Cosmic Inventions

I've been working on this electronic piece for a few months now. It started with the idea of having several different bell sounds/timbres interacting and eventually branched into a truly meditative work. The time artificially slows down at one point, which is controlled by accenting every 5 16th notes instead of the standard 4. I also used a sample from a Carl Sagan video I found on youtube. Here's the video, and then my song. Enjoy!

ZaDaza: Doing it Live

This Thursday, my good friend Zach Marks will be playing his senior recital at Purchase college. It will feature David Cutler on bass, Colin Gordon on Alto, Nick Llerandi on guitar and yours truly on Tenor. Our trio will be premiering a composition of Zach's, which I posted in beat form here. It starts at 8 pm in room 0081 at the music conservatory.

For the Sake of Art - This Wednesday and Thursday @ 8 PM!

One of the greatest things about an arts school is the amount of talent contained on campus. From Visual Arts to Dance, Film to Music, SUNY Purchase seems to have a myriad of artistic capability. A goal/dream of mine has been to participate or be involved in a large-scale multimedia event that features artists from all mediums collaborating on a project.

This week will be a realization of this aspiration.

For the Sake of Art was conceived by dancer Theo Boguszewski and made possible by a grant from the state of New York.

Alex Mackinnon (aka Doc Brown) and I have been working on a beat for a choreographed dance number. It's a dubstep track that features Spencer Murphy reading a TS Eliot poem. We cut up some Iannis Xenakis samples, as well as some King Tubby drums and some live clips of Bot Jiz!

Rachel Pazdan did an excellent write-up on the event that you can read here:

Motion Manifesto - For the Sake of Art

Remember to come to the Dance Theater Laboratory on Wednesday and Thursday at 8 pm. This is a show you definitely do NOT want to miss!

Facebook event here:

For the Sake of Art

Five on Twelve: Dance meets Avante-Garde

"Ghosts" by Albert Ayler, a cornerstone of free jazz:

Feeling a bit freaked out? Now imagine watching a choreographed dance to a live performance of this music:

This, along with music by Charles Mingus and Sun Ra, will be premiered by Theo Boguszewski on February 26-27th at the Dance Conservatory at Purchase College. It is being held in the Dance Theatre Lab and starts at 8:00 pm.

I will be playing tenor saxophone and will be joined by Reed Stewart (drums), Spencer Murphy (bass), Alex Eckstein (alto sax), Andy Roninson (piano), and Tristan Napoli (trumpet). For more information, check out the facebook link:

Five on Twelve