The New Cage (kabuki)

Just a brief excerpt from a short expedition to my basement percussion studio one fine winter day. Sort of a sonic sketch, if you will. Included here just  to give a sense of what it's like to step into this world even for a few casual minutes.  (BTW: the studio shown in my SoundCloud Profile image is my upstairs Metallophone studio--much more gentle and refined than the Basement Percussion studio; someday soon I hope to make videos in each.)

ZOOM 193:  Herb Just Foolin' Round in Percussion Studio, 12/7/'23

Letting It Out in "the Cave" (110624 - 201452)

7 Mirrors

A rare, solo water drum performance—every hit, ripple, and resonance sculpted into hypnotic acoustic detail.
Raw, immersive percussion transformed through natural acoustics and spatial precision.

Water Drums Solo (Hyper Classical reload)

The entire sound is in my hands. I write cyber poetry, produce, and compose every track ready for Immersive 3D. Every beat is crafted for spatial and next-gen headphones.
Intimate lyrics, total immersion, every track.

For 30 years I kept unfinished demos to myself, never letting them out. Now I finish what I start and release it the moment it’s alive.

Meditation, Medicine, & Strange and Psychedelic Music

[NOTICE: I am now ALSO posting new albums to "herbleff.bandcamp.com"--available there for free adless casual listening and also downloadable.]
 Retired Psych prof w/ specialties in creativity, psych of art, and environmental/utopian psych; strong interest in percussion improvisation most of my life.  Now making electro-acoustic music almost full-time.  [Note on instrumentation and recording:  I have three sonically connected music studios:   (1) a basement area with acoustic and electronic drums,  marimba, synthesizers,  chimes + sundry odd percussion, and several gongs; (2) a room filled with a wide range of musical bowls (singing and otherwise), hanging chimes and gongs,  large metal drum,  tuned pipes, electronic percussion, and vibraphone + crotales set; (3) an electronic "finishing studio" with all sorts of synthesizers, my master mixer, effects devices,  a cd recorder, and two music computers.  I use several portable digital recorders (with both internal and external mics) for all acoustic recording and to sonically interconnect the three studios.  All of my recordings are built from "live" sessions with effects mostly integrated into the playing process.  I generally record a dozen or more finished cd tracks per week and periodically select some of my favorites for internet uploading.   My main goal in this is to enjoy life, grow musically, and share what I create with anyone who cares to listen.  [Update note, summer 2023:  I have recently added a pair of digital pianos that are promising to transform my  musical life.  Stay tuned, both here and on my Bandcamp site.].

New tracks tagged #experimental percussion