Il Fait Froid

SuperCollder synthesis with Ableton MIDI piano.

Hume

LaborDay2024.mp3

Once, A Dream, A Thought

My first attempt at some generative music using SuperCollider and Aria orchestral sample library.  In this recording I was controlling the tempo, probablity of a note being a rest, the probablity of the note sustaining (piano, vibes), which instruments are playing, and the rhythmic subdivision available to each instrument (16th, septuplets, quintuplets, etc). The notes are completely random based on the range of the instrument.

Generative no.1

The first draft of my piece for found objects (4 pieces of purple heart and 2 cast-iron frying pans) and Max/MSP processing for the Future Music Lab 2015.  More to come! (and longer!).  Everything in this piece is created in real-time, no prerecorded samples are using because of the variety of frying pans and purple heart sounds that could be used in future performances.

AMF - First Work

4 songs that I've written, mostly instrumental.  Maybe I'll add vocals someday.

Coyolxauhqui

Atlacoya

Zacatzontli

Xiuhtecuhtli

IfPeopleWereMachines

Apophenia is written for found objects (four pieces of purple heart wood, two cast-iron skillets, and four metal pan lids) and live electronics realized in the Max/MSP programming environment. The word Apophenia is the Greek word for the human tendency of perceiving patterns or connections in random or meaningless information.  Famous examples include seeing Jesus in a piece of toast or seeing patterns in the cards while gambling.  The process of creating my work included a sort of “apophenia” by generating random rhythms and sequences of notes.  I searched through these sequences for “meaningful” patterns which I then use as the building blocks of the piece.

The electronics in Apophenia serve to transform the found objects.  I enjoy the use of electronics to transform simple inexpensive objects into beautiful sounds.  It is interesting to me to search and find a beautiful sounding pot or pan at Salvation Army for five dollars and then expand its sonic possibilities even more through my computer.  It is my hope that my Max/MSP program will be able to adapt to different kinds of cast-iron skillets or pieces of wood so that the electronics will always sound integrated into the sounds and not just a static tape accompaniment.

Apophenia for Found Objects and Live Electronics

I Peux Sing

I was stuck at JFK in NYC on December 27th.  I wrote this little ditty then.

by Stuart Saunders Smith
for three vibraphones

Zachary Hale, Ryan Packard, Christian Smith; vibraphones
Zachary Hale Master of Music Recital
McGill University, Tanna Schulich Hall - May 3, 2013
Montréal, Québec Canada

Links no.11

by Iannis Xenakis
for multi-percussion solo

McGill University 2012

Rebonds B

Musician with MM in Percussion Performance from McGill University.  I create tracks with guitar, voice, GarageBand, Ableton, Max/MSP, and SuperCollider.

ZacharyHaleMusic

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