A little mystery dub. 2005-04-21

I took yesterday's track and made it a bit denser. 2005-04-20

For my father, Max Edward Hobbs, November 20, 1931 - April 3, 2005. 2005-04-19 Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,

No posts for at least a week due to a death in the family

Started back in on this one from the 15th of last month. Let's see if you can guess what's different. 2005-04-03

Here's the accumulated mix of the arrangements from the past six days. 2005-04-02

Here's yet another version of the same material. I'm starting to get an idea from this raw material. You'll hear it as it unfolds. 2005-04-01

Still hammering away at the same source material. This time it sounds like the early days of analog synths. 2005-03-31

Another variation. It's much simpler, but I'm using one of the MIDI tracks to control a filter with the resonance turned way up to add an additional, "ghost" voice. I used the same technique on the environmental recordings used in the soundtrack for "Retina." 2005-03-30 By the way, this is day 60 - I'm 1/6th of the way through. That doesn't seem like a lot, but in one month, I'll be 1/4th of the way through, and that does seem like quite a bit. Numbers are funny that way.

Just some more subtle tweaks. 2005-03-29

Just some subtle variations on yesterday's theme's 2005-03-28

Here's some new stuff. I'll probably play around with some variations on this one in the near future. This began its life as Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Web Phase instrument on this site. 2005-03-27

Here's the final mix of the soundtrack for the video. 2005-03-26 The piece will be shown in New York on April 6th as part of an evening called "Made in the Shade - Video Works by Cora Mancini and Matias Aguilar." It's happening in Tribeca at DEKK- Restaurant Bar Lounge Screening Room 134 Reade Street NY, NY 10013

Almost done with the video soundtrack. It's still in very rough shape, but it's getting closer. 2005-03-25

Back on familiar territory with another exploration of the variations brought about by arrangement. 2005-03-24

Coralia Mancini, a video artist from New York has asked me to create the score for a new piece she's showing at the beginning of April. It's based on the tune from 2005-02-01. I'll be posting what I've done each day until it's finished. Today, I took a seven minute track and turned it into an eleven minute track. I also replaced the bass track which was annoying me. 2005-03-23 By the way, this is number 53. If I'd have been smart and only promised one tune per week, I'd

Still exploring how seemingly minor variations on the same settings can have major results. It raises the question - what makes the piece, melody or arrangment? The melodies of the last three pieces have been identical, but they have almost no similarity because the voices are different and the structure of each piece is slightly different. 2005-03-22

Same setup as yesterday with completely different results. 2005-03-21

It's the first day of spring. 2005-03-20

Some more guided randomness. Not feeling very volitional these days. Mainly waiting for spring to come to Scandinavia. 2005-03-19