New season, so I'll post...

So I will update this neglected blog with some new stuff...

It is spring here in the mid-atlantic region, which means rain, sun, cold rain, some sun, partly cloudy, rain and thunderstorms, sun, rain and isolated thunderstorms, and partly sunny. All the while the lawn grows, and gets partly cut in the brief dry-enough-to-keep-mower-from-clogging spells.

"Isolated thunderstorms" often means "isolated over my house". Fortunately, thus far (and probably right up until I post this and no longer) this has not been the case, but rather isolated over someone else's house, which is preferable.

I am blogging not quite enough, I'm afraid (I had earlier indicated monthly posts would occur, at very least). I think, however, averaged out over the months this blog has been in existence, this might hold true.

People who blog daily are either a) manic or b) not busy enough doing something more worthwhile or c) being paid for it somehow or d) all of the above. Yes, of course I am just jealous, but not much.

I have been working on a new setup involving three laptops, two for music and one for video, and some lighting for portable small-scale performance. I've also been messing around alot with 7/4 time signatures, or more precisely 4/4 beats undeneath 7/4 melodic lines, because there is a kind of moebius effect to the music that is interesting, and I'll do some more of that.

These guys are putting on a contest for people who use Ableton Live 7. It's particularly for Live 7 but you can use the samples in any version, and it sounds fun.

I am feeling kind of tired lately, a fair amount of stress from various quadrants. But, on the other hand, in good health and have some interesting plans, so there you are.

have fun.

Another release in the works...

I've been releasing about 1 CD per year, so it's about time for another. Unlike a major label, which will gauge releases and the investment into them towards marketing/promoting/etc based on previous sales by the artist, I fancy that I am releasing these in spite of previous sales by the artist. Truly, this is the modern media revolution, hmmm? At any rate, I need to consider what will come on this disc-- I'd like it to be very interesting.

a post! yes, a post.

Some things in the works locally. Music sales are not too abysmal. Working on live bookings, more on that coming soon.

An interesting thing. I am very happy to see this-- not to be too ridiculous, but I've truthfully had a geometric image like this occur to me some time ago in a manner that I thought signficant, and glad to see someone with an actual 'formal description' of this kind of thing: Unified Theory of, like, everything.


I'm planning a video, to add to the collection at
YouTube because there are not enough YouTube videos, right?

All kinds of things going on...

Working on setting up some performances in the University of Maryland area sometime int Sept/Oct. Going to be doing some more video soon (they take almost as long to upload as to actually produce, but they're fun). Some king of 'big progress" is going to happen soon, have a feeling. Is there anything interesting to put here? Let's sse...


have been working more with captured video and imagery. Just about any image can be turned into an abstract blast of visual texture with the effects and modifications.

Have hit kind of a speedbump, so am going to have to push a little harder to get things moving. As previously noted, I do not have keen marketing/networking ability and am somwehat beyond the 'can sleep in anyone's basement for chance at a gig' stage in my life. The quality of the output, though, is getting closer and closer to what I really want it to be.

New video, excerpt, 'the Next Luckiest day'

Electronic guitar improvisation over Ableton Live set, projected visuals and audio recorded live on video cam.

Visuals, art, software...

I have added visuals. They are fun. I will be posting some more videos at some point, including these visuals.

6/27 gig went well in terms of performance-- actualy mostly very well, very seamless. Turnout was very low, which is not the best.

Things are generally ok, I am sad a fair amount of the time about various things, and working with the music helps with that.

There is a lot of amazing software to work with visuals. I really want to do something interesting-- compelling, engrossing --- with the visuals and music.

I am going to be more cryptic and less open in these posts going forward, because the blog thus far is more about what I'm doing rather than illustrating what I'm doing.

June 27 gig in DC

I've pretty much been playing out an average of once a month. Would still like to do a little more often, though.