A new update on the max msp version of the delta system has allowed for exciting features to be musically explored including multi-variable control, poly-microtonal modulation, a matrix harmonizer, and an interval sequence iterator. The multi-variable control allows a musician to play at various intervallic levels with multiple keyboards to control either one pitch variable...
The formulation of this sequence of ideas has come in response to a thought experiment recently posed to me by saxophonist and composer Steve Coleman. He proposed the consideration that one was able to travel back in time and interact with former stages of human civilization. Assuming that one were not immediately killed or incapacitated...
An objective of my interest in musical geometry is to create musical objects that are based on cross-modal perception or thought. Conceptualizing and experiencing music in terms of multi-sensory relationships has been one of the most stimulating exercises of cognition I have encountered to date. I hypothesize that by invoking other senses, the mind and...
As of the beginning of 2021, having reached a certain level of infrastructure development with my recording studio, I am turning my attention back to compositional and instrumental considerations as well as digital marketing to a limited degree. As a musical creator concerned with meaning, I am doing a lot of thinking, listening, research, and...
In recent years, a combination of personal realization, experience, and the influence of friends have guided me down the path of modern audio technology to develop an appreciation for the aesthetic value of what has become a mainstay of our current infrastructure for music listening. This began working on music in an isolated context, removed...
Many traditions of spiritual and philosophical significance regard spontaneity as a quality indicative of existential maturity. In this regard Western Christianity holds that one must become like a child, innocent, pure of heart, and untouched by the calcification of later life, in order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. In the East, the Dzogchen Tradition...