Kaleidoscope VOL 04 out today!
My music, math & nature project Kaleidoscope has entered its fourth month! Patrons have already downloaded 12 songs, 8 of which are brand new and
August 1, 2017
My music, math & nature project Kaleidoscope has entered its fourth month! Patrons have already downloaded 12 songs, 8 of which are brand new and
My favorite thing about making art is showing off the final product. To me, the finished version of a song or the final edit of
He would wake up early most days. Make his way down the ravine and through the fog to the clearing where the sunrise had just
My poem, The Ghost of Mayonnaise and Kisses, uses a syllable structure derived from a shape called the tetrahedron. A tetrahedron is a 4-sided pyramid that appears frequently
Building music and poetry based on the math of nature comes easy for me. Explaining why it’s important has always been a little more difficult.
it’s missing a wheel
it’s missing a seat
chained to the meter
simply cast aside
yet he is our man
to get the job done
all hail the patron saint of
the abandoned bicycle
he patrols the scene at night
bolt cutters and heart of gold
cruises streets in rare cologne
giving to metal and chain
the gift of liberation
My piece Gansu Station is based on the ratios inherent in the octahedron, which appears in nature often as metal ions in crystal structures. The
When I was a kid in the late 70’s we had a cutting-edge popcorn popper. Put a bit of oil in the bottom with a bunch of
Recently for one of my math and nature projects, I made three songs that use only 4 microtonal notes—as opposed to the full octave of
