This was recorded last year, December 25th, 2005 for:
out-of-tune piano,
flutes with electronics,
horns with electronics.

It was the start of a new direction for awhile. It still needs a little cleanup.

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Extremely moody, and, in some ways, meant to capture the perils of driving in the rain.

***Edited Version
I've been working on this one a lot. Now an updated second version (still mixing, though, so there's balance issues; the trumpets need to be brought out more in the end).
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Time: 8:30
Instrumentation:
Harp, Piano, Voice, French Horns, Tubas, Trumpets, Marimba, Organ

***Edited Version
I've been working on this one a lot. Now an updated second version.

This is this weekend's work. I'm astounded again. That this came from me and my process. I've changed some things about how I record and mix. Probably for the better.

This develops rather nicely, and I love the horns, especially the tuba and trumpets towards the end.

The last two pieces come from a poem/lyrics I wrote a couple of years ago:

dream of angel wings and panoramic kings
and all the little things that they will bring

sing about the lost and bothered ones,
the hierophant and the elephant, that
ring not the joy and confident cats,
wearing straw crowns and weeping bats.

Lame on its own, but makes for good musical imagery.

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Length: 4:39

I went out and bought a new preamp today, as the last one I bought mysteriously quit working. I also installed some new music software to stimulate the creative process.
I started with a cello, which I'm borrowing from a good friend. There are a few cello lines going here, most prominently the ostinado, and later bowed.

Next was accordion, although I've edited a lot of it out.

Next were a cloud of strings, passing over our little landscape.
Another layer of cello picking run through fun.

Two vocal parts, edited down to their necessities.

Trombones.

And a rare addition: percussion.

I've worked pretty much the whole day on this, and I'm quite pleased. I've cheated and had it fade out, since I'm not really done yet.

New
Re-recorded the cello after tuning the cello.
Added new vocals.
Edited the trombone part.
Set everything to be in time. Makes things much easier for editing.

The first part is The Elephant.
The second part is The Hierophant.

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Length: 3:55

This is acoustic guitar through an amp, as played on keyboard. Guitar ruminations in, as I was feeling, a John Fahey style. Except I don't have the same prowess, and the guitar isn't real.

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Instrumentation: Accordion, Flutes, Bassoon

This is definitely a work in progress. A few weeks back I recorded the accordion part, which I like just by itself. But I decided to flesh it out a bit more.

My favorite part of this is a peak that occurs a little of the way through. There's still a lot of editing to do, and re-recording of the bassoon and flutes. Lots of mixing to do.

But I haven't posted anything in a little while, so I wanted to get something new up here.

The title is Debiliteracy, which I came up with in the shower, like a flux capacitor. It's a play on "Debilitating Literacy," while also evoking 'decible'.

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Composed/Performed: 2-25-06 - 2-26-06

It seems like I have a penchant for naming things around themes of dreaming and sleep. Last weekend I got a new kitty. The last few days of the week, into this weekend, she's been very vocal and intent on keeping me from any actual sleep. So the title for this comes from that: I've been in a sleepless haze, but there are moments-- particularly when coffee is involved-- that I arise to the challenges of the day.

Instrumentation: A gaggle of bass clarinets. Bells. Violin, and an amplified cousin. A cello section, and their plucked compatriots. Studio effects and trickery.

I actually spent a good deal of time editing this. There's still some refining to be done; I'm not entirely happy with the violin's entrances, and the cellos need more presence.

Composed: 5-2-2002
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In 2002 I was just starting to get more serious about my little sketches of music. I have several pieces from this period that are mostly electronic and synth-oriented. This one consists of some really interesting noises and a vibraphone. Listening to it today, I'm actually rather proud of its structure. But I can't help but notice how different it is from what I'm doing now, four or five years later. I wonder if I've grown or regressed?

The title for this is Waiting for Coffee. Which, if I recall, I gave it because it was early-morning, and I was waiting for the coffee to finish brewing, so I went back to my room, messed around on the keyboard, and came out with this. I'm still not fabulous at naming things.

In-progress.
Recorded: 1-24-2006 10:00-11:00pm

Recorded this tonight. After recording it, I immediately thought of the title (and visual) of Dali's Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate One Second Before Waking Up.

? Dalí illustrates another Freud’s discoveries. He said: “…a typical dream with a long theme, the consequence of a sudden accident that causes the awakening.”

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