Old memory with my father on Assateague Beach, pitch-shifted and sepia.

The Morning Horses (01:21)

Building Loop (00:09)

After Rilke  (01:21)

The poem is, "I Live My Life in Widening Rings" from the Book of Hours.

A man went on vacation to a remote island. As soon as he got off the plane, he heard drums and thought, "wow, this is cool. Very native." However, the drums never stopped. He heard them when he went to the beach, when he ate dinner, even while he tried to sleep.

This went on for several nights.  In frustration, he went down to the office and asked the manager, "don't the drums ever stop?"

The manager replied, "No! Drums must never stop. Very bad if drums stop."

"Why? …

More fun with compressed minimalism.  Recorded with a Fender Jazz bass and Hazarai unit.

Sparrows 5  (1:20)

Base loop  (0:20)

The Alias Line (01:13)

A quick snippet on the tenor bass.  The title comes from Bowie J. Poag's series of images entitled Propaganda.

As with Poag's work, this is based on a small repeatable loop (00:15).

Kohoutek (3:29)

Today's snippet is named for Luboš Kohoutek's comet. Its appearance in 1973 fell far short of the anticipation surrounding it, and it was ridiculed before being pretty much forgotten. Heck, it wasn't even really a comet in the technical sense, since it originated in the Kuiper Belt rather than the Oort Cloud.

Anyhow, it's off in the cold black, and it won't be back for another 75,000 years. By the time it returns, it's unlikely anyone will be here to see it. That's loneliness.

Dreaming the Engines (4:34)

While I'm still getting a feel for the Fender, I figured I'd belt out some old-school noodling. Today's piece has all the neccessary elements: robotic drum beat, repetitive bassline, limited harmonic vocabulary, and fast linear motion in the melody.

Another piece from old tape: Wisdom Like Silence (2:07)

The music: Starfish Prime (6:09)

The music: Dispersion Array #1 (5:48)

This is a modified Twiggy by Kevin Siebold of Krappy Guitars. After playing it for the last two days, I can't bring myself to refer to it as a Krappy bass, so I'm going to call it a Siebold.

Here she is in action:

Armadillos: Not Just for Racing Anymore (0:54)

Today's piece is a modest one. Fourteen notes in just under eight seconds. It's recorded to loop seamlessly when repeated, so it can run as long as the equipment (or listener) holds out.

Drawing I (0:08), basic loop.

Drawing I (02:23), looped with minor treatment.

I'd love to give a pretentious conceptual reason for the brevity or structure, but this one was just a product of chance.