( - And Strike) - M Joseph Willette

we could have more fire(s)

June is a circle

DAISY SWIMMER recorded live @ Bohemian Flats 07-24-21

DAISY SWIMMER @ Bohemian Flats 07-24-21

version for four guitars, as performed at the Center for Performing Arts, Mpls, with Philip Blackburn, Haley Olson, Ryann Daisy Swimmer and Jeff Johnson, March 6, 22

Weft Sutra A 4 by Philip Blackburn

Purchase score here:
https://www.ryanndaisyswimmer.com/regrets

Poem by Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell (1847-1922)

Premiered on March 27th, 2015, at the University of Northern Iowa.

Voice: Sarah Draffen
Piano: Dr. Robin Guy

Regrets

I love Kimbra and love this song and wanted to arrange and record it, and work on my mixing skills in the process ... and now this exists! First time trying to seriously mix vocals... many skills to learn, still, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Needs VP for an actual performance, but we can't worry. Yay for passion projects! 

Recorded on Yeti USB; Mixed in ProTools

Everybody Knows (Kimbra cover)

For amplified bass clarinet + electronics.

Written for and premiered by Alessandra Hollowell in February 2019.

a place for emptied thoughts

Alone

RYAN DAISY SWIMMER recorded on 04-04-20

fka: RYAN DAVID STEVENS

RYAN DAISY SWIMMER recorded on 04-04-20

In "Short Tempered", the performer reads a one-page score top to bottom with the accompanying electronic track in MaxMSP, then flips the page upside-down and reads a "reversed" version of the music with the electronics also reversed. This piece was commissioned and premiered by yours truly in 2016.

Ryann Daisy Swimmer: "Short Tempered" for tuba+electronics

Ryann Daisy Swimmer is an American composer, performer, and curator from Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose musical ethos focuses on the in-between, the blurred lines, and the insignificant. As a composer, Daisy brings her knowledge of theory-heavy composition and instinctive popular music together to create music that could be categorized as classically-influenced experimental music, “indie-classical”, or something else entirely.

The same philosophy is used in her curation and performing, which focus heavily on DIY aesthetics. Performances of her works for guitar and pedalboard are more suited for basements, living rooms, and guerrilla shows than traditional concert halls. Daisy has worked with local labels Corrector Records and Æther Tapes, written for and performed with Zeitgeist new music ensemble, and was the 2021 recipient of the American Composers Forum’s Minnesota Music Creator Award.

Regrets

Ryann Daisy Swimmer

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