Mental Dystrophy

I have been working up a set of music that I can play in coffee houses and the like with minimal setup and equipment, yet with enough of a technological edge as to challenge the listener. I want to show a certain realness and humanity to digital, electronic sounds. I want to tell a story, but, since I am a part of that story, it's hard for me to narrate it from the outside. Sometimes I feel as though my abilities are diminished by atrophied real world skills.

While recording the music that I've been practicing, I come upon, from time to time, examples of what happens in odd inspired moments that others might never know except for the fact that I have caught them on the computer before they scurry off into the aether without other humans ever hearing their twisted but insightful sighs.

Here is one that was caught recently. I've called it Mental Dystrophy. Flawed and clumsy at times, brilliant and facile at others, I am happy to allow others to share this intimate time with me.

Been making nose again

Despite having a chest cold these last few days, I've been inspired to get more music out. Several weeks ago I got the BOSS Loop Station out and started tinkering with things and ended up creating several soundscapes that seem to work just fine. I submitted them to Tesla Software, a company that creates several great iPhone apps for optimizing brain power. Skeptical? Don't be. It's good stuff. Here's hoping they like what they hear!

In the meantime, I'm getting the three pieces from the Loop Station session ready for release. It will be, as is often the case, free with an option to donate.

And now, I need to walk Max and then get back to bed. Health and Wealth and Happiness, y'all!

Olympus Mons Video

I got an HD camera but I don't have any good HD editing software - yet! The video looks like feedback but it's actually a recording of a couple of movies on TV edited with blinking eye images and some stills of the actual Olympus Mons on Mars.

Of course, you can still download the MP3 of the audio for FREE from the link on the sidebar to the right. Hope you enjoy, and if you feel like donating, that would be cool, too.