"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry",[1] a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, after witnessing the bombardment…

Year: 1993 Album: Strange Beauty Artist's description: Ok.... this is a song made almost entirely of samples from The Beatles Rubber Soul album digitized by an 8-bit sound blaster from the line out of a portable CD player. It was composed…

Not the most accessible tuning - 13 edo splits the octave into 13 instead of 12 parts. So everything is guaranteed to sound different. That could be the charm or the problem for you. This piece focuses more on melody than most of mine.

Hello, I thought I'd upload a track from 1993's Strange Beauty today. It was reviewed by the WMR (Weekly Module Reviews) team (in 1996 I'm guessing.) These reviews were published on "uesnet" about music posts to the same system - Usenet is an…

This is a Gibson Epiphone Roadie 1/2 scale guitar I picked up used at Guitar Center for $30. It was on the block because no one set it up. The intonation was horrific. And to top it off the bridge is ever so slightly too close to the nut. But…

I travel the synthesizer (two 5 minute tracks) and cymbal rooms at Guitar Center with my Zoom H2. Since I play in the same key more or less it works more or less. Thank you John Cage.

I generally take my Zoom H2 portable digital recorder with me on my trips to music stores to record myself playing equipment I can’t afford to buy. This is one of today’s recordings. June 24th 2011

Calling There ain't no future without a past all of the promises that just won't last I don't believe anymore Just don't believe anymore One became two in the sin of despair beyond the moment where there was a care I can't breath anymore Just…

All the things you said and done a different story for everyone lies that make you play a role with a heart that has grown so cold You're just fooling yourself when you think you have control you don't have anything at all Your obsessions…

Quiet Quiet thoughts for quiet fights Tumbled dry and folded rights Wrapped up in a candied floss Shrink-wrap now removed and lost Curled, crunched into a ball Out the window, into a wall Bounce and twist and turn and spin The truth is beaten…

This is a traditional piece that dates back to at least the 16th century. Since the version I have is instrumental I used what is called Pythagorean Tuning and period instruments to render it. (alto recorder, bells (crotales), fiddle, and bodhran…

Berceuse (means cradle song - or lullaby) by Chopin Op. 57 midi recorded by Ron Lubetsky, M.D. in 1997. And indeed I can tell from the midi file this was a real performance. I ran it through pianoteq in Sonar X1. I hope you enjoy it. http…

This is a composition that was realized by playing a Fender Mustang which has a divided pickup connected to a Roland GR-20 guitar to midi converter / synthesizer. The GR-20 generated piano and saxophone sounds (in two passes) which were re-tuned…

This is finger picked (quasi – classical guitar) improvisation with my wife’s Seagull acoustic guitar with Dean Markley soundhole pick up and AKG microphone with mastering.

An improvisation with my wife's Seagull acoustic guitar with Dean Markley soundhole pick up and AKG microphone with mastering.

A manipulated ambient-ish piece Sound sources, 5 string bass, 18" and 14" china cymbal, cornet, mixed tuning, 6 edo, 12 edo, unconstrained pitch. kudos for anyone who listens to the whole thing.

Apologies to John Strings (scored) Session Drummer 3 (no loops, scored) 5 string bass fretless guitar * 2 electric piano Vocals * 2

Playing my wife's seagull and my yech singing Improvised music, lyrics, vocals.

5 string bass guitar solo. Here is me and my 5 string bass, which I really, really like playing despite the pain in my pinky to make those stretches I hear in my mind. The name seems stupid - but way better than STE-018cn. If you can add to…

Often I am asked about the difference between "normal" 12 equal tuning and microtonal tuning. Thanks to a retuning by Gene Ward Smith to meantone tuning (I don't know which) you can compare this famous piece of music in the familiar 12 equal…