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Air Traffic
Fire Clouds In Summer Rain Almost an Island edgewater In Flight Uncanny Valley Red Plumes Degrees of Freedom The Widening Gyre Driptick Wind Farm Blue Traces Out of Hand Conveyor Slumber Elements sLowlife sLowlife [installation] Wakeup Call Detour Day Trip Thrum Beyond Our Reach Fits and Starts Jangle Dancing on a Wire House of the Dreamers In-between Flights of Fancy A Bao A Qu A Flash of Green Serenata Alliances Bagatelle |
Dancing on a Wire (1994)for 3 saxes, 2 synths, 2 electric guitars and electric bassView score excerpt. I always liked the twangy, out-of-tune sound you can get on an electric guitar by playing the same note on different strings. In Dancing on a Wire I explore this sound while subjecting it to some intrusive neighbors: snarling saxes, clanging synthesizers, and a snapping bass guitar. I’m interested in how these aggressive sounds color the guitar drone, how they force it to submerge and allow it to resurface. Though I used to play guitar in rock bands, writing a score for electric instruments was new to me. I tried to retain some of the raw energy of rock, while creating music that doesn’t sound like it. Performances:
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