Weekend Update

So here's what I've got left on Jebble:

1: 2 sections need to be written, totaling 90 seconds of music. However, for 1, I need the full piece recorded (in order to then shrink it down to 72s for the tape portion of that section) and for 2nd one, I need to hear how the 1st one sounds because it will be immediately following that one.

2: write the Max patch/audio portion


So... I am officially considering this "done"/"on hold" for now until iKtus is ready to learn it. They've got a pretty busy season so far.


Now... to edit/finish my monster project "Uncertain Occasions"... an hour long multimedia performance.

Well, I suppose I'm almost done with my percussion quartet.
I still have to:
1. finish editing it... fix the parts that suck
2. engrave it
3. write the electronic audio for the 2 sections that have that
4. write the Max patch for the live electronics


In other news, I have started to take a look at the Radiohead Remix thing. But it's going slow.

I've been getting some good work done with my solo pop music project. But it will still be some time before I've got that all worked out. So, don't hold your breath, but I plan on being able to do gigs by January '09.

I worked a lot on my stuff for the past 2 days, but it seems like I got nothing done... I guess it was just time consuming.

P.S. I really want this.

it's been so long

Oh my Gosh!!!!!!!!

I'm falling way behind in my blogging/logging/writing/rambling...
Though, I suppose I haven't been doing much...
Jebble, section 11 is sort of done, in the fact that it's fully conceived in my head. And that leaves me with only 2 short sections to go before it's finished... well, before the 1st draft is complete, anyway.

And my garage/studio is clean!!! well, almost... it's close, but there's still more work to do.

That is all... for now...

Weekend

So... I haven't exactly been keeping up with my doing nothing but composing my percussion quartet until it's done. :(

But here's what I have been doing...

Saturday I went to P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, and it turned out to be a benefit concert... which is neat, but I wasn't quite expecting/prepared to pay full non-student price. I enjoy the museum, but this particular benefit included really loud house music that made all the 1st floor exhibits impossible to hear. Though the top 2 floors were neat, as I had expected. It included the exhibition "That Was Then... This Is Now".

Yesterday I had my photo shoot (pictures to be revealed soon), with master photographer Kathleen Fox Kamphausen. She did a wonderful job!

I was also able to complete 2 books this weekend...
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes Vol. 1
Your Brain On Music by Daniel Levitin
Both of which are excellent and I highly recommend them.

Today was semi-productive and I finished half of section 7 in Jebble.

Today

Well, it almost turned out to be an unproductive day.
Trying to be fit and healthy, I did a bit of exercise this morning, some simple crunches and push-ups... then, tried my hand (or rather, feet) at the new treadmill in our living room. I dialed up program #2, and started out at a nice leisurely stroll. 30 minutes and a gallon of sweat later, I was finally done with my first treadmill workout... I walked off it in a weakend state, but proud of my cardiovascular achievement. It wasn't until a little later that I started to feel the effects of a workout I wasn't ready for... a little light-headedness, a bit of dehydration, a monster headache, and an overall feeling of unpleasantness. I fought this with simple hydration and some lunch, and it helped a little. But not with out a large portion of the day gone.

I did however get some things done. I resized my timpani solo and finally retyped the program notes, and sent it to the publisher. After sending a few different page sizes, we finally got it to fit. And now I can finally say my Timpani Solo for Solo Timpani is complete!!!! I also sent my Glock Solo for Solo Glockenspiel to them ...

AND section #14 of my major project, Jebble, may or may not be complete. I'm not sure... it's a bit sparse but I'll see if after the rest if it is done whether or not I want to fill it out some more or not.

So that's exciting.

Jebble progress report #1

Day 1 since I've decided to devote all my time to finishing this.
I do believe I'm doing pretty well. I entered all I've written into my computer so I can hear the computer play it back in it's literal way of doing things. But it helps me anyway. I finished up a new section of music, so I have now finished the first 6 sections all the way through, plus I've got sections 8-10 completed: a total of 9 out of 14 sections done. I'm pretty psyched about that. I hope to have either #7 or #14 (the longest of them all) done tomorrow.

Tomorrow I'll have another full day to write!! Without the one lesson I had to teach and the accidental nap I took today, I should be quite productive!

Current Projects

These are my current projects:

1: composing a percussion quartet.
for iKtus percussion, they asked me to write them a piece last November... I'm not sure if they remember, but I'm writing it for them. This has taken priority as I am about 1/2 done and want to finish this soon. It is a re-working of my earlier piece Jebal for tape alone.

2: my debut pop album
yup, that's correct

3: my debut pop live performance
live performance version of #2... hittin' the clubs in '09

4: Steve Reich's "Drumming" mvt. I for solo percussionist and looper
I realized this would work well, I just have to perfect the looper, and learn how to phase smoothly with myself.

New Blog/News Updates!

So, in an effort to log my progress/exhibit my work/contact other humans/waste time, I've decided to start a "blog". Hopefully this will lead me to become a better person, become famous, or track my progress over time. One or more of the three would be make me happy.

I suppose this will just be the introductory post. I'll try and make it a habit to post on a daily basis with updates on how my work is going. So people will know I'm not just wasting my life doing nothing... or perhaps it will just prove that to be the case...
either way, this is the beginning.