Note: This is an electronic realization of the saxophone quartet edition. There are ten approximately one-minute movements.

Tiny Machines was inspired by a visit to a Ford Motor Company assembly plant. It is a collection of ten miniature musical “machines.” Through carefully constructed interlocking parts and gestures, each movement is an energy-filled study of musical mechanisms. 

Tiny Machines

Note: This is an electronic realization of the saxophone quartet edition (movement 1)

Tiny Machines was inspired by a visit to a Ford Motor Company assembly plant. It is a collection of ten miniature musical “machines.” Through carefully constructed interlocking parts and gestures, each movement is an energy-filled study of musical mechanisms. 

Tiny Machines: 1. Cog

Note: This is an electronic realization of the saxophone quartet edition (movement 2)

Tiny Machines was inspired by a visit to a Ford Motor Company assembly plant. It is a collection of ten miniature musical “machines.” Through carefully constructed interlocking parts and gestures, each movement is an energy-filled study of musical mechanisms. 

Tiny Machines: 2. Gear

Note: This is an electronic realization of the saxophone quartet edition (movement 3)

Tiny Machines was inspired by a visit to a Ford Motor Company assembly plant. It is a collection of ten miniature musical “machines.” Through carefully constructed interlocking parts and gestures, each movement is an energy-filled study of musical mechanisms. 

Tiny Machines: 3. Bearing

Note: This is an electronic realization of the saxophone quartet edition (movement 4)

Tiny Machines was inspired by a visit to a Ford Motor Company assembly plant. It is a collection of ten miniature musical “machines.” Through carefully constructed interlocking parts and gestures, each movement is an energy-filled study of musical mechanisms. 

Tiny Machines: 4. Torque

Note: This is an electronic realization of the saxophone quartet edition (movement 5)

Tiny Machines was inspired by a visit to a Ford Motor Company assembly plant. It is a collection of ten miniature musical “machines.” Through carefully constructed interlocking parts and gestures, each movement is an energy-filled study of musical mechanisms. 

Tiny Machines 5. Pulley

Note: This is an electronic realization of the saxophone quartet edition (movement 8)

Tiny Machines was inspired by a visit to a Ford Motor Company assembly plant. It is a collection of ten miniature musical “machines.” Through carefully constructed interlocking parts and gestures, each movement is an energy-filled study of musical mechanisms. 

Tiny Machines: 8. Spindle

I've been sitting on unreleased music for way too long, I figured my birthday would be a good day to release the first

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Bill composes, produces events, conducts, and teaches. He's a dad. He cooks. He backpacks. He climbs mountains. He has run marathons and ultra marathons very slowly. He uses a Mac. He takes photographs. He owns many power tools. He loves baseball. He spends way too much time online.

Tiny Machines: 8. Spindle

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