Terry Riley – A Rainbow in Curved Air

     Terry Riley is what I call a music portal. When I listen to A Rainbow in Curved Air  the third album by the experimental music and classical minimalism pioneer I am pulled into a world of unlimited musical possibilities and potentials. A keyboard virtuoso, Riley plays all the instruments on the title track: electric organ, electric harpsichord (Rock-Si-Chord), dumbec (or goblet drum), and tambourine. The largely […]

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Electric Counterpoint Nostalgia

In actuality, I rarely listen to music. I’m so busy composing, arranging, performing, recording and producing it, there just isn’t enough time in the day. I literally sleep an average between 4 to 6 hours a day and most of that awake time is creating music. That of course is radically different then from my […]

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Temporary Distortion @ Ideal Glass Jan. 7-11

http://www.ps122.org/my-voice-has-an-echo/ MY VOICE HAS AN ECHO IN IT is a six-hour durational performance of live music, spoken text and video set within a freestanding, sound-proof installation that is 24 feet long by 6 feet wide. While viewing the performers through two-way mirrors, audience members listen to music ranging from drifty ambient sounds to erasure poetry […]

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