Details and another piece http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1477

a re-composition of the following pieces posted to ImprovFriday: Steve Layton: Warning Bell Norbert Oldani Colors 8 Steve Layton: October Afternoon Jeff Duke & Isaac the Cat Right Ascension Roger "ErocNet" Sundström Only Roger "ErocNet…

A setting of a sonnet by Walter Lowenfels to music.

Francesca sings her groove in honor of St. Francis. Percussion Norm Harris Forgotten Voices Francesca Piano Upright Acoustic Bass Flute Choir

Art work by Stef http://artbystef.com/ferrets3.html Norm's percussion and a couple guitar tracks by me.

A traditional piece from the renaissance arranged for flute and two classical guitars. I used meantone tuning which is probably a bit more authentic - though so very close to 12 equal that you may not notice the difference. http://en.wikipedia…

For details and the TED talk that I connect with this piece see http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1439

A steel string guitar improvisation I did last night before bed called “A Nagging Thought“. The piece prominently features a V+ to i (augmented dominant to minor tonic) movement. I usually don’t care for the sound of an augmented tried but in…

With Frank Miller on drums and bass as the band "2" - a rescue of a late 90's song grabbed from 4-track. No Place I'm lost, you're lost Ships at sea There is no place We can be I'm lost, you're lost In this world There is no…

A homage to Steve Hackett (who wrote this piece) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Hackett This is played using John O'Sullivan's Blue JI tuning. Pianoteq and Kontakt didn't play nice together so I had add 4.81 cents to all of the flute notes.

An improvisation with string ensemble

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Five An animated score is below. Ironicly this is scored for a quintet - piano, guitar, bass, sax, and drums. Probably one of the more famous 5/4 time songs.

details http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1407

details at http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1402

Apologies to George and Ringo. voice 12 str guitar 5 str bass piano

10 Earwigs Invasive is an synthesizer solo which was created for the ImprovFriday “Creatures!” event.

Photo by David Shankbone CC BY Details here: http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1392

I found this vocal in my phone mailbox. Not sure who Reg was calling but I'll take advantage of the wrong number he dialed :-)

Remastered from 4 track circa 1987. The backing track was shoved into one track (drum machine, casio CZ-101 synthesizer bass, rythmn guitar) - the vocals are buried because I wrote a song that was way way too high for my range. The backwards-ness…

George Gershwin in 1926 composed 3 preludes for piano. George synthesized American Jazz and European classical music to make a very recognizable musical voice.