"What's this man's crime?"
"Busking near the the town fountain."
"Singing what?"
"'When You Wish Upon a Star.'"
"Without paying royalties?"
"Correct."
"Prison and a $200,000 fine. And if he's homeless, taser him."
A thin smile played across the face of the record company executive seated in the back of the courtroom.
"What is this man's crime?"
"He gave the gift of music."
"You mean he didn't buy the gift of music?"
"No."
"Prison and a $200,000 fine."
paper, ink, linen tape, 22 x 17 inches
(posted earlier, am continuing to work on it--this is just documentation, not the art)
"Trog 2000" [mp3 removed] A troglodytic "rock" riff plus some beats. Eventually it may be a proper song but I can handle it like this.
"Compression Trance" [mp3 moved to Bandcamp] More art than club, very dense.
"Pro-53 Exactamundo" [mp3 removed] A song posted several times, done here with the Pro-53 (Prophet 5 clone-plus). An annoying whimsical early 80s-ish "computer music" ditty. A minor songwriting problem I have not been able to solve (having to do with the structure of the notes) makes this work-in-process.
"Tantric Misunderstanding" [mp3 removed] In the late '90s I used to check out a WNYU radio show called Friday Night Express for studio tape fodder. It all sounded like this (progressive house and trance). This one has some Mutated Sidstation growls and shrieks so it's not proper dancefloor material.
"Permanent Chase (2009 Remix)" [mp3 removed] Finally got a full-sounding version of this using the software limiter I did not have 3 years ago.
"Romper 303" [mp3 removed]
Have been fooling around with a TB303 software clone. For some reason when it is responding to note commands coming from Cubase (as opposed to operating in stand-alone mode) it starts writing its own version of the 16 step sequence it's supposed to be playing. This takes the form of the 16 notes playing 1, 2, or 3 times followed by a sped-up recapitulation of the notes. I have no idea why this is happening but in this case am pleased with the result. This piece also has some "live" sounding drum hits playing along with the underlying filtered rhythm pattern (another Electribe preset). It has kind of a jazzy feel. Lots of happy accidents in this one.
