all improvised in one take

2014 gibson les paul signature t 
ehx pitch fork 
ehx deluxe memory man 550-tt 
line 6 echo park 
boss loop station rc-2 
ebow
glass slide
pencil

live looping, recorded into logic pro x, normalized, compressed, eq’ed, reverb

Mprv160108a

Mprv160207c

all improvised in one take

2014 gibson les paul signature t 
ehx pitch fork 
ehx deluxe memory man 550-tt 
line 6 echo park 
boss loop station rc-2 
ebow
glass slide
pencil

live looping, recorded into logic pro x, normalized, compressed, eq’ed, reverb


for my girl

Mprv160214a(jen)

video: https://youtu.be/Vp-0IyOEcx0

all improvised in one take

2014 gibson les paul signature t 
ehx pitch fork 
ehx deluxe memory man 550-tt 
line 6 echo park 
tc electronic ditto x4 looper
ebow
pencil

live looping, recorded into logic pro x, normalized, compressed, eq’ed, reverb

mprv160221a-DittoX4Review

video: https://youtu.be/1uAXf1oqE2g

all improvised in one take

2014 gibson les paul signature t 
ehx pitch fork 
ehx deluxe memory man 550-tt 
line 6 echo park 
tc electronic ditto x4 looper
ebow
glass slide
pencil

live looping, recorded into logic pro x, normalized, compressed, eq’ed, reverb

mprv160227a

video: https://youtu.be/W9ClURu3CMs

all improvised in one take

2014 gibson les paul signature t 
ehx pitch fork 
ehx deluxe memory man 550-tt 
line 6 echo park 
tc electronic ditto x4 looper
ebow

live looping, recorded into logic pro x, normalized, compressed, eq’ed, reverb

Mprv160227b

all improvised in one take

https://youtu.be/_sK2vMlzl1A

2014 gibson les paul signature t 
ehx pitch fork 
ehx deluxe memory man 550-tt 
line 6 echo park 
tc electronic ditto x4 looper
ebow

live looping, recorded into logic pro x, normalized, compressed, eq’ed, reverb

mprv160227c

all improvised in one take

https://youtu.be/JNzvZxapnwU

2014 gibson les paul signature t 
ehx pitch fork 
ehx deluxe memory man 550-tt 
line 6 echo park 
tc electronic ditto x4 looper
ebow

live looping, recorded into logic pro x, normalized, compressed, eq’ed, reverb


mprv160227d

all improvised in one take

2014 gibson les paul signature t 
ehx pitch fork 
ehx deluxe memory man 550-tt 
line 6 echo park 
tc electronic ditto x4 looper
ebow

live looping, recorded into logic pro x, normalized, compressed, eq’ed, reverb



mprv160323a

all improvised in one take

2014 gibson les paul signature t 
ehx pitch fork 
ehx deluxe memory man 550-tt 
line 6 echo park 
tc electronic ditto x4 looper
bow

live looping, recorded into logic pro x, normalized, compressed, eq’ed, reverb

mprv160323c

all improvised in one take

2014 gibson les paul signature t 
ehx pitch fork 
ehx deluxe memory man 550-tt 
line 6 echo park 
tc electronic ditto x4 looper
ebow

live looping, recorded into logic pro x, normalized, compressed, eq’ed, reverb


mprv160323d

for my mother

all improvised in one take

2014 gibson les paul signature t 
ehx pitch fork 
ehx deluxe memory man 550-tt 
line 6 echo park 
tc electronic ditto x4 looper
ebow

live looping, recorded into logic pro x, normalized, compressed, eq’ed, reverb

mprv160423a

all improvised in one take

2014 gibson les paul signature t 
ehx pitch fork 
ehx deluxe memory man 550-tt 
line 6 echo park 
tc electronic ditto x4 looper
ebow

live looping, recorded into logic pro x, normalized, compressed, eq’ed, reverb

mprv160423b

mprv160423c

mprv160423d

mprv160603a

mprv160603b

all improvised in one take

2014 gibson les paul signature t 
ehx pitch fork 
ehx deluxe memory man 550-tt 
line 6 echo park 
tc electronic ditto x4 looper
ebow


mprv160603c

mprv160625e

mprv160625f

mprv160625g

all improvised in one take

1987 fender american strat
ehx pitch fork 
ehx deluxe memory man 550-tt 
line 6 echo park 
tc electronic ditto x4 looper
ebow


sineqube 2016

mprv160720c

all improvised in one take

1987 fender american strat
ehx pitch fork 
ehx deluxe memory man 550-tt 
line 6 echo park 
tc electronic ditto x4 looper
ebow

live looping, recorded into logic pro x, normalized, compressed, eq’ed, reverb

mprv160720d

all improvised in one take

2014 gibson les paul signature t 
ehx pitch fork 
ehx deluxe memory man 550-tt 
line 6 echo park 
tc electronic ditto x4 looper
tc electronic t2 reverb
ebow
glass slide
wooden mallets

live looping, recorded into logic pro, normalized, added compression, eq, reverb

mprv160910e

mprv160910g

all improvised in one take

2014 gibson les paul signature t 
ehx pitch fork 
ehx deluxe memory man 550-tt 
line 6 echo park 
tc electronic ditto x4 looper
tc electronic t2 reverb
ebow
glass slide
guitar triller

live looping, recorded into logic pro, normalized, added compression, eq, reverb

mprv161103b

mprv161103e

all improvised in one take

2014 gibson les paul signature t  
line 6 echo park 
tc electronic t2 reverb
guitar triller

live looping, recorded into logic pro, normalized, added compression, eq, reverb

mprv161103f

mprv161103h

mprv161103j

Submission for edX BerkleeX: OMTHR-001x Music For Wellness course, assignment one.

I am currently reading John Daido Loori’s The Zen of Creativity.  Of particular interest is the chapter entitled “The Still Point”.  Loori likens the center of creative expression to the eye of a hurricane — a calm, focused place where the mind is open and receptive amidst the chaos of the world, and the noise of our own thoughts.  To quiet the mind and remain still, to listen openly and without judgement is to become closer to pure creative intention.  

“The mind is like the surface of a pond.  When the wind blows, the surface is disturbed.  Then there are waves and ripples, and the image of the sun or the moon is broken up.  When the wind quiets down, the surface of the pond becomes like glass.  The stilled mind is like a mirror.  It doesn’t process; it just reflects.  When there is a flower in front of it, it reflects a flower.  When the flower is gone, the reflection is gone.  The mind returns to that original smooth surface.  A still mind is unobstructed.  It doesn’t hold on or attach to anything.  At any moment it is free, regardless of the circumstances.” - Loori

In this improvised solo guitar piece, I aim to illustrate the contrast of a still mind with the cacophony of fractured thoughts that bombard us on a daily basis.  There are moments of open simple harmony through unisons and octaves, phrases built upon stacked minor seconds and other dissonances, and percussive muted chording where the sound of the guitar is struggling to burst forth.  Throughout the performance, I attempt to return to a still mind and open intervals to quiet the internal noise and flittering thought processes.  

Because the intention of this piece was to purposely travel between mental stillness and chaos, it sometimes proved difficult to fully let go of the noisier elements and return to harmony.  But by using open intervals and soft harmonics to represent a pond’s stillness, I was able to follow those sounds as a guide back to internal consonance.

YouTube:  https://youtu.be/ndJlmT_nuno

Berklee Music for Wellness

Kevin P. Holland - The Still Point

Sineqube is the ambient experimental music project of Kevin Holland and Jennifer Dutiel.  They create original improvised soundscapes by orchestrating and layering the vast timbral palettes of guitar and voice.  Playing with the balance between tranquil beds of ambience and the uncharted frontiers of experimental music, they fuse elements of both to paint a live aural canvas that is exploratory, lilting, and inviting.  

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