February 22nds

2/22/1999

The most interesting thing about a piece of music is how it develops and how well it positions itself in the landscape of all other music.

2/22/2018

Working on Rings of Saturn track re: Dunwich. Apparently, a huge hurricane-like storm devastated the area in the 13th century: “For months afterward no one could tell where the land ended and the sea began...” 

"On New Year's Eve 1285, a storm tide devastated the lower town and the portside so terribly that for months afterwards no one could tell where the land ended and the sea began..." https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-35549952

 

 2/22/2021

February is Bb Lydian month. I’m working on another Lydian piece, GPT#9. I’m trying something new--a lap steel. I had to devise a new tuning because the usual ones (Open G and Open G Minor), don’t fit, and I’ve devised another: C#-G#-D-G-B-D. Will be interesting to see how this one turns out--very experimental. The tuning is odd but it was the only way to avoid drastically detuning or increasing the pitch of a string so it seems like an elegant solution. Working title is Space Lounge.

2/22/2025