Black Neon
Composed in the alternate bass tuning of D-G-D-G, and is a mix of blues and the Locrian mode (Locrian Blues) (Sheet Music Below) Melange by Lee Barry
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In the End
A piece comprised of almost all minor chords in the first section then all majors in the second. Melange by Lee Barry ***
Confection For Memory
A piece generated from a few of my Dynaxioms on photography. 2006. Photos are confection for memory; You can't avoid being seduced by them. You want to forget, but the beautiful photo haunts you forever. If you lost a great city, you should destroy all the old photos as well. [Anything can be reconstructed from memory, and gives room for innovation that wouldn't have been there in the first version]. (9/12/2001) 0023. Sometimes history books (and films) say more about history than history itself. Recording history is like remembering a dream--with fragments stitched together into a narrative that develops a life of their own. Sum 1: Nostalgia Galaxy by Lee Barry
Sign From God
A piece based on the poem in the film "The Kindergarten Teacher". Anna is beautiful Beautiful enough for me The sun hits her yellow house It’s almost like a sign from God The player can choose to end on A minor or A Major. The major chord uses the Picardy Third . https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-kindergarten-teacher-2018 Sign From God by meta4s Video 45: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7S9myV8Jj1k
Audio Snapshots
Photography soundtracked with my own field recordings. Back in the early aughts, I heard an interview with artist Ed Ruscha with the late Peter Jennings where he described a Walker Evans photo having an "audio".