tape Composition No. 3 “At the Movies” Tape Composition No. 2 Tape Composition No. 1 References New Mexico Philharmonic - Wednesday Night LIVE! with Daniel Steven Crafts (April 14, 2021) Verdino-Sullwold, Carla Maria (May, 2014) In Defense of Melody: Daniel Steven Crafts https://www.scene4.com/archivesqv6/2014/may-2014/0514/carlasullwold0514.html Verdino-Sullwold, Carla Maria (December, 2015) A House in Hampstead, a Room in Rome. In Search of John Keats https://www.scene4.com/archivesqv6/2015/dec-2015/1215/carlasullwold1215.html McQuillen, James. September 25, 2006 Opera review: Fun "Coffee Man" brews up some laughs http://dscrafts.net/Oregonian%20Review.htm Duin, Steve. April 4, 2008. Too Much Coffee Man Opera: The Refill. https://www.oregonlive.com/steveduin/2008/04/too_much_coffee_man_opera_the.html April 21, 2004 WIRED: Too Much Coffee Man: The Opera https://www.wired.com/2006/04/too-much-coffee/ MacDonald, Heidi. September 8, 2006 The Beat: The Too Much Coffee Man Opera. Inside Illinois. November 6, 2003 https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/212028 External links Wednesday Night LIVE! with Daniel Steven Crafts In Defense of Melody -- Daniel Steven Crafts Daniel Steven Crafts's official Web site Short Bio for Daniel Steven Crafts Making of the Video for The Song & the Slogan Opera review: Fun 'Coffee Man' brews up some laughs Too Much Coffee Man Opera Too Much Coffee Man: The Opera The Too Much Coffee Man Opera American male