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  • Live is LIve
    3/18/26

    Live is LIve

    Just a little experiment with Ableton Live and the Make Noise NUSS, accompanied by some archival footage of Seattle, circa 1968.

  • quasi una ciaccona
    10/29/21

    quasi una ciaccona

    “As though it were a chaconne,” but it’s not. But it sort of is.

  • Heterophon
    10/29/21

    Heterophon

    I have a gizmo in my modular rack called “Spectraphon,” which among other things can play back in a variety of ways the harmonic spectra of whatever sounds you feed it. That gizmo features here, but as part of a more generalized heterophony.

  • Divertimento
    10/18/21

    Divertimento

    Divertimento—divertissement—diversion—it’s all pretty much the same: just some light entertainment.

  • That Masquerade
    10/18/21

    That Masquerade

    Masquerade is not a pun on the word mask. Okay?

  • 25-X.26
    10/18/21

    25-X.26

    Those weird numbers are nothing more than the date that I wrote this. (You’re welcome.)

  • Alarma (for M.R.)
    10/18/21

    Alarma (for M.R.)

    This is a short tribute to my good friend MIchael Rook, who departed this life much too soon in 2022.

  • Progressions
    10/18/21

    Progressions

    You know, one thing leads to another. That’s one kind of progression. There are others, but they’re not really operative here.

  • Woke
    11/16/21

    Woke

    Wake-woke-awoken. It’s an irregular verb whose meaning dates from the early 14th century.

  • Adagissimo
    11/16/21

    Adagissimo

    We like ring modulation, and so should you.

  • motus ad nihilum
    11/16/21

    motus ad nihilum

    This is a Latin title. It means “motion towards nothing.”

  • Punch
    11/16/21

    Punch

    My Strega punches way above its weight.