June 29, 2008
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Breezy -- Some synthetic wind chimes for this lazy Sunday.
Breezy -- Some synthetic wind chimes for this lazy Sunday.
Labels: ambient, generative, MaxMSP, synthesis
June 25, 2008
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Won't You Come Out To Play -- My uncle is visiting (again!). While enjoying our post-pizza cannoli, our conversation turned to the Beatles and my podcast. So, with a little help from my uncle, we took the last four notes of Dear Prudence, slowed them down, layered them on top of themselves, added a looping drone from Within You Without You, and finished it with children coming out to play, courtesy of dobroide at the Freesound Project.
Won't You Come Out To Play -- My uncle is visiting (again!). While enjoying our post-pizza cannoli, our conversation turned to the Beatles and my podcast. So, with a little help from my uncle, we took the last four notes of Dear Prudence, slowed them down, layered them on top of themselves, added a looping drone from Within You Without You, and finished it with children coming out to play, courtesy of dobroide at the Freesound Project.
Labels: ambient, freesound, plunderphonic
June 8, 2008
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Clouds -- This is a little generative sequencer I've built in MaxMSP. It chooses which notes to play when (with a little user guidance at the beginning...). The synth sound is still on the simple side, but that's the next project. For now, enjoy this chill little minute.
Clouds -- This is a little generative sequencer I've built in MaxMSP. It chooses which notes to play when (with a little user guidance at the beginning...). The synth sound is still on the simple side, but that's the next project. For now, enjoy this chill little minute.
Labels: ambient, generative, MaxMSP, synthesis
May 9, 2008
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Judson Church is my final danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis. Dance-A-Day will complete its year on Sunday. We've made 43 videos together over the last year. Wow.
In addition to scoring this final video, I also got to be the cameraman for the dancing. We were attending a show at Judson Church, an important venue in the dance world. Afterwards, Boris made this video (with some guest performers) so that he too could dance in Judson Church.
Judson Church is my final danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis. Dance-A-Day will complete its year on Sunday. We've made 43 videos together over the last year. Wow.
In addition to scoring this final video, I also got to be the cameraman for the dancing. We were attending a show at Judson Church, an important venue in the dance world. Afterwards, Boris made this video (with some guest performers) so that he too could dance in Judson Church.
Labels: ambient, dance-a-day, improvisation
April 27, 2008
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Tokyo Redux is a remix of an earlier work of mine, Where Is Tokyo?, which in turn is a remix of an even earlier work, Elegy for Sophie.
Tokyo Redux is a remix of an earlier work of mine, Where Is Tokyo?, which in turn is a remix of an even earlier work, Elegy for Sophie.
April 22, 2008
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WTC -- Tonight, flying home from Ohio, my plane followed a path north along the Hudson River, giving me an amazing view of Manhattan. One of the first things I noticed and identified is the place where the World Trade Center once stood.
It was very disconcerting that my first time seeing the site was from a passenger jet passing overhead.
WTC -- Tonight, flying home from Ohio, my plane followed a path north along the Hudson River, giving me an amazing view of Manhattan. One of the first things I noticed and identified is the place where the World Trade Center once stood.
It was very disconcerting that my first time seeing the site was from a passenger jet passing overhead.
Labels: ambient
April 17, 2008
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Fragments -- The setup of my workspace in this new apartment allows me to use my keyboard. Where I lived before there was no room for it unless it was sitting on the radiator, which is generally not a good practice with plastic encased electronics. Now that I have it out again I like to noodle around on it, playing the few bits of songs that I can.
While preparing for this minute, my fingers fell into a song I'd written in high school and then revised in college. The problem is that I can only remember the first part of the first phrase (not much at all). So I recorded myself playing around with it and ended up with this new version for today's minute.
Fragments -- The setup of my workspace in this new apartment allows me to use my keyboard. Where I lived before there was no room for it unless it was sitting on the radiator, which is generally not a good practice with plastic encased electronics. Now that I have it out again I like to noodle around on it, playing the few bits of songs that I can.
While preparing for this minute, my fingers fell into a song I'd written in high school and then revised in college. The problem is that I can only remember the first part of the first phrase (not much at all). So I recorded myself playing around with it and ended up with this new version for today's minute.
Labels: ambient
April 13, 2008
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Blocked -- Writer's block (or in this case, composer's block) is a fact of life. Often when I'm having a hard time creating something I'll just play around randomly at my keyboard, hoping to find something interesting or useful. Today's piece is one minute from about thirty or so of me poking around at the keyboard. Don't think of it as a piece about writer's block, think of it as writer's block made audible...
Blocked -- Writer's block (or in this case, composer's block) is a fact of life. Often when I'm having a hard time creating something I'll just play around randomly at my keyboard, hoping to find something interesting or useful. Today's piece is one minute from about thirty or so of me poking around at the keyboard. Don't think of it as a piece about writer's block, think of it as writer's block made audible...
Labels: ambient
April 8, 2008
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Internet Woes -- I did not post anything yesterday because I was having trouble getting my brand new internet set-up to work properly. It works now, so here's this little anthem to my troubles....
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
Internet Woes -- I did not post anything yesterday because I was having trouble getting my brand new internet set-up to work properly. It works now, so here's this little anthem to my troubles....
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
Labels: ambient, musique_concrete
April 4, 2008
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MLK is this week's danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis. Today is the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. Boris marked this occasion with a dance at the future site of a memorial to King. I created this soundscape using a sample of King's voice, "Like anybody, I would like to live."
MLK is this week's danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis. Today is the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. Boris marked this occasion with a dance at the future site of a memorial to King. I created this soundscape using a sample of King's voice, "Like anybody, I would like to live."
Labels: ambient, dance-a-day, musique_concrete
March 28, 2008
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Cherry Blossoms is today's danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis. A little celebration of Spring here in chilly Ohio.
Cherry Blossoms is today's danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis. A little celebration of Spring here in chilly Ohio.
Labels: ambient, dance-a-day
March 16, 2008
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Spring Fever -- another fever-themed piece, this time with birds.
sample attribution: evening in the forest.wav by reinsamba
Spring Fever -- another fever-themed piece, this time with birds.
sample attribution: evening in the forest.wav by reinsamba
Labels: ambient, musique_concrete
March 10, 2008
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Watery -- Well, it finally happened... I missed a day. Damn. Traveling yesterday after a long weekend made it slip my mind until i was drifting off to sleep last night. Oh well, today I must compose two minutes to catch back up.
The first re-uses a water sample that I first explored a couple of weeks ago. Today though, I have subjected it to the kind of manipulations I usually reserve for beat-based samples.
Watery -- Well, it finally happened... I missed a day. Damn. Traveling yesterday after a long weekend made it slip my mind until i was drifting off to sleep last night. Oh well, today I must compose two minutes to catch back up.
The first re-uses a water sample that I first explored a couple of weeks ago. Today though, I have subjected it to the kind of manipulations I usually reserve for beat-based samples.
Labels: ambient, musique_concrete, process
March 9, 2008
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Seen Memory -- Thursday night I had an awesome performance with Esther Palmer (Seen Performance) and Amiti Perry. I mixed some loops and found sounds into a meditative soundscape. It was a lot of fun. Today, I celebrate that performance with this minute of remembering.
Seen Memory -- Thursday night I had an awesome performance with Esther Palmer (Seen Performance) and Amiti Perry. I mixed some loops and found sounds into a meditative soundscape. It was a lot of fun. Today, I celebrate that performance with this minute of remembering.
February 29, 2008 (Leap Day)
There is no new 60-second piece for today. If there was this project would need to be called 60x366, which it's not.
Instead I am posting two other pieces today, each of which is built from earlier one-minute postings. The archives of 60x365 have become a kind of menu that I can use for collaborations and commissions. These pieces were each created for specific performances, using the 60x365 archives as a source for material.
First is a piece called Twine [listen]. I made it for dancer/choreographer Kristin Hapke using five earlier pieces: Simple Sin(e) 1, Simple Sin(e) 2, Stasis, Glass Canon, and Here, I'll Play It Again.
The second piece is called Creamy Pink Thrill [listen]. It started as Boop Boop Beep and evolved into a Gameboy performance piece.
Enjoy.
Instead I am posting two other pieces today, each of which is built from earlier one-minute postings. The archives of 60x365 have become a kind of menu that I can use for collaborations and commissions. These pieces were each created for specific performances, using the 60x365 archives as a source for material.
First is a piece called Twine [listen]. I made it for dancer/choreographer Kristin Hapke using five earlier pieces: Simple Sin(e) 1, Simple Sin(e) 2, Stasis, Glass Canon, and Here, I'll Play It Again.
The second piece is called Creamy Pink Thrill [listen]. It started as Boop Boop Beep and evolved into a Gameboy performance piece.
Enjoy.
February 26, 2008
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Greetings from Minneapolis. I am traveling this week to visit/participate in the 2008 Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts. Tomorrow morning, nine selections from this very podcast will be featured on a concert of appropriated music. I will report back on it when I post tomorrow.
Anyway, today's piece is called Waterworld, and no, it has nothing to do with that Kevin Costner movie...
Greetings from Minneapolis. I am traveling this week to visit/participate in the 2008 Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts. Tomorrow morning, nine selections from this very podcast will be featured on a concert of appropriated music. I will report back on it when I post tomorrow.
Anyway, today's piece is called Waterworld, and no, it has nothing to do with that Kevin Costner movie...
Labels: ambient, musique_concrete
February 22, 2008
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Blue is this week's danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis, continuing his series of dances for Black History Month. For today I decided to pay homage to the blues, that African-American form that is a cornerstone of our culture. This piece is a re-examination of a piano composition I composed several years ago, itself a re-examination of the blues. Enjoy.
Blue is this week's danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis, continuing his series of dances for Black History Month. For today I decided to pay homage to the blues, that African-American form that is a cornerstone of our culture. This piece is a re-examination of a piano composition I composed several years ago, itself a re-examination of the blues. Enjoy.
Labels: ambient, dance-a-day, remix
February 19, 2008
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Remembering -- A while ago, I posted this sketch of an uncompleted piece. I thought for today we'd check in and see what I've done with it since then. Enjoy.
Remembering -- A while ago, I posted this sketch of an uncompleted piece. I thought for today we'd check in and see what I've done with it since then. Enjoy.
Labels: ambient, field_recording
February 13, 2008
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One Inch:5 - another in my series of Nine Inch Nails remixes. Can you guess how many I plan to make?
One Inch:5 - another in my series of Nine Inch Nails remixes. Can you guess how many I plan to make?
Labels: ambient, plunderphonic, remix
February 8, 2008
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Fight is this week's danceaday.com collaboration, continuing Boris's series of dances for Black History Month. Today's piece samples from bassist/composer Charles Mingus's Haitian Fight Song. If you are unfamiliar with his work, I'd recommend that you start with these albums:
Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡ Blues and Roots
Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡ Mingus Ah Um
His autobiography, Beneath the Underdog is also well worth a look.
Fight is this week's danceaday.com collaboration, continuing Boris's series of dances for Black History Month. Today's piece samples from bassist/composer Charles Mingus's Haitian Fight Song. If you are unfamiliar with his work, I'd recommend that you start with these albums:
Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡ Blues and Roots
Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡ Mingus Ah Um
His autobiography, Beneath the Underdog is also well worth a look.
Labels: ambient, dance-a-day, plunderphonic
February 1, 2008
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SQ is this week's danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis. To honor Black History Month Boris is doing a series of dances at black history sites around Washington DC. Today's takes place at the Mount Vernon slave quarters. I've scored this dance with samples from a recording of Berta, Berta by Branford Marsalis.
SQ is this week's danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis. To honor Black History Month Boris is doing a series of dances at black history sites around Washington DC. Today's takes place at the Mount Vernon slave quarters. I've scored this dance with samples from a recording of Berta, Berta by Branford Marsalis.
Labels: ambient, dance-a-day, plunderphonic
January 31, 2008
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Cut
sound of scissors, looped.
notes hang in arpeggios.
torn fabric textures.
Cut
sound of scissors, looped.
notes hang in arpeggios.
torn fabric textures.
Labels: ambient, loop, musique_concrete
January 8, 2008
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Simple Sin(e) 5 -- After a break from it, I've decided to revisit my Simple Sin(e) series. Each of these pieces was made using a custom software patch and is built entirely from the sound of sine waves.
Check out the rest of the series:
1 Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡ 2 Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡ 3 Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡ 4 Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡ Inexplicable Pain Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡ Nostalgic Relief
Simple Sin(e) 5 -- After a break from it, I've decided to revisit my Simple Sin(e) series. Each of these pieces was made using a custom software patch and is built entirely from the sound of sine waves.
Check out the rest of the series:
1 Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡ 2 Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡ 3 Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡ 4 Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡ Inexplicable Pain Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡ Nostalgic Relief
January 7, 2008
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Amen Buzz -- I wanted to transform the amen break into an ambient soundscape. If you listen carefully, you will hear that it is much more than random noise...
Amen Buzz -- I wanted to transform the amen break into an ambient soundscape. If you listen carefully, you will hear that it is much more than random noise...
Labels: ambient, amen_break, MaxMSP
January 4, 2008
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Old Tape is this week's danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis, the first of 2008. I tried to make this sound like an old piece of audio tape that had been recorded on many times. It fits the mood and style of the video.
Old Tape is this week's danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis, the first of 2008. I tried to make this sound like an old piece of audio tape that had been recorded on many times. It fits the mood and style of the video.
Labels: ambient, dance-a-day, musique_concrete
December 30, 2007
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Grow -- With today's piece I enter the second half of this podcast project. I decided that this is the perfect opportunity for me to compose a piece using notes and pitches rather than simply using sounds and samples. It may seem like a subtle and meaningless different for the listener. For the composer though, there are some important differences, the foremost being that I first created a notated score from which I performed the music for this recording. Enjoy.
Grow -- With today's piece I enter the second half of this podcast project. I decided that this is the perfect opportunity for me to compose a piece using notes and pitches rather than simply using sounds and samples. It may seem like a subtle and meaningless different for the listener. For the composer though, there are some important differences, the foremost being that I first created a notated score from which I performed the music for this recording. Enjoy.
December 28, 2007
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Smile Song -- For Christmas, I got to visit my four-month old niece, Eiley. I recorded her cooing and giggling and set that to music for today's piece. Check her out, sporting her 5of4 logo shirt. You can get your own shirt at Cafe Press.
Smile Song -- For Christmas, I got to visit my four-month old niece, Eiley. I recorded her cooing and giggling and set that to music for today's piece. Check her out, sporting her 5of4 logo shirt. You can get your own shirt at Cafe Press.
Labels: ambient, musique_concrete, synthesis
December 27, 2007
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Flying Home -- We flew home from California today. Thiry minutes in line to get through security. An hour and a half waiting at the gate with loud, crying children. Five stupid hours on an airplane. Creativity is at a low ebb tonight, so more airplane sounds.
Flying Home -- We flew home from California today. Thiry minutes in line to get through security. An hour and a half waiting at the gate with loud, crying children. Five stupid hours on an airplane. Creativity is at a low ebb tonight, so more airplane sounds.
Labels: ambient, musique_concrete
December 22, 2007
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Flying -- We take a break from my podcast "tribute" to holiday music to bask in the sound of airplane engines. Many people fly during the holidays, adding to the season's stress.
Flying -- We take a break from my podcast "tribute" to holiday music to bask in the sound of airplane engines. Many people fly during the holidays, adding to the season's stress.
Labels: ambient, musique_concrete
December 20, 2007
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Bellsong provides some ultra-minimalist, ambient sleigh bells for your holiday mood. Enjoy.
Bellsong provides some ultra-minimalist, ambient sleigh bells for your holiday mood. Enjoy.
Labels: ambient, musique_concrete
December 9, 2007
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Birds is the title for today's piece. I made it using a sampled bird call and modulated sine waves.
Birds is the title for today's piece. I made it using a sampled bird call and modulated sine waves.
Labels: ambient, musique_concrete, synthesis
December 7, 2007
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Dance no.1 is this week's danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis. It's our 24th podcast. In preparation for next week's 25th collaboration, I revisited the music from our very first podcast. In case you've forgotten, you can find it here.
Dance no.1 is this week's danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis. It's our 24th podcast. In preparation for next week's 25th collaboration, I revisited the music from our very first podcast. In case you've forgotten, you can find it here.
Labels: ambient, dance-a-day, synthesis
December 5, 2007
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Sketch -- I came home from work today, excited to have some time to compose, finally. I jumped right in and worked on some sounds for a collaboration with
Sketch -- I came home from work today, excited to have some time to compose, finally. I jumped right in and worked on some sounds for a collaboration with