Sound recording made by David Stalling, field recordings made by David Stalling in Co.Louth. Cello Séverine Ballon, Clarinet Carol Robinson

Pisaro  Asleep Forest Melody Path  Ballon Robinson Stalling  17 Oct 15

https://gregstuart.bandcamp.com/album/four-pieces-for-recorded-percussion-il-faut-attendre

A studio recording of Michael Pisaro's "A cloud drifting over the plain" from "Four Pieces for Recorded Percussion (Il faut attendre)" (2008).

Greg Stuart, water percussion/bass drums/sine waves

III.) A Cloud drifting over the Plain (to Bruce Conner, Robert Barry and Allen Ginsberg) (about 30 minutes)

Short
There are up to forty distinct sounds involving water dripping.
Single drops of water (or some other liquid) perhaps from an eye-dropper, falling on different surfaces (drums, tiles, metal bowls, containers, etc.).
At least one third of the containers should contain liquid already.
The raindrop chart at the end of the score lists 40 parts, with parts listed from left to right and count numbers being read from top to bottom. Each part has a distinct number of drops. The distance (in counts) following each drop is given on the chart. All the rates start and end at 20 counts, speed up and then slow down over the course of their duration.
Once all the parts are recorded, the longest is used as the total duration of the piece. The other parts are placed randomly within the duration of the longest part.

Long
A brush, a towel (and/or) branch with leaves rubbed across a large bass drum (gentle rushing sound). Two sustained sounds, of around 20 counts, one for every raindrop parts used (in a specific panning location)—randomly placed over the duration created by the whole duration of the section.

A Cloud drifting over the Plain

An excerpt from 'Without', a piece composed for the duo of Erik Carlson (violin) and Greg Stuart (percussion). Released in October 2018 in elsewhere.

https://elsewheremusic.bandcamp.com/album/without
http://www.elsewheremusic.net/

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Clara de Asís - Without (2018) 43:10

Erik Carlson - violin
Greg Stuart - percussion

recorded by Erik Carlson and Greg Stuart at Conrad Prebys Music Center, UCSD, La Jolla, CA on July 9, 2018
mixed by Erik Carlson
cover photo and inside photo by David Sylvian
design by Yuko Zama
produced by Erik Carlson, Greg Stuart, and Yuko Zama
executive produced by Jon Abbey 
©2018 elsewhere music

Without (excerpt 2) / for Erik Carlson & Greg Stuart (elsewhere, 2018)

percussionist. university of south carolina.

A Cloud drifting over the Plain

Greg Stuart

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