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MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC |
Yes, there have been additions to the music page (9-24-06)!
My music has always been free, and probably always will be...that's why I'll never be rich from it; rather, I'll only be enriched from it; however, all of my music is copyright through my company, Gilt Gossamer Sounds. So, don't YOU try to make any money from it either!!
I figure it should be free because it was given to me free of charge . . . like, uh, who am I to buck a Higher Knowledge? I picture myself as merely a musical fisherman who has been given the use of a magical net which is able to strain strains from the Cosmos.
Bookmarks to the musical sections...
Taking Time to Make Love (1993) -- 5.68 MB -- MP3 -- 128 kbit Stereo
OK, OK...I know I'm an incurable romantic--so SUE me!! This is probably the most Eno-esque of my pieces...a combo of Brian and his brother, Roger. Think of it as a tribute to the Gr�fenberg area (I don't think of it as being merely a 'spot'). This piece encapsulates where my mind is at when pleasuring others and how I visualize the energy connection between lovers.
Yolobro (1992) -- 3.89 MB -- MP3 -- 128 kbit Stereo
A fun track from the 1992 album, Smell of Disco, written entirely on my Yamaha TG-77. Hey--I guess I was composing "Drum & Bass" before it even existed as a popular genre! It's in the ridiculous time signature, 14/8. You just TRY to tap your toes to that!
FEMININE FERTILITY AND FLUX
In the Spring of 1994 I took part in a project entitled "I thought I might be dying"-- a collaborative installation on Fertility and Flux. Uh, that's the menstrual cycle, by the way.
Thanks to funding from a New Orleans Regional Artist's Program grant (written by the highly intelligent and generally wonderful Pamela Meister), six artists from various disciplines (poetry, painting, sculpting, tapestry, photography, and music) came together and celebrated the mystery of the menstrual cycle by building a "walk-thru uterine environment." I should stress that this installation was NOT "graphically gross"; rather, it was very symbolic and lent an organic feel to the space. It was exhibited in Lafayette and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Of course, I may be totally off the mark, but I got the feeling that it was reasonably well-received by those who saw it during the Spring and Summer of 1994.
The other very talented artists involved in the project were:
Anne Boudreau--Tapestry
Lynda Frese--Photography
Scott Rose--Painting
Laura Rosenthal--Poetry
Kim Russo--Sculpting
The entire piece of music I wrote for this installation is just under an hour, and is based upon the biological, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the 28-day cycle. I utilized found sound (Interstate overpass traffic, racquetball court, telephone ringing, etc.), sound bytes from women interviewed for the project, hammered dulcimer, didgeridu, and various synthesizers. I have included Part 1, "Build-up of the Endometrium," below.
Endometrium (1994) -- 5.10 MB -- MP3 -- 128 kbit Stereo
THE AIDS PROCESS
From the 1994 work for music, poetry, and ritual weirdness, Elegy sums up my feelings about AIDS. The person I interviewed for this piece was in the audience, looking quite weak from her myriad illnesses. She died not long after the performance of The AIDS Process. The poetry was by Michael Stone Johnson, one of the best poets I've ever had the pleasure of working with. The Ritual Weirdness (as I like to call it) was provided by Scott Rose--all during the performance he sanctified the crowd, lit incense, painted a HUGE pink triangle all black, encircled the audience with a line of salt, lit candles, prayed...all with a monkey mask on. It's too bad we didn't perform this anywhere else besides the Baton Rouge Gallery for their "Sunday's at Four" series; it was well received, even if Scott's climactic firecracker *did* go off right near the face of the director of Friends for Life!
Elegy (1994) -- 5.15 MB -- MP3 -- 128 kbit Stereo
This is the music commissioned for a modern dance piece by the same name, and was featured as one of the pieces performed for the annual modern dance festival, "State of LA Danse" in Lafayette, LA in March of 1998. It was a collaborative effort, with choreography by Sarah Stravinska, professor of dance, and poetry by Dr. Skip Fox, professor of English, both at University of Louisiana, Lafayette. It features the ambient night sounds of the Atchafalaya Basin, recorded in late Spring of 1996.
Spring Night (1997) -- 10.49 MB -- MP3 -- 128 kbit Stereo
JAMS
BISCUIT
Cesar (Set 1).mp3 (2008) -- 152 MB -- MP3 -- 256 kbit Stereo (83 minutes)
Humboldt-grown Biscuit madness, set 1, 3/30/2008
Cesar (Set 2).mp3 (2008) -- 158 MB -- MP3 -- 256 kbit Stereo (86 minutes)
Humboldt-grown Biscuit madness, set 2, 3/30/2008
A World Inside -- Track 1 (2005) -- 4.5 MB -- MP3 -- 160 kbit Stereo
I once read in an anthropology book that the ancient aborigine's rite of passage into puberty consists of flaying open the penis down the length of the shaft down to the urethra...with a sharpened rock. I'd personally prefer some other way of celebrating the passage into manhood.
Uniden We Fall (2002) -- 3.06 MB -- MP3 -- 128 kbit Stereo
Let this be a lesson to anyone who decides to get involved with a psychofemale. <<SHUDDER>>
Common American Intelligence (2006) -- 56.6 MB -- MP3 -- 128 kbit Stereo
Holy squirts, batmat! If this is even HALF a fair representation of our country, we're DOOMED. An hour of darkness and inanities with the faux POTUS Bushie, John Wayne, and various other yahoos. Notice the size: this is not for the faint of heart or small of hard drive.
Computer Music Magazine (2006) -- 5.9 MB -- MP3 -- variable bit rate Stereo
Fun stuff from deep within the interstices of my warped convolutions. "I LOVE men who read Computer Music Magazine!"
Little Ones (2005) -- 13.5 MB -- MP3 -- 128 kbit Stereo
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