Here’s another example of audio that was recorded for the purpose of live looping during a performance. The clip is dated from August 18, 2006 and is a typical example of how I often use a resonant drone with cutoff … Continue reading
I found this short loop of loose keyboard playing in an Ableton Live set. I had played it and live looped the phrase during a performance. Most of these little clips are never heard again, but every so often I … Continue reading
Now that I have a title for the piece in my last entry, I may as well post a segment from a different layer. This is the main melody. It’s a section of Rhodes Electric Piano that I recorded back … Continue reading
A rarely tapped resource for me are clips found in the sound file folders of Ableton Live sets I use for performances. My group Keston and Westdal use two laptops running Live synchronized using a MIDI network. We usually play … Continue reading
On Wednesday, May 8, I debuted a performance piece titled Rhodonea at the Radical Futures conference at University College Cork, Ireland. At the concert I had the privilege of sharing the bill with Brian Bridges, Cárthach Ó Nuanáin, Robin Parmar, … Continue reading