Lavender represents calmness and peace. I chose the name Lavender for this song because when I listen to it I feel a weight lifted off me every time. Its been a rough couple years for all of humanity and I hope my song can bring a little more fresh air to your life.

Lavender

Life sometimes feels like a million miles per hour. Relaxing might be hard for some of us. This song is suppose interpret a sigh of relief from those long days that we have sometimes. I hope this tugs a heartstring or few.

Sleep

Orginal

Carlo Maltempi - Guitar- vocals-production
Tom Taglenti Bass
Mike Q lead guitar/ Engineering (recorded at Barbados, BK, NY)


Water Fountain (Rough Demo)

American folk royalty Jessica Pratt joins us for a four show residency to celebrate the arrival of her first album in 5 years, _Here in the Pitch_ out May 3rd. Expect choices from her expansive pool of influences, including spectral ’60s indie, Hollywood shock rock and psychedelia. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/jessicapratt/episodes/jessicapratt-25th-march-2024

Rhythm on the West w/ Jessica Pratt 250324

Duet dedicated and performed by Alan Theisen and Lisa Kachouee.

Lignes Floues

Whispers of War was written in 2006 (revised in 2008) at a time when the United States was engaged in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and during the polarized social climate it produced. The piece works on multiple levels. First, it is an attempt to depict the literal conflict of men and women fighting in the wars. Second, it explores the immediate impact of the tragedy of war on the soldiers’ loved ones. And lastly, it reflects the conflict U.S. citizens experienced as they watched the war unfold in the media and from hearing firsthand accounts of returning soldiers. The rigidity of the 12-tone serial technique I employed in this work helped me create the emotional strains that all conflict puts us through, whether it be a conflict as serious as war or an argument with a loved one. 

The piece is written with six musical effects, which can be thought of as short sections of the piece. They are titled Softly, Rage, Mournful, Rage, Removed, and Resignation. Placid and contemplative, Softly introduces the piece in a calm manner. This is abruptly interrupted by the jagged first Rage section where the emotional power of anger overtakes the quiet first section. The third section, Mournful, returns us to another contemplative texture. Four melodic strands interweave to produce a mournful effect. The second Rage section interrupts the quiet again with an even more angular and ferocious movement of music pushing forward faster and louder. Removed follows this with a repeated chord progression of an unfocused melody. It lists to-and-fro above an off-kilter repetitive chord progression that grows increasingly faster and louder as the piece merges into the final section,  Resignation. The shortest section of the work, it is quick and fleeting, as if the music is dissolving into dissonant clusters of sounds. These last phrases get louder, but slow down, ending with a soft reflection of dissonance, a musical question begging to be answered. 


Whispers Of War

“Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.”

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The last few years leading up to the writing of this piece I spent battling an internal war with my mind, body, and spirit. This battle left me having to learn a new way to compose. I had to begin by writing in very small chunks of music at a time and doing a lot of pre-compositional planning. My previous compositional style was probably never going to come back and I had to learn to accept that. I still had music that needed to be written and I had to find a new way to write it. Qui Vivra Verra is the first piece of concert music I have written since my battle that was over 4 minutes. The short pieces I had written prior to Qui Vivra Verra after I fell ill where short études that allowed me to stretch longer and longer breadths of focused compositional time. The change in my compositional habits was an assault on my ego for quite some time. I was reading poetry and fell across the above Longfellow quote. It spoke to me in a meaningful way. I realized that I was the same person with the same abilities as I had before I was ill. What I needed to learn and understand is that me learning a new way of getting my thoughts out through music was a positive. I now embraced my new style and was able to focus on composing itself and not how I was composing.

The title Qui Vivra Verra is French for What will be, will be. The title and the Longfellow quote really freed my mind to open up and not be afraid to embark on a longer concert piece without the baggage I had imposed on myself. I wanted the form of the piece to feel free as well. In order to do this I employed the use of a recurring harmonic element. This recognizable musical fragment pops up throughout the composition in various transpositions and rhythmic variations. This fragment was taken from a chorale that I had written before I had fallen ill and it is reminiscent of my life before. The timeline of the piece became a chronology of my personal musical style pre-illness to the present. The fragment appears more frequently as time unfolds in the piece until a new version of the chorale, that the musical fragment is from, is heard at the end of the composition.

This piece is a cathartic reflection of the sorrow and anger that I felt through my illness. I became insecure as a teacher, composer, and performer as my illness progressed. At some point through my battle I realized that finding a new way to work, teach, and perform was a positive thing. I learned to manage my compositional workflow in a new and exciting way, my work became a patchwork of musical fragments that were delicately sewn together creating a refreshing new musical style. All of the negativity I felt about being sick and the interruption to my creative life became an opportunity to create in a new an exciting way. Qui Vivra Verra is a representation of my new musical style. I am excited about the direction my art is heading. The Longfellow quote is a self-reflective and also describes that change of musical colors in the composition. The listener will hear distinct changes in colors through the work as the recurring harmonic fragment exposes itself in the different sections of the composition. I had to let go of the control I once felt I had in my life before I was ill. This control was perceived and not real. I have little control over anything and “What will be, will be”. Qui Vivra Verrra is a reflection of my catharsis as I moved through a terrible time in my life and a preview of my new musical style. My new style that is reflective, whimsical, fearless, and thoughtful as it is an outgrowth of powerful personal journey.

-Neil Anderson-Himmelspach
2/4/16

Qui Vivra Verra (Professional Recording From Premiere)

This is a live performance of Singularity performing a commission I wrote for them titled, Circles and Grooves. Singularity asked me to write a quartet that was AATB. This piece uses quarter tones and some extended techniques. You will hear moments where the voices sound out of tune. This is part of the musical language and is intentional. You can hear that Singularity is extremely musical and technically unstoppable. The places where the two altos play in fourths up in their altissimo register is spot on and ridiculously in tune. I am so happy with their progress on this piece and can't wait to hear it done in the studio.

Circles and Grooves

In Dulci Jubilo

Gonzo And The Velocipede: I. Raul Enjoys A Mescaline Ride

Gonzo And The Velocipede: III. Gonzo And Raul Chase The White Rabbit

Hi I am Carlo Maltempi & this is my solo music.  It consists of primarily me on guitar, vocals and all lyrics. Thanks to Mike Quoma, Will Olsen, Thomas Taglienti, Neil Anderson Himmeldpach and others for there contributions including my brother Domenic￼ Maltempi. I also played in a band called Lastplace music￼. https://lastplace2.bandcamp.com/album/party-1
and a band called Bunkhaus.

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Water Fountain (Rough Demo)

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