the viper matrix vol.1

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This track is easily performed live, and is constructed so that no matter how hard you try it will sound different every time, it’s very intuitive to perform.   This opens up many ways to improvise and interact with additional instrumentalists and computer rigs.  As a bonus, all of the samples used in this example are acoustic.  David & I worked with the goal to make a live, interactive patch that sounds as if it had the vibe of a field recording.

two pieces for player piano

Two pieces composed for the Disklavier digital piano.  I used a sequencer to feed the piano MIDI information in “live” performance at the Banff Centre in 2008.

a taste of nancarrow

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I’ve recently delved into the music of Conlon Nancarrow.  Here is a sample-based improvisation of one of his “etudés” for player piano.  Nancarrow once said: “ever since I’d been writing music I was dreaming of getting rid of the performers”.  Here’s an homage to that very idea.