Bassoonist Mark Ortwein approached me about five years ago with an idea for writing a piece where he could perform much like a rock guitar player would, sending his amplified bassoon through a number of effects stomp pedals.  Our original plans were for some kind of a solo piece which then morphed into this piece, upping the ante to include amplified CONTRABASSOON as well as adding a complete wind ensemble to accompany and play against the intrepid (mad) bassoonist.  This piece’s title includes some of my typical ‘punishment’ word play (of course) as well as aptly describes a number of musical elements featured throughout the work:  numerous clingy harmonic major/minor seconds in chords and diads, constant drumming, and myriad velcro-cling effects by the soloist all wrapped up in a kind of snarky, quasi-anxiously-stoned-avant-garde-acid-jazz aesthetic.  

Led by a virtuosic, neo-hep-kat bassoonist…. naturally.

commissioned by and composed for that mondo-awesome bassoonist, Mark Ortwein

live performance by Mark Ortwein and the University of Indianapolis Wind Ensemble, cond. by Jon Noworta

Ecstatic Cling

David is a self taught composer and music theorists who has written in many genres of music Classical, Melancholy, Trance, Uplifting Trance, Progressive Trance, Melodic House, Drum & Bass, Ambient, Chill out, Punk Rock, Metal, along with many others!   A majority of David's passion flows into his love for video game style soundtrack music and scores, of which are written in orchestra and classical styles.

I am an eclectic composer who writes with a postmodern mischievousness: my pieces can be comedic/ironic, simple/complex, or humble/reverent. My recent projects have taken a turn toward turn towards the sweeter side, exploring a consonant adiatonicism.

Ecstatic Cling

FRANK FELICE, composer