BB King Feeling with me

i wear it every day 10.7.25

Orange Crush

Underworld Blues

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded October 9, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 3089, “Blood Moon Waning” (David,  Boyd Nutting, & Jeff Campbell 10-09-14) Tr -4; with, PLATO, No. 3090, “ ‘Here Be Dragons’ “ (David, Boyd Nutting, & Jeff Campbell 10-09-14) 00:02-13:02.

PLATO No. 10686 Minds in Hiding

New Music by David K. Barton, recorded October 9, 2025, PLATO’s PilotHouse, Michiana. PLATO, No. 3090, “ ‘Here Be Dragons’ “ (David, Boyd Nutting, & Jeff Campbell 10-09-14) 10:01-23:01: with,  PLATO, No. 3091, “Testifying to the Magic” (David,  Boyd Nutting, & Jeff Campbell 10-09-14) Tr -4

PLATO No. 10687 Escaping Pain

In Between
Recorded live performance at Musikhuset Aarhus 2023

In Between

Recorded live performance at Darmstadt New Music Festival 2025

M1 B44

Recorded live performance at Musikhuset Aarhus

Ei Kannata Kertoa - Not worth telling

The sound of that time and place.
Self made shakuhachi.
improvisation.


Breathing with the earth. October/7/2025 - 1’

Self made shakuhachi.
自作尺八

Jufuu Hosaka
保坂樹風

I make music because it is where I let go of the have-to’s, and become part of something larger than myself. The language I speak on the keyboard when I improvise expresses a part of me that only comes out there at the moment of creation - when I’m fully connected and in the flow. In those moments when I disappear in the music, those are where I’m most fully alive. The musical question I pose to myself when I play is largely this: how can I release my inhibitions and let go of patterns sufficient to bring something entirely new, unexpected, and enlightening into the world, with structure, precision, clarity, and depth of expression. These pieces are meditations that are of me, but more precisely, they come through me. When I’m in the flow, I’m channeling the energy and only moderately directing it. The challenge is to be open to take risks while maintaining a structure, melody, and tempo that makes it interesting and satisfying enough to keep listening. I keep doing this nightly because it’s a language, because it’s a connection to something greater than myself, and because it’s very very relaxing.

PLATO & the Western Tradition is a Postmodern Improvisation Ensemble that has been recording real-time improvisations using electronic and acoustic instruments since 1988. The founders and core members are David K. Barton of South Bend, Indiana, and Boyd Nutting of Niles, Michigan. As of December 4, 2016, we have recorded 4,054 improvisations, and would like to share our music.

PLATO & The Western Tradition invites others in the Electronic Music Community to participate in the creation of an on-line compilation called “Weaving Indra’s Net”. Here are the “rules”:
1. Download from http://www.soundcloud.com/plato-3 any of the improvisations by PLATO & The Western Tradition that capture your attention.
2. Use some or all of what you download as a part of your own music making.
3. Post your piece to SoundCloud, and post the SoundCloud link on Plato’s FaceBook page: www.facebook.com/PLATOandTheWesternTradition
4. Please comply with our Creative Commons attribution requirement (see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) by including in your description of your piece this language: “Includes material from PLATO & The Western Tradition, No. 2811, ‘Limitless Geometries’”. (You should substitute the number and title of the piece that you are using.)
5. PLATO will organize and maintain the compilation as a playlist titled ‘Weaving Indra’s Net’ on the PLATO SoundCloud site.

Please post any questions or comments on the FaceBook page listed above.

the sloth holler is well met
under the dark dark stars

I am a retired high school math teacher and I have been doing music ever since I was a kid. The majority of my tracks are all original, all rights reserved. If you like what you hear and you are a musician, I would love to collaborate!

New tracks tagged #improvisation