The Third Letter

Little Mama is dying. I wrote her some letters, and Milena told me she read them to her, and that she told everyone to make plans to go to Ft Worth for the big art opening in December. That makes me happy, to know that she wants to go. That project was a big one […]

Off the Farm 2012: Once Again, Old is New, and New, Old.

Off the Farm 2012 is the latest incarnation of Dell Little’s annual mixtape-nee-CD-nee-mp3 collection, which continues with the series’ down-home, upbeat groove. I love this year’s cover: a conductor of what seems to be a radio orchestra, of course from the 30s or 40s or 50s. There’s a funny kind of irony to Dell’s choice of such […]

Plurimae Voces

Plurimae Voces is an album of voice-focused tracks I created and worked on for several months, over 2010 and 2011. “Plurimae voces” is Latin for “many voices,” which seemed to be a fitting title for this collection. It seems that I’ve gotten back to my musical roots– singing– in the past couple years. Singing is […]

Dissa…p

A tribute to delicacy and gentleness… with a hat tip to Steve Roach, Dirk Serries, and David Sylvian. Art: “Dissipate” by Alyssa Monks (http://www.escapeintolife.com/painting/alyssa-monks/attachment/dissipate/).

Dub-a-Tao

Arrangement of a little ditty I worked up day before yesterday, which was based on sounds that were in my head when I awoke. Had fun with this one!

Venus Transit

2012/06/21: Final version. Mastered by Dell at Pep Ventura in Dallas. Nice loudness maximizing, man! 2012/06/20 (entry two): Okay. Calling it DONE. Spent all day trying to fix the clipping, but in the end just put a hard limiter on the whole mix. Rock on!!! 2012/06/20: Okay… I’m ’bout done with this baby! Did a […]

Psychedemia Podcast Jingle: “happyMorning”

2012-07-27: Android Jones is one of the primary visual artists for Psychedemia. He’s known for his spiritual/techno/futuristic creations, and I was focusing on his work when I created this bubbly “ancient tribal funk” jingle for the Psychedemia Podcast. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Psychedemia-Podcast/121569081316731 2012-06-19: Daniel said they LOVE it, so it’s a wrap! I just made sure there were […]

Completed Questions: Experimental Group Voice class

Experimental Group Voice, Keith Rowley 1.How will this activity attract University of Washington students? This activity will attract UW students by being experientially effective. That is, participants will not only know they have been through an exciting event, they will feel it. This course will expand their range of expression, emotion, feeling, and interrelationships, and […]

Course Outline for Experimental College Voice Class

General course description Subject matter covered in this course This class will cover various experiential approaches to vocalization, including texture and harmony, as a group. We will concentrate on eliciting a variety of emotions, as a group, using only our voices and bodies. My approach to teaching this content will be both very experiential and […]

Experimental Voice Class: Summary/Description

In this class, people will use their voices to elicit emotion. The class is inherently experiential and experimental, with the participants exploring their voices, their emotions, and their interrelationships, all within a safe, fun, and enticing environment. Exercises will include visualization, meditation, breathing, calisthenics, rhythm, melody, harmony, dissonance, tone/timbre, volume/amplitude, texture (monophonic, polyphonic), etc. In […]