IMAGE: John Roark (http://www.johnroarkmedia.com)

I was recently commissioned to write music for Google Glass--the first piece of its kind, as far as I know--as part of Google's "Glass Explorer" program. My response, "AdWords™/Edward", is dedicated to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

In it, performers *wink* to advance through a series of short, looped phrases displayed in their glasses...stylistic homage to Terry Riley's "In C", celebrating its 50th Anniversary year in 2014.

The piece, linked below in a shortened "radio mix" version, is for bass clarinet, prepared piano, electronics/laptop, and drums with spoken text as follows:

TEXT:
AdWords™
Ed's words
Ed-ward

Ed's words know

Edward knows them
Edward pwned (owned) them
Edward snowed them

Edward Snowden

Performers: Cynthia Johnston Turner (conductor/electronics), Tyler L. Ehrlich, Andre Hafner (prepared piano), myself (drums and voice).

AdWords™/Edward

Kevin Ernste