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 […]

I Really Do

I really should be grading the final projects from this summer’s Excel class, and/or prepping/packing for Burning Man… But, once again, I woke with a tune in my head, and I just had to get it down… This one is upbeat, fun, syncopated, positive. I mean, I like it– I really do! Related articles soundcloud […]

Beatifica

Meditation on the divinity of inner beauty. Original tracks recorded the morning of May 3, 2012. This sketch assembled & mixed August 11, 2012.

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!

Motherland

Created on my 2004 MacMini in 2007, using Mackie Tracktion v2, with 4 instances of Spectrasonics Atmosphere softsynth. Composed during a particularly inspired time in my life, while I was working with Jon Anderson (of Yes) on several voice projects. While not a lot came from my collaborations with Jon, I did get this track […]