Senior Project: Part 3

This is also something that I should have posted earlier. This is part three of my senior project, which is the long form video that I scored. This is an excerpt from the movie Powaqqatsi, a film that is the second in a series of three by the filmmaker Godfrey Reggio, and features an original score by Philip Glass. While I am not trying to completely emulate Mr. Glass, there are certain aspects that cannot be ignored and definitely influenced my work. Comments would be appreciated because I hope to finish this one day.

thirteenth

Again, thank you, Amanda, for the video.

twelfth

Thank you Amanda for the video.

Zotis

This is something I should have posted a month ago. This a demo of the first single from Quiet River High's newest album Lazuli, to be released as soon as I record it. I have since joined the band and will be producing the album alongside songwriter Paul Simundich. This demo was recorded at FAU and was tracked and mixed entirely on a 1/2 in 8-track tape machine. Enjoy.

Radio Show?

I must sincerely apologize. My show has been off the air for some time now, and to be honest I don't remember my last few playlists. I will try and recover in January, but I can't make any promises.

Radio Shows 3 & 4

I must apologize. I missed my 10/17 because I traveled with Amanda to Atlanta to see Ryan Adams, and then on to Raleigh to see The Magnetic Fields. Here is the list from 10/10:

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
Sugarhill Gang - Apache
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
Hashim - Al Naafiysh (The Soul)
Kool & The Gang - Open Sesame, Pt. 2
Cybotron - Clear
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock
Herbie Hancock - Rockit

Here is the list from my show on 10/24:

Nico Muhly - Mothertounge, Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4
Steve Reich - Electric Counterpoint, Parts 1, 2, and 3
The Bad Plus - Big Eater

Again, every Friday afternoon, 1 PM to 2 PM. owlradio.fau.edu. Thanks

Radio Show #2

I had my second show this past Friday. Unfortunately the server was down, so internet playback was unavailable, but it should be fixed by this Friday.
Playlist as follows:

Ping-Pong, performed by Art Blakey and his Jazz Messangers
Orbits, performed by The Miles Davis Quintet
Bird Calls, performed by Charles Mingus
Countdown, performed by John Coltrane
Untitled #1, from John Coltrane's A Love Supreme
Passion Dance, performed by McCoy Tyner
Nefertiti, performed by Miles Davis
Take Five, performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet


Again, every Friday, 1 PM to 2 PM. Hopefully on OwlRadio.

Radio Show #1

Playlist as follows:

Mistaken For Strangers - The National
Melody Day - Caribou
Lake Michigan - Rogue Wave
Thin Line - Graveyard
Sunrise - Yaesayer
Detlef Schrempf - Band Of Horses
Postcards From Italy - Beirut
Another Sunny Day - Belle and Sebastian
Idyll Benoit Pioulard - Benoît Pioulard
Time to Pretend - MGMT
Sec Walkin - My Morning Jacket
Use It - The New Pornographers
In the New Year - The Walkmen

Thanks to those who listened. 1 PM to 2 PM Fridays. Owl Radio

Crayons

i uploaded a new jam entitled "Fail Safe" here:

MY Space

Created using a Mini Moog and an Oberheim DMX.

In other news, i have a radio show on owlradio.fau.edu Fridays from 1 PM to 2 PM. I'll be playing the hits!

eleventh

I constantly have these great ideas floating through my head, but they usually end up like this one.

tenth

i am very grateful for Florida's beaches.

ninth

i learned a lot this summer, mostly about the business of music, but also about myself. this piece represents my survival in the city.

Part 7: Possessed - Death Metal

"The band's influence on the genre is so great that they are sometimes called the "godfathers" of the death metal genre and are often considered the first death metal group, with the name of the genre possibly coming from their first demo entitled Death Metal."

This concludes my series on American Death Metal. Of course there are quite a number of other influential bands not mentioned, but that doesn't really matter.

Part 6: Deicide - Homage for Satan

"The whole point of Satanic music is to blaspheme against the church. I don't believe in or worship a devil. Life is short enough without having to waste it doing this whole organised praying, hoping, wishing-type thing on some superior being." - Drummer, Asheim.

Another Tampa band.

Part 5: Necrophagia - Bloodfreak

"Their name derives from the act of cannibalizing a corpse. The word derives from the two Greek words nekron (corpse) and phagein (to eat)."

Another pioneer of the genre, noted for their reference to gore and horror. Interesting video.

Part 4: Obituary - Don't Care

"Unlike much death metal preceding it, the album (Slowly We Rot) had a sludgy feel and integrated devastatingly slow passages along with obliterating overtures that reached far beyond any point of mayhem that metal had yet to reach; the result was a carnal pleasure for doom, death and thrash fans alike coupling the adrenaline of a speedball with the slow, degrading measures of a sewer at dusk."

Another Tampa band and pioneer of the genre. I don't really care for them.

Part 3: Death - Lack of Comprehension

"The local situation was fuckin' nearly impossible," Chuck Schuldiner (founding member, father of death metal) recalled. "A lot of people looked down upon us. We got a lot of shit from the local band scene; all the bands from around Orlando thought we were pure shit. We were noisy back then, but we were putting out brutal death metal, and it was too much for people to comprehend."

Undeniable influence.

Part 2: Morbid Angel - God Of Emptiness

"Shattering the boundaries of creativity and imagination while evolving with each groundbreaking release throughout its historic career, the band stands alone as the true icon in extreme music, serving as source of countless inspiration to the multitude of fans and never failing to amaze with each evolving chapter."

Hailing from Tampa, Florida, Morbid Angel has always left me wondering why they ordered their album titles alphabetically (their last album started with H). When I saw them live in 2000, I was completely focused on the drummer with his impeccable double bass skills.

Part 1: Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face

"We don't sing about politics. We don't sing about religion. [...] All our songs are short stories that, if anyone would so choose they could convert it into a horror movie. Really, that's all it is. We like gruesome, scary movies, and we want the lyrics to be like that. Yeah, it's about killing people, but it's not promoting it at all. Basically these are fictional stories, and that's it. And anyone who gets upset about it is ridiculous".- George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, Vocalist. "If vomit were a movie, this would be the soundtrack," wrote one critic of Cannibal Corpse's music.

I was introduced to Death Metal through Cannibal Corpse as a young teenager, and this song was the heaviest thing I had ever heard up to that point in my life. I have enjoyed it ever since.

eighth

finding (making) time is not very easy.





i found out the other day that i will be interning in New York City for twelve weeks this summer. I feel good about that. i'm hoping to find a place to stay in the City. this is going to be an emotional summer.
my new bike makes me happy.

seventh

i need to find a new video host, or just break down and buy some space. the compression format photobucket uses is terrible, to the point that it is removing elements of the music. i guess just turn it up.

sixth

a second attempt at hearts in motion.




unfinished.