https://hexpressionist.bandcamp.com HEXPRESSIONIST is my latest project. The music I release under this moniker is inspired by micromontage techniques. It is almost very much inspired by the abstract expressionist movement. These recordings were made quickly with little thought. This is the music of raw expression. I spent months collecting and processing samples then I performed theContinue reading “Improvised Electronic Music”
Category Archives: conceptual art
The Chance There Is No Chance
I think the reason I’m so attracted to indeterministic processes is because I actually don’t believe in chance and instead what I think happens is I’m opening the door for something that’s trying really hard to not be found. It’s that same strange thing that talks to you when you take over an eighth ofContinue reading “The Chance There Is No Chance”
Exploded poetry
Aside from social media marketing and blog promotion, scheduling apps such as Buffer can be used to write “exploded poems” An exploded poem incoorporates time in a new way. It can be thought of as a new form of concrete poetry. Instead of using physical space to enhance meaning, one can use temporal space. GapsContinue reading “Exploded poetry”
Harmonium, Piano, and Distorted Theremin
Lately I’ve been recording harmonium directly onto my iPad using an attachable condenser mic. Improvised harmonium is used as the foundation. I then load the track into my DAW and proceed to improvise even more using bit-crushed theremin samples soaked in reverb. First I run Thumbjam into Samplr and improvise using theremin and piano sounds.Continue reading “Harmonium, Piano, and Distorted Theremin”
New Sculpture!
This piece is titled “Music For 5 Notes And Found Sounds” It’s a 3D collage. It is made up of found objects embedded in resin. The objects are components left over from old projects gone haywire and other miscellaneous found items. I consider this piece to be a 3D collage because the process was completelyContinue reading “New Sculpture!”
Hidden Poetry
Lately I’ve been writing poems on panels and then collaging over them. It’s easier for me to send my poems out into the world this way. I”m sending my children out into cold storms of judgment with a heavy jackets on. I know these poems are warm and safe. No one will be able toContinue reading “Hidden Poetry”