Monthly Archives: October 2011

Happy Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Mark

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Friday’s Sounding #10

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Mark

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/26018625″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ff5c00″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ] This is a short study of an attempt to create material for a drone based on multiple levels  of sound and how volume in one layer can take the ear away from the other … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Sounding #9 (Anyone from Teaneck?)

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Mark

The Lounge Pianist (2005) was originally for a vocalizing pianist. I arranged the piece for jazz trio (piano, drums and bass) and made a midi version. Here is the middle section: [audio:https://www.markgustavson.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/loungetriowaltz1.mp3|titles=The Lounge Pianist (Trio Version) Waltz Section]

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Friday’s Sounding #8

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Mark

[audio:https://www.markgustavson.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Plexus.mp3|titles=Plexus] Plexus is a short piece (six minutes) for flute (doubling piccolo), harp, viola and cello.

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Friday’s Sounding #7

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Mark

An excerpt from Silent Moon for orchestra that explores the mutable elasticity of sound. The inspiration for this piece was a part of Giacomo Leopardi’s poem Canto notturno di un pastore errante dell’ Asia: Soft and clear is the night and without wind, … Continue reading →

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Why I Didn’t Embrace Electroacoustic Music

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Mark

I have been aware of synthesizers since I was in high school around 1976. In fact, I wrote an essay for a writing class about how in the future synthesizers would replace acoustic instruments. This has partly come true, hasn’t it? When … Continue reading →

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