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Also, E-mu fronts! Same machine, in the UCSC electronic music studios, an early model with some strange/unusual features that may have been...

Also, E-mu fronts! Same machine, in the UCSC electronic music studios, an early model with some strange/unusual features that may have been prototypes or just changed in the full production runs.

It is not a particularly “easy” listen, but very little of what I do these days is. Each version takes its time through the ~20 minute...

It is not a particularly “easy” listen, but very little of what I do these days is. Each version takes its time through the ~20 minute duration, and definitely foreground repetition (though in continuously shifting/morphing proportions). Danny’s “studio” version is heavily collaged, whereas my “live” one was recorded (at home) in a single take, using a #modularsynth patch to loop both the guitar parts and digital rips of the homemade record in various ways. #musodon

Hello #musodon! Today is #BandcampFriday and I’d like to share with you my latest release, which has been out a couple of months. It’s a...

Hello #musodon! Today is #BandcampFriday and I’d like to share with you my latest release, which has been out a couple of months. It’s a collaboration with local SF composer Danny Clay and artist Jon Fischer, featuring a collection of homemade records, #fieldrecording, and looped layers of electric guitars (my contribution); the album features two complementary realizations of the piece, one per side of the clear vinyl LP. Hear it here: http://gfguitar.bandcamp.com/album/turntable-drawing-no-16

E-mu guts! #synthesizer #modularsynth #vintagegear #musodon

E-mu guts! #synthesizer #modularsynth #vintagegear #musodon

Perhaps this gives rise to the audio analog of Masahiro Mori’s “uncanny valley”—as something approaches life-like verisimilitude,...

Perhaps this gives rise to the audio analog of Masahiro Mori’s “uncanny valley”—as something approaches life-like verisimilitude, our comfort level with it “dips” into a sense of unease. Bachianas Brasileira No. 5 is not a spooky piece, but Rockmore’s performance of it never fails to slightly creep me out. (End) #musodon

But perhaps more importantly, the theremin’s continuous flexibility of pitch and amplitude give it the ability to mimic certain aspects of...

But perhaps more importantly, the theremin’s continuous flexibility of pitch and amplitude give it the ability to mimic certain aspects of a singing voice with unsettling accuracy . The link below is cued to the reprise of Heitor Villa Lobos’s Aria/Cantilena from Bachianas Brasileira no. 5, which is to be sung with closed mouth in the original soprano setting: https://youtu.be/3PRbibn_o94&t=330
Rockmore’s playing is so subtle here that I’m almost convinced I’m listening to a voice there (cont)

The sound of the theremin conjures spooky vibes, largely due to its usage in science fiction and horror films, from *The Day the Earth Stood...

The sound of the theremin conjures spooky vibes, largely due to its usage in science fiction and horror films, from *The Day the Earth Stood Still* to its sound-alikes in the Simpson’s *Treehouse of Horrors.* But maybe there is an inherent *uncanny* quality in the theremin? For starters, it’s an instrument that you do not touch, though there is a direct correspondence between the thereminist’s movements and the ensuing sound (cont’d)

Talked about early to mid-century electronic music today, skipping from Cahill, Theremin, and Martenot to El-Dabh, the Barrons, and...

Talked about early to mid-century electronic music today, skipping from Cahill, Theremin, and Martenot to El-Dabh, the Barrons, and Oliveros. All of it still gives me chills and feels entirely fresh, vibrant, vital. #musodon #histodon

Duo for hand pan and violin, that’s a first for me

Duo for hand pan and violin, that’s a first for me

The quiet before the storm—dress rehearsal night at USF’s Music Showcase

The quiet before the storm—dress rehearsal night at USF’s Music Showcase

Make that Shapeshifters Cinema in Oakland! My bad.

Make that Shapeshifters Cinema in Oakland! My bad.

I wrote about an upcoming performance/installation of Edward Schocker’s Dodecachordon I–VI, coming up this Sunday (11:52am–6pm) at...

I wrote about an upcoming performance/installation of Edward Schocker’s Dodecachordon I–VI, coming up this Sunday (11:52am–6pm) at Shapeshifters Cinema in Berkeley. Schocker reimagines the six classic Church modes in #justintonation with six electric guitars and ebows. Read more here: https://www.sfcv.org/articles/preview/exploring-alternative-sonic-world-one-afternoon (as usual the title is not my own…but it’s my fault for not providing one!)

#Introduction ciao! Italian-born, BayArea-based guitarist and musicologist; I work mainly in contemporary classical music; I'm extremely...

#Introduction
ciao! Italian-born, BayArea-based guitarist and musicologist; I work mainly in contemporary classical music; I'm extremely fond of #justintonation and always working towards it. sort-of-addicted to social media (but not very good at it), #twexit refugee, contemplating a big unplug but not brave enough to actually do it.

adjunct professor by day, father of two, supported husband, ally, always learning to listen and striving for justice.