addOn - Storms in July (original: Nolan Feeny)

Tobey Maguire Walking

Sometime in the 1980's, Bill Feeny (Reptile Palace Orchestra, Appliances SFB)  brought me into Madison, WI's Smart Studios to play some guitar on this cool track.  Personnel: Ed Feeny bass, Dan Hobson drums, Bill Feeny synth and nylon guitar, Paul Haeberli wacky vocals. Engineered & mixed by Steve Marker.



Bill Feeny and Friends: Carlos Mario ( Late 1980's)

Be Yourself/Facebook Story Instrumental

let 'em know feat. jt (prod. matt)

i. lowest-fi
ii. window shopping from inside
iii. 1949

In lowest-fi, I deconstruct two Irish folk melodies, distributing the notes among various synthesized sounds and using the pitch-classes to generate changes in meter. 

Window shopping from inside is an exploration of symmetry (nearly all the pitches are symmetrical across the arbitrarily imposed axis of D-natural) and the golden ratio (dictates the structure).

1949 is a reflection on the complicated legacy of Mao Zedong. His presence is still felt keenly in Hunan Province, China, where I lived with my family when I was young. A speech of his is set against a mystifying atonal hip-hop texture, with brief tonal interjections as well as samples from “Summer in the City,” by Quincy Jones and “It Never Entered My Mind” performed by Miles Davis.

Syncretic Mirage

Goodnight Moon

Down (My Love)

Credits:
Art – Colin VanWyke
Drums – Henry Potter
Vocals – Abby Casterline

Birds of Paradise

Sunbeam

Frank Ocean - Golden Girl ft. Tyler the Creator

car accident (demo)