Music
Elk (ln The Mist)
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For a description of how and why I wrote this, please click on the three dots to the right of the title, Elk, then View Details....
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The Lark Quartet Does a Better Rigoletto
All the sounds you hear are from a meadowlark call I recorded. For more information on how I did that, click here....
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Shaker Weeds
These are a series of little pieces written back in 1990. At that point I only had an EPS Ensoniq sampler keyboard--no dedicated computer. I sampled my little harmonica, a little drum, a tiny crotales bell, a meadowlark,...
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The Rhubarb Stalks
My sister, pictured here with rhubarb from her garden, tapped out a couple sounds on those rhubarb flower stalks for me. All the sounds you hear in "The Rhubarb Run" are from that initial tapping (which you can hear in the...
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Sprites (1990)
These early (1990) pieces were composed on my EPS Ensoniq sampling keyboard, using only the sounds of Sprite pop cans jangling together, a small drum and a small tubular bell. I used a small 4-track cassette tape recorder to...
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Small Bites
Small Bites is a collection of little experimental bits which I'm hoarding for use in longer pieces. For my notes on how and why I wrote this strange little Pretzel Focaccia, click here....
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I Glimpse The Cliffs
All the sounds you hear are from a tiny cymbal I have. For a description of how I wrote these pieces, please click here....
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Pipe Dreams
All of the sounds you hear are from my banging away on various irrigation pipes--mostly out of irrigation frustration! Click here for more on how I did that, in addition to seeing some pictures of my little goat farm. ...
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Egon the Little Goat Takes Control
This little piece is made totally from clicking two rocks together and then a little toy cymbal. For more on the wonderful goat Egon and how I wrote this, click here. It was selected for the National Association of...
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