A newly-finished 8-channel electroacoustic work. This is a stereo mix using CICM’s HoaLibrary decoder in Max.
“Cultivate a tranquil activity and an active tranquillity.”
Carlo Giuseppe Quadrupani, “Light and Peace” 14.5
“You are ever active, yet always at rest.” (addressing God)
St. Augustine, “Confessions” I.4
“No purposes. Sounds.”
John Cage, “Experimental Music: Doctrine”
Time, change, perfection. Seeking a new music: II. 2 October
II. 2 October In the context of the above and my most recent sketches toward “One Day as a Thousand Years…” I have been musing (mus[ic]ing) on… Read more “Time, change, perfection. Seeking a new music: II. 2 October”
Time, change, perfection. Seeking a new music: I. 30 September
What kind of sound do I want to make? What kind of sound do I want to hear? Sound. Organized. Structured… time? Marked time? Imagined ways of… Read more “Time, change, perfection. Seeking a new music: I. 30 September”
“Serious” music?
I’ve been hearing composers and performers light-heartedly wishing they could just be rock stars for years. Sometimes not entirely light-heartedly. Most composers and performers I know listen… Read more ““Serious” music?”
Charles Ives on Authenticity
Excerpts from: Charles E. Ives: Memos (Ed. Kirkpatrick; Norton 1991) Charles Ives: Essays Before a Sonata, The Majority, and Other Writings (Ed. Boatwright; Norton 1961) “To a… Read more “Charles Ives on Authenticity”
EARS WIDE OPEN 