Archive for January, 2010

New RadioGamelan Page

On the eve of my second semester of grad school, I’ve created a page for the second of the pieces completed over break, RadioGamelan. The piece is for networked laptops, and is a blast to play. I plan on posting the software score (made in Max/MSP, using OSC to communicate over wi-fi), as well as a recording which will be released on Petcord in March, 2010.

The new release will be made up of improvisations and compositions performed by the trio of David Collins, Steve Schlei, and myself.

Electric Monster Laptop Ensemble performs “Solid State” – MP3

The Electric Monster Laptop Ensemble, organized by Hsiao-Lan Wang, performed my piece “Solid State” on December 4th of 2009. I just got a recording of the performance, which you can check out below.

(Old) New Piece – “Wisps” – 2006

Posted a .mp3 of an older piece which I just came across, called “Wisps.”

Screenshot – New Piece – “RadioGamelan”

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A screenshot of a piece I’m working on, entitled RadioGamelan. It’s for networked laptops, and involves sharing rhythms across a wireless network. Each performer chooses an independent tempo, and the multiple tempi can be combined to create varying polyrhythms. Pitch is controlled either using a step-sequencer or the graphical piano keyboard.

New Piece, Buzzcloud – 2010

Posted an .mp3 of a new piece Buzzcloud, created with some custom patching and a DAW.

Here’s part of the patch:

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A Semester of Work

Two new papers (an analysis of Florian Hecker‘s new Acid in the Style of David Tudor, and a history of David Tudor and John Cage’s collaboration and mutual influence) posted on the Research page.

Also posted the score .pdf for my new piece Pattern Recognition.