Hello,

I have just moved from Edmonds to New York metropolitan area, after many 
years, things look quite different in the city and the sorroundings.

I know of Michael Gogins' Csound meetings on the first Thursday of the 
month... and I would like to participate(?).

I have my hown web-site,  (not completely 
finished) with music/videos and digital paintings. Comments and questions 
are welcome (off the list).

Best regards,

--Sal

Hi Brad,

Thank you for your comments.

Regarding the two "Visions" excerpts not playing on linux, I can only
say that: the format of all the excerpts are the same, they are QuickTime 
as well MPEG-4,the entire production was done on a Mac G4, Csound and 
Final Cut Pro. On a Window with XP I needed to download Safari and 
QuickTime and it worked fine. Please let me know if you find a solution
with linux.

Regarding the software used for my compositions:
I use Csound entirely for my pieces and sound editors - Audacity and snd - 
to record and edit the original sound, and Soundhack in the nineties.


COMPOSITIONAL METHODS:

My bacground is in percussion and jazz playing free-style be-bop (despite 
my DMA in Composition from the University of Washington, Seattle). This 
influences my writing style in that the measures and bars do not interfere 
with the music flow. Rather, the sound objects I compose, be it synthetic 
or real, evolve through the speed (as in tempo, not time) to produce a 
desired effect in the composition. I prefer phraseology instead of metric 
style writing. Also, I like to create computer music with sound objects 
that are not traditional instrument sounds. Instead, I manipulate 
non-traditional sounds from objects (like a barbeque grill or a truck bed) 
to be my instrumental voices.


CREATIVE SIDE:

I write to tell a story using sound to create soundscapes for effect and 
impression. One's life experience personalizes their story and through 
skills and techniques one's ideas can be developed eloquently. For 
example, I'm working on a Music/Video piece, "AL" for Abraham Lincoln, 
in which I would like to relate the way I feel about his story with my 
life experience.

I also believe that every composer has his own place (and tools) in his 
heart and if we meet the right people (teachers or friends) they will 
help to make that discovery that we are looking for. We also need to be
equipped with a great deal of patience... and so forth.


Best regards,

--Sal





On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, Brad Fuller wrote:

> Hi Sal,
>
> I went to your site and I really enjoyed your music. (when I went to
> play the two Visions excerpts they wouldn't play, although other
> pieces played fine. If you (or others) are on linux, what do you use
> to play these files? I would really like to hear this piece too.)
>
> Also, for the computer generated music, can you tell us more about the
> software used? I would especially like to hear about your
> compositional methods and any thoughts from the creative side of
> composing for computer with the particular software. I think this
> conversation is very appropriate to be on the list, I'm sure others
> would be interested as well - after all, creating music is our
> ultimate goal.
>
> Much appreciated and thanks for announcing your website,
>
> brad
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 1:44 PM, sal g sofia  wrote:
>>
>>  Hello,
>>
>>  I have just moved from Edmonds to New York metropolitan area, after many
>> years, things look quite different in the city and the sorroundings.
>>
>>  I know of Michael Gogins' Csound meetings on the first Thursday of the
>> month... and I would like to participate(?).
>>
>>  I have my hown web-site,  (not completely
>> finished) with music/videos and digital paintings. Comments and questions
>> are welcome (off the list).
>>
>>  Best regards,
>>
>>  --Sal
>>
>>
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>> csound"
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Brad Fuller
> www.bradfuller.com
>
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