Bell Tolls 2004 This piece plays triads with a sound that resembles wind chimes. It uses a spatialization algorithm so that each “chime” sounds like it is coming from a different location. The pitch of each new set of chimes is based on the pitch of the chimes that precede it. The pitches come from [...]
10.05.2005
In Fifths 2004 This piece is inspired by Terry Riley’s In C. In “In Fifths,” the musicians play the piece at their own pace, repeating measures as they see fit. They creep this way around the circle of 5ths, playing rhythms in 7/8. This performance is by the Flux Quartet in 2004. AudioPlayer.embed(“pod_audio_2″, {soundFile: [...]
10.03.2005
Et sonnera le baffroy de la ville sans cesser durant l’assault 2004 – 2005 This recording is of a reading of this piece by the Wesleyan University Orchestra, conducted by Aaron Siegel during their annual Symphonic Workshop in 2005. This piece takes it’s title from a stage direction in a 15th century French mystery play [...]
10.02.2005
State of Disunion 2004 The timbres of human voice, specifically, George Bush’s voice fascinate me. His inflections are almost musical. While I disagree with nearly everything he says, he says it in a beautiful manner. He is very talented and must have a fantastic elocution coach. His voice has the musical timbres of the south [...]
10.02.2005
Coulter Shock 2004 The piece starts with Anne Coulter’s unaltered quote, calling Clinton a scumbag, which is then followed with re-ordered phrases from her many media appearances. The second part of the piece takes a snapshot of the last pass of word reordering. That snapshot is broken into grains all of equal size. The play [...]
10.02.2005
Rush to Excuse 2004 Rush to Excuse applies granular synthesis to a 47″ sample of Rush Limbaugh’s radio oratory. There are two processes involved. The first cuts Mr. Limbaugh’s voice into hundreds of samples of equal length. These samples, or grains, are then analyzed to determine the average pitch for each. The second process cuts [...]
