I finished my revision project a bit early. I revised the piano part of the fifth phrase of Landscape 12: Autumn Forest, and the pedal steel part for the fifth phrase of Landscape 13: River. I leave you with an updated recording of Landscape 1: Forest with a newly recorded synthesizer track with me playing my Moog Mother 32.
Landscape Update: December 12th, 2020
I’m a bit ahead of where I was last month at this time, but I could still be better positioned. In November I managed to revise the third phrase of the pedal steel part for Landscape 11: Farmland. Yesterday I recorded the synthesizer part for Landscape 1: Forest using my Moog Mother 32. This month I will leave you with an update of Landscape 10: Rocky Coast, which includes more orchestral samples, some trombone chords that I played, as well as a musique concrete part.
Landscape Update: October 4th, 2020
I reached my goal of September by revising the piano part for the third phrase. I wrote an orchestral part, which still needs a bit of work on the articulations before I’ll call it finished, for Landscape 13: River. I hope to book a recording session for it sometime before the end of 2020. Finally, I recorded a synthesizer part for Landscape 3: Pond, which I include here.
Landscape Update: September 6th, 2020
I just met my goal for August with plenty of time to spare. I revised the pedal steel part for the eighth phrase of Landscape 8: Palm Glade. I was also able to mix the audio files from my Musiversal reading on July 16th. During the editing and mixdown process, I also added more orchestral samples to Landscape 4: Sand Dunes, taking away some of the musique concrete in the process. I leave you with the current realization of Landscape 10: Rocky Coast, that contains the orchestral recordings I mixed this past month.
Landscape Update: August 2nd, 2020
I just met my goal for July yesterday. I added some orchestral samples and musique concrete to Landscape 7: Mountains. I had a Musiversal reading on July 16th, which went very well. One of my goals for the next couple of weeks is to mix the audio files from that session. I leave you with the updated version of Landscape 7: Mountains.
Landscapes Update: July 5th, 2020
I met my June goals, revising the pedal steel part in phrase four of Landscape 6: Beach. I also recorded a synth part for Landscape 5: Marsh on a Moog Mother 32. The goal for July is to revise Landscape 7: Mountains. I also have a Musiversal recording session on July 16th to have an orchestral part for Landscape 10: Rocky Coast. Musiversal has changed the instrumentation of their basic, now called studio, orchestra. They’ve dropped two French horns, going down to two, but added harp and percussion, so I’m excited that there’ll be harp and timpani in the next recording. For this month I’ll leave you with the latest realization of Landscape 5: Marsh, including the new synth part.
Landscapes Update: June 6th, 2020
I’ve met my goals for May. I revised the piano part of the eighth phrase of Landscape 5: Marsh. I also recorded harmonica parts for Landscape 8: Palm Glade. The goal for June is to revise Landscape 6: Beach. I also hope to do a little bit of recording in this month (maybe a synthesizer part). I have also spent some of my stimulus money contracting with Musiversal for a July recording session for an orchestral part to Landscape 10: Rocky Coast. This month I’ll leave you with a realization of Landscape 6: Beach that includes a cello part performed by Nara Shahbazyan.
Landscapes Update: May 3rd, 2020
April has been fairly productive. My revisions for this month entailed a musique concrete part to Landscape 4: Sand Dunes. This concrete part is based upon horn recordings from Landscape 7: Mountains, as well as bass harmonica and string recordings from Landscape 4. So, without further ado, I present the updated version of Landscape 4.
Landscapes Update: April 5th, 2020
What a crazy time it has been. Even in bad times there can be silver linings. Practicing self isolation I have found more time to compose and record. In March I revised the piano part of phrase two of Landscape 3: Pond, as well as the last measure of the piano part. I also found the the time to record the bass part for Landscape 8: Palm Glade, which will be included below. In April I hope to add a music concrete part to Landscape 4: Sand Dunes. Anyway, here’s the current realization of Landscape 8: Palm Glade with Carl Bugbee playing the guitar part, and me playing the bass part.
Landscapes Update: March 1st, 2020
During the month of February I rewrote the third phrase of the pedal steel part for Landscape 2: Snow. I unfortunately did not have any time to record any new tracks for the project. I do plan on recording a bass part over spring break. I do have some updated audio to share this month. Appropriately enough it is Landscape 2: Snow. This realization includes a guitar part performed by Carl Bugbee of the prominent Rhode Island cover band Take it to the Bridge, and the cello part is played by Dr. Nara Shahbazyan who performs in the Providence based New Music group Ensemble Parallax.