This is the "unplugged" or straight acoustic version of my piece, "Curvatures" which is also available on SoundCloud.  One of my compositional goals was to traverse a wide range of sonic worlds. The music navigates between fast and slow, thick and thin, chaotic and serene, minimal and maximal, cerebral and emotional, and so on. I wanted to compose a piece that would keep listeners on their toes, present occasional surprises, and provide something for the heart and the brain. I am indebted to the original performers for their dedication and persistence in helping me develop this music: Erica Dicker, violin; Gillian Rivers, violin; Amy Cimini, viola; and Robin Reynolds, ‘cello.

Curvatures

Curvatures (unplugged)

This is my very first electronic composition realized in the Netherlands at the Institute of Sonology at the University of Utrecht. Although they were beginning to use computers, I made this with the very "classical" tape techniques of looping, splicing and speed changes.  All of the source sounds were created with various lab hardware - oscillators and filters.  Many of the sounds were recorded from unused radio bands that broadcast various colors of noise. The final mix was made with a bank of tape recorders playing at variable speed into a stereo mix.  It was a blend of the two major schools - the French Musique Concrète and the German Elektronische Musik.  Sonology had devotees of both approaches.  I was chastised for not choosing sides. :-)  Three years later, I switched to digital.

Circuit (1966)

First part of Norfolk Flint. It presents a conflictive relation between repetition (of only a few pitches) of primitive pulsating rhythms, against the singularity of contrasting events: the noisy coloration of some individuals, the scraping attacks, the movement of virtual places in the panoramic dimension.

Primeira parte da série NORFOLK FLINT, onde tentei extrair o que pudesse de gravações de pedras (flint = sílex) em quedas e choques.
Jogo entre a banalidade (de pulsações e alturas) contra a singularidade de eventos q qualidades contrastantes (ruído, ataques complexos, movimento panorâmico em espaços virtuais.

Introdução à Pedra

threw together the old track real quick a couple years ago, needed an update :-) free dl

Moments In Love

moments in love

The 10th episode of the "Music For The New Revolution" podcast, produced by David Heitler-Klevans and Rodney Whittenberg, features music related to guns, mass shootings and gun control, with an emphasis on music from student activists.  Musical artists include Judy Collins, Gang Starr, Sawyer Garrity, Tyler Jenkins, John Kander, Kicking Down Doors, Tom Lopez, Andrea Pena, Carolann Solebello, Stephen Sondheim, Cathy Winter, Stevie Wonder, Madison Yearsley, and an interview with activists Pete and Kathleen Higgins.

Songs include:
1. Judy Collins: Shoot First
2. Kicking Down Doors: Bang Bang
3. Carolann Solebello: Matches
4. Madison Yearsley: Raise Your Voice
5. Tyler Jenkins: Save Me
6. Tom Lopez: America Will Shoot Itself
7. Gang Starr: Tonz 'O' Gunz
8. Cathy Winter: Strong Hearts
9. Sawyer Garrity and Andrea Peña: Shine

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Curvatures (unplugged)

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