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Mar 06.2008
Howdy folks,
So just got back from a nice week off in Puerto Rico. Such a beautiful island. I brought my camera and made a lot of little movies, hopefully some of which will make it into some future work. Here’s an image from Old San Juan:
I got back just in time to shoot my next cluster video with my friend, the great upright bassist, Ike Sturm. We captured ten voices in five passes live to my p2 card for you. It’s a performance of my song Moon After Berceuse sung at St. Peter’s church. That’s a church famously known as “the jazz church” and Ike is the musical director there. Anyway, aroudn the middle of March I’ll be going live with it, so check back.
While I was away in Puerto Rico “The Sad Song” got featured on youtube, and in one day the stats went from 1,110 views to 175,000 views, and continued to climb until the video left the front page. It was very exciting, but most beautiful about it was hearing from folks who’d seen it.
Actually, I heard from an old friend with whom I went to elementary school. His name is Theo Burkhardt, and he has a great video which I totally love, so I wanted to post a link to it. Go watch it! The song is “Strange Powers” by the Magnetic Fields. Great song. Great video.
click here to watch Strange Powers
Feb 11.2008
It’s been a long time in the making and the site is rich in content, so I here’s a little introduction to what you will find.
Opus Videos
The Sad Song is now joined by a new video for The Turn. You will find both of these videos in the media section under the heading “opus”, joined by my Silent Night video. Keep checking back for updates, there are many more in the works.
Cluster Videos
Also in the media section you’ll also find a heading called Cluster Videos. Once a month I will do a new live performance of all of the vocals of my song and cluster them together graphically. Until science finds a way to clone human beings, this is probably the purest way I can possibly perform my music live. Please head on over and take in my first performance. And if you have any requests email me!
Downloads
In the download area you will find a full set of desktop images and avatars from images by the very cool designer Richard Colman, and my own cat as avatar. Keep checking here for future treats.
Do search the site carefully, as there may be some hidden content…
I owe many thanks to Mike Grigg of Royal Magnet, who designed the site, as well as to Joey Trimmer who did the code. And the marvelous artwork is by Richard Colman.
Please enjoy the site and come back again soon!