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Juxtapositions: Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks” (1942) And DJ Richard’s “Nighthawk” (2015)
Edward Hopper’s most iconic painting depicts several people in a city diner late at night. As with much of Hopper’s work, the mood of the scene is desolate, empty. The people seem more like concepts than characters, their individual life stories forever hidden from our view. In the Hopperian world, time itself is frozen.… Continue reading
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An Article In The Oxford Handbook Of Music And Virtuality
I have an article in The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality (2016), edited by the late Sheila Whiteley and Shara Rambarran. The book’s thirty-one chapters, write the editors, examine “the intersections, mutations, and transmigrations of the virtual and the real” by offering “a kaleidoscope of interdisciplinary perspectives from scholars around the globe on the… Continue reading
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From The Archives: Wonders (1997)
Music from my 1997 recording Wonders, scored for marimbas and vibraphones. Continue reading
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Notes on Dennis DeSantis’s “Making Music: 74 Creative Strategies For Electronic Music Producers”
“Making Music is not a collection of vague aphorisms. Instead, it combines motivational ideas about the philosophy and psychology of music-making with hands-on tools and techniques that musicians of all kinds can use to really get work done.” – Dennis DeSantis, Making Music Making Music: 74 Creative Strategies For Electronic Music Producers (2015) by Dennis… Continue reading
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On Editing Music While Listening And Looking At It
While working on a musical project recently I realized the value of editing while looking at the MIDI notes. Listening to the music while following along each part one at a time lets me see what’s sounding and then make the appropriate changes in dynamics and arrangement. For instance, I can hear that there’s a… Continue reading
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