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My principal instrument is nylon-string guitar; I also play electric guitar; electric bass (5-string fretless and fretted); NS Design bass cello; and a variety of analog instruments such as bowls, rainsticks, slidewhistle, whistle-flutes, oceanharp, etc., through digital signal processors.

Recent events are covered at: ://.soundclick/tazook
://modisti/11/members/zook
://./tazook
://.soundclick/lostcivilizations


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I began my study of the guitar in Chile and Uruguay, and continued upon my return to the U.S. in the early 1960s, having the extraordinarily good fortune to then study under Sophocles Papas (classical) and Frank Mullen (jazz). Since 1999, I have been participating in improvisational workshops led by David Darling under the auspices of the Music for People organization.

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During the early/mid 1970's, I had the privilege of working with B-3 player, singer, songwriter and and pianist extraordinaire Larry Buck (://.larrybuck88/). Although our years of work never achieved commercial "success", the experience of working with this enormously talented musician has had an influence on my musical development and outlook which continues to this day.

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Due to the size and weight of my experimental music rig, my public performances are infrequent. That said, apart from infrequent solo appearances, I have performed with bassist/visual artist Doug Kallmeyer (://.302acid), percussionist Mark Merella (://.markmerella), saxaphonist/bass clarinetist Mike Sebastian (://mikesebastian.alkem/; ://./mikesebastian; ://.alkem/dcic//) and trumpet/flügelhorn player Patrick Whitehead ( ://.monumentalbrass/ ); together we comprised a quintet which played a benefit of unrehearsed, improvised music at Sangha in Tacoma Park, Maryland during the summer of 2006 ( ://upcoming./event/85752/).

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On January 10, 2007, I had a solo performance at the Black Cat venue in Washington, D.C. (://upcoming./event/135214/).

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On April 14, 2007, I had the honor of recording (nylon-string guitar) with David Darling (cello); Cristobal Jacques (electric bass) and Antonin (guitar) in support of a project by Suzann Kole (voice)( ://.suzannkole/ ; ://suzannkole/music.html ), at David Darling's Camp David studio in Goshen, CT.

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On April 28, 2007, I participated in the Shape Memory Alloy performance at Sangha with contrabassist Daniel Barbiero ( ://danielbarbiero.alkem/), Mike Sebastian, Patrick Whitehead and percussionist Ben Azzara (://.benazzara/ )( ://upcoming./event/178340/ ). A clip of this performance is posted at ://monsterisland.alkem/shapememoryalloy/.

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On June 27, 2007, I appeared as a soloist at the Grog and Tankard in Washington DC at the NONSTOPELECTRONIC event. Three East Coast artists also appeared, injecting a broad spectrum of all-original electronic music into Washington DC at one of the city's legendary music venues.

Press release: "Midweek summer nightlife vectors towards the weekend as unique digital soundforms merge with the more familiar, evoking moods from mellow to manic, flowing to jamming, foot-moving to thought-provoking as sets blend into a memorable nonstop flow of music and visuals."

T.A. ZOOK: Analog sound generations with struck bowls, rainsticks, wind instruments and guitars processed through racks of loopers/fx -- an otherworldly ambience that's difficult to describe; once heard, difficult to forget. Think: music from a temple in an extraterrestrial dream, emanating from the aether and enveloping you in some indescribable way.

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On August 11, 2007, I appeared as the drivebydada experimental music project, opening at The Red and The Black (://.redandblackbar/) 1212 H Street, NE, Washington, DC, for The 6th Grade and The Bang (://./thebangband).

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During October 2007, I compiled a series of sound samples for Michael Jantz's album "Live at Jim's" EP (://.michaeljantz, ://./michaeljantz).

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During October 2007, my wife Francesca and I visited Floyd VA on two occasions to document some of the authentic and uncommercialized rural/bluegrass street music associated with the weekly Friday night Floyd Jamboree. The results are posted at ://./zookfieldrecording.

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On July 10, 2008, I performed improvised experimental music on basscello as a participant in the Baltimore SDIY Variable Ensemble performance at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, MD (://.avam ; ://.avam/stuff/inmuseum.html ; ://en.wikipedia/wiki/American_Visionary_Art_Museum). The Museum is located at 800 Key Highway, Baltimore MD, at the base of historic Federal Hill, a 2-minute walk from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Directions are posted at: ://.avam/stuff/getthere.html.

The performance featured Logan Mitchell, Sr., Hal Schmulowitz, Kevin Buckholdt and Joe Wall ..board synthesizers; David Vosh on non-keyboard mini-modular synthesizers; and Art Harrison on theremin.

For those unfamiliar with the term “visionary art”, the Museum offers the following: Like love, you know it when you see it. . . . "Visionary art as defined for the purposes of the American Visionary Art Museum refers to art produced by self-taught individuals, usually without formal training, whose works arise from an innate personal vision that revels foremost in the creative act itself." In short, visionary art begins by listening to the inner voices of the soul, and often may not even be thought of as ’art’ by its creator. (Source: ://.avam/stuff/whatsvis.html)

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On August 24, 2008, I gave a solo performance on basscello + processors at the Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music Benefit II at the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Silver Spring, MD ( ://.pyramidatlanticartcenter/), which has been very supportive of the Washington, DC-area experimental music community. My friend and collaborator Daniel Barbiero kindly recorded the performance, which is posted at ://./tazookbasscello and which has been released by the Ozky e-sound label as a download at ://modisti/releases/?p=11817.

is a wonderful medium for disseminating music. However, upload limitations hamper featuring uninterrupted longer works. Overall, "Benefit II" is about 30 minutes long; however, it had to be split into five clips in order to conform to this medium's space requirements. Listening to it is reminiscent of listening to longer classical works on old 78-rpm phonograph records, with a pause every 5 minutes or so while the record changer dropped the next record into position (often with a clack, a whirr, the thump of a new record dropping into position and then the hiss of the lead-in groove of the next record . . . which then continued subliminally in the background while the music resumed).

The performance was unrehearsed and improvised on the spot; the recording is unedited and unprocessed, other than to convert it to MP3 format and to split it into short enough segments to fit within 's format limitations. There was no multi-tracking or any other processing. This is how it actually happened -- including the ambience of a little audience noise and occasional "clicks" as my feet engaged processor buttons.

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On September 7, 2008, I appeared (playing bass cello + processors) with Nobu Stowe on piano ( ://./nobustowe ; ://.trioricochet/ ; ://.blacksaint//Catalogue/AN+DIE+MUSIK/1287) and Daniel Barbiero on contrabass in the Electric Possible series of experimental music performances at George Washington University (://.panicresearch/electric_poss.htm l).

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On September 13, 2008, I appeared on bass cello + processors with Mike Sebastian on tenor sax, bass clarinet and saxello at the Baltimore SDIY, Circuit Bending & 8-bit Festival being held at the Hexagon (former Lo-Fi Social Club)( .hexagonspace). Mike and I joined Peter Blasser/Sejayno (://.ciat-lonbarde/sejayno/index.html ; ://./sejayno ; ://.citypaper/music/review.asp?rid=12204). Also appearing were members of the Baltimore SDIY Ensemble; glomag (glomag) & bubblyfish ( bubblyfish; ://./watch?v=aYFPa93xWIc ; ://./bubblyfishmusic ).

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On October 25, 2008 Mike Sebastian and I recorded a session incorporating the theme " Lost Civilizations" . The session was totally unrehearsed and improvised on the spot with no double tracking or editing other than the removal of empty space when we took a breather and the addition of some reverb (it was recorded in a very small and extremely dry room) . We ended up with enough usable material for two CDRs ("Lost Civilizations I" and " Lost Civilizations II"). Since then, percussionist extraordinaire Larry Gomez has joined the project. We've set up a series of sites to introduce and share our work:

://./lostcivilizationsmusic ("Lost Civilizations I" CDR: duo recordings with reeds player Mike Sebastian)

://./morelostcivilizations ("Lost Civilizations II" CDR: more duo recordings with Mike Sebastian)

://./merellasebastianzook ("Lost Civilizations III" CDR: live recording with Mark Merella)

://./sebastianandzook1 (first half of a December 6, 2008 session with Mike Sebastian) & ://./sebastianandzook2 (second half of a December 6, 2008 session with Mike Sebastian)(together, the "Lost Civilizations IV" CDR)

://./lostcivilizationsatorpheus ("Lost Civilizations V" CDR; an April 11, 2009 live performance with Larry Gomez on percussion)

://./lostcivilizationsvi ("Lost Civilizations VI" CDR; a June 14, 2009 performance at Artomatic 2009's Cabaret Stage)

://./lostcivilizationsvii ("Lost Civilizations VII" CDR; a July 5 session)

://./lostcivilizationsviii; ("Lost Civilizations VIII" CDR; a July 15, 2009 performance by the Lost Civilizations experimental music project, with a guest appearance by Larry Gomez on percussion, at a benefit for Autism held at the historic Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, Virginia.)

://./lostcivilizationsix; ("Lost Civilizations IX" CDR; an October 13, 2009 performance of the Lost Civilizations experimental music project, joined by Jason Mullinax (aka "Pilesar" (://./pilesarmusic ; ://pilesarmusic/)) at the Velvet Lounge in Washington, DC.)

://./lostcivilizationsx ("Lost Civilizations X" CDR; an October 25, 2009 performance at the Bossa Bistro & Lounge in Washington, DC, with guest artist Emre Kartari on percussion.)

://./lostcivilizationsxi("Lost Civilizations XI" CDR; an October 31, 2009 performance in Arlington, VA.)

://./lostcivilizationsxii("Lost Civilizations XII CDR, A November 15, 2009 performance at Arlington's Galaxy Hut)
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On November 11, 2008 I appeared on BassCello + processors with the great Alto Saxophone player Aaron Martin for a short (about 10-minute) set supporting an improvised solo dance piece by Sarah Jane Archer at the November staging of "The Dinner Party". "The Dinner Party" is a series of in-progress, experimental, and new work, which focuses on dance.

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On December 9, 2008, I appeared on BassCello again with the great Alto Saxophone player Aaron Martin for a short (about 10 minutes) set at the December staging of "The Dinner Party" series of in-progress, experimental, and new work, which focuses on dance. This was the third of this season’s new series of monthly open showings at the Warehouse Theater. A clip of this performance has been posted at ://./martinandzook.

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On December 14, 2008, I appeared at the Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center in Silver Spring, MD with Mike Sebastian on reeds and Mark Merella (://.markmerella/ ; ://./markmerella ) on percussion in a performance of the Lost Civilizations ensemble posted at ://./merellasebastianzook ("Lost Civilizations III" CDR.

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On January 8, 2009, I appeared as a guest artist with the DC Improvisers Collective (://dcic.alkem/) at the Velvet Lounge.

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On January 13, 2009, I appeared with Emily Chimiak (violin), Larry Gomez (percussion) and Aaron Martin at the January 2009 showing of The Dinner Party.

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On March 11, 2009, the Twenty-first Century Chamber Ensemble (Janel Leppin – cello & processors; Anthony Pirog -- guitar & processors; Mike Sebastian -- tenor sax, saxello & bass clarinet; and T. A. Zook -- basscello & processors), together with guest artists alto saxophonist Aaron Martin and percussionist Larry Gomez, gave its inaugural public performance at the Electric Possible series at the District of Columbia Arts Center. Complete details about the event, the series and the venue are posted at ://.jazzreview/preview/concert-5698.html . ***********************************************

On March 24, 2009, Janel Leppin, Anthony Pirog, Larry Gomez, Aaron Martin and I appeared at the March 2009 showing of The Dinner Party.

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On April 11, 2009, the Lost Civilizations experimental music project appeared together with Larry Gomez on percussion at Orpheus Record Shop in Arlington. This performance was totally unrehearsed and improvised on the spot. ://./lostcivilizationsatorpheus ("Lost Civilizations V" CDR)

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On May 8, 2009, the Twenty-first Century Chamber Ensemble had a recording session at the bluroom studio in Merrifield, VA (://./blueroommusicspace), engineered by Doug Kallmeyer. The bluroom studio has to be one of the most comfortable studios I've ever recorded in and Doug's ability to put everybody at ease and help us get the best possible sound is remarkable. A clip from that section is included in the 2009 Sonic Circuits "District of Noise Vol. 2" compilation CD, and is posted as the eighth clips at ://./xxichamberensemblepartone

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On May 30, 2009 the Twenty-first Century Chamber Ensemble performed on Artomatic 2009's (://.artomatic) Cabaret Stage as part of the Sonic Circuits Showcase. Details on this event are posted at ://.jazzreview/preview/concert-5992.html.

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On June 12, 2009, the Twenty-first Century Chamber Ensemble returned to Artomatic 2009's Cabaret Stage -- details: ://.jazzreview/preview/concert-6041.html

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On June 14, 2009, the Lost Civilizations experimental music project appeared at Artomatic's Cabaret Stage.

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On July 15, 2009, the Lost Civilizations experimental music project appeared with Larry Gomez on percussion at "Art for Hope", a benefit for “give Autism hope” at Alexandria's Torpedo Factory. Details: ://.jazzreview/preview/concert-6129.html and ://upcoming./event/3071132/ .

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On July 16, 2009, the Lost Civilizations experimental music project appeared at a staging of the Dinner Party at Joe's Movement Emporium in Mt. Ranier, MD. Details: ://.jazzreview/preview/concert-6130.html .

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On August 8, 2009, the Lost Civilizations experimental music project opened for "The Last Show Ever" show for the Len Bias Band at DC's famous Velvet Lounge.

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On August 23, 2009, I appeared in the "Third Object Orchestra" at the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Silver Spring in the world premiere of Daniel Barbiero's "Five Movements in 20' for Six String Instruments", conducted by Chris Videll at a benefit for the 2009 Sonic Circuits experimental music festival. Details: ://.jazzreview/preview/concert-6219.html

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On September 19, 2009, the Twenty-first Century Chamber Ensemble appeared at Silver Spring's Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in support of the "District of Noise Vol. 2" compilation CD being released in connection with the 2009 Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music ( ://dc-soniccircuits/), which includes a track from the Ensemble's session at bluroom studio.

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On September 23, 2009, the Twenty-first Century Chamber Ensemble appeared on the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage as part of the 2009 Sonic Circuits Festival. The Kennedy Center performance is posted as the ninth and tenth clips at ://./xxichamberensemblepartone. Because September 23 is the birthday of John Coltrane, the Ensemble departed from its usual practice of performing only improvisational work and incorporated some of John Coltrane's thematic work into its performance.

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The Twenty-first Century Ensemble was interviewed by dcist in connection with the 2009 Sonic Circuits Festival (:​/​/​dcist.​com/​2009/​09/​sonic_​circuits_​interview_​21st_​centu. ​php.) and also received favorable mention from this publication ("Who we’re most excited to see: Twenty-First Century Chamber Ensemble. Mostly because we saw them at Pyramid Atlantic on Saturday night, where their set finished much too quickly. We're excited to find out how those sounds translate on the Kennedy Center stage." ( :​/​/​dcist.​com/​2009/​09/​preview_​sonic_​circuits_​festival_​09. ​php)).

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I'm also involved with preparing sound design contributions for a segment of the IMAX movie that my Music for People friend Marie van Vuuren's husband Stephen is working on, "Outside In" ( ://.outsideinthemovie/ ; there are some nice trailers at ://.outsideinthemovie/trailers.html). Marie will be mixing all of the sounds she gets into one chorus for the "Big Bang" portion of the film. To me, it's sort of reminiscent of the final chord of "A Day in the Life" ( ://en.wikipedia/wiki/A_Day_in_the_LifeThe_final_chord) -- until I read the WikiPedia article recently, I had always thought that a foghorn was mixed in the final chord -- yet another illusion shattered! Stephen and I are also exploring the possibility of contributing sessions of "Lost Civilizations" and "Twenty-first Century Chamber Ensemble" to the project's overall score.

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I am also a member of the Music for People improvisational association (://.musicforpeople), which is led by David Darling (://.daviddarling), and a fan of the Bang on a Can experimental/new music association (://.bangonacan).

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Screen name:
T-A
Member since:
Oct 17 2007
Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:
Very Committed
Years playing music:
50
Gigs played:
Over 100
Tend to practice:
More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:
2-3 nights a week

Influences

I am forever indebted to my teachers Sophocles Papas (classical guitar) and Frank Mullen (jazz guitar) and my mentor, David Darling (music; improvisation)(see links posted below). I am equally indebted to Mr. Papas' teacher, the great Andrés Segovia, whose insight into the essence of music is revealed in the following:
". . . sonority and its infinite shadings are not the result of stubborn will power but spring from the innate excellence of the spirit."

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Here are a couple of my favorite quotes from David Darling:

"Music is the only source of energy that I have known in my life that gives humans a chance to be instantly transformed into spirit."

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"The Spiritual Significance of Music: I believe that the the spiritual significance of music is an intelligence, and consciousness that we are all given by our life. Babies in the womb respond to music and as our ears our emptied of the water at birth sounds/music begin their profound influence on our life. Music is the highest spiritual entity that I know about in my life. Music transforms our daily life moment by moment. We walk, run, dance, sing, chant. whistle, hum, groove to music our entire life. We are moved to tears by music and of course it is the key element in all rituals of the human experience. We are born into musical sound, and we pass to the next dimension with music as our friend and guide.

One of the sadness I feel about modern civilization is that the birth right to be musical has been taken away from many humans who have suffered from very narrow minded and uninformed teachers of music as well as society in general when there is criticism of any human of failing to sing or groove to some artificial standard.

What we know about music is that it comes to each individual in a personal way and when our outpouring of singing or grooving is approved of and encouraged great things happen for each individual. All of us succeed when we are surrounded by love rather than negative action."

— David Darling, October 2008

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Alberto Ludwig Urquieta: "El universo es tremendamente creativo, lo que nos obliga a abrirnos a lo desconocido…" (The universe is tremendously creative, which obliges us to open ourselves to the unknown . . .)

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A Bill of Musical Rights --- Developed by David Darling/Music for People

-Human beings need to express themselves daily in a way that invites physical and emotional release.

-Musical self-expression is a joyful and healthy means of communication available to absolutely everyone.

-There are as many different ways to make music as there are people.

-The human voice is the most natural and powerful vehicle for musical self-expression. The differences in our voices add richness and depth to music.

-Sincerely expressed emotion is at the root of meaningful musical expression.

-Your music is more authentically expressed when your body is involved in your musical expression.

-The European tradition of music is only one sound. All other cultures and traditions deserve equal attention.

-Any combination of people and instruments can make music together.

-There are no "unmusical" people, only those with no musical experience.

-Music improvisation is a unique and positive way to build skills for life-expression.

-In improvisation as in life, we must be responsible for the vibrations we send one another.

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A very thought-provoking observation shared by Renato Ciunfrini: "Life is more ancient than death".

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LaDonna Smith: "Every human being should have a musical instrument."

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From The New Atlantis by Sir Francis Bacon (written in 1624!)(://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/bacon/atlantis.html) with thanks to Sound on Sound's April 2008 issue and in tribute to the late Daphne Oram of BBC's The Radiophonic Workshop:

"We have also sound-houses, where we practise and demonstrate all sounds and their generation. We have harmony which you have not, of quarter-sounds and lesser slides of sounds. Divers instruments of music likewise to you unknown, some sweeter than any you have; with bells and rings that are dainty and sweet. We represent small sounds as great and deep, likewise great sounds extenuate and sharp; we make divers tremblings and warblings of sounds, which in their original are entire. We represent and imitate all articulate sounds and letters, and the voices and notes of beasts and birds. We have certain helps which, set to the ear, do further the hearing greatly; we have also divers strange and artificial echoes, reflecting the voice many times, and, as it were, tossing it; and some that give back the voice louder than it came, some shriller and some deeper; yea, some rendering the voice, differing in the letters or articulate sound from that they receive. We have all means to convey sounds in trunks and pipes, in strange lines and distances."

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An excerpt from address to parents of the incoming freshman class at Boston Conservatory, given by Karl Paulnack, pianist and director of the music division at Boston Conservatory (brought to my attention by the incomparable oboist, english horn player and singer-songwriter Marianne Oisel):

"The first people to understand how music really works were the ancient Greeks. And this is going to fascinate you; the Greeks said that music and astronomy were two sides of the same coin. Astronomy was seen as the study of relationships between observable, permanent, external objects, and music was seen as the study of relationships between invisible, internal, hidden objects. Music has a way of finding the big, invisible moving pieces inside our hearts and souls and helping us figure out the position of things inside us."

(source: ://amandamichellewhite.wordpress/2009/02/21/speech-by-karl-paulnack-of-boston-conservatory/)

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Snæfellsjökull

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David Darling:

://.daviddarling

://.musicianguide/biographies/1608003038/David-Darling.html

://.darlingconversations/

://.pandora/music/artist/david+darling

://.windovertheearth/Mdarling.html ://.windovertheearth/Movie/Chi%20Web%20Short%204-2.mov

://.imdb/name/nm0201350/

://./watch?v=Gy8TL6yPz9g

://./watch?v=HlekWKfdfjg

://.kientalerhof.ch/cms01/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=82%3C〈=en_GB

://.starsend/daviddarling.html

://.innergameofmusic/inspiration/artists-darling.html

://rv-films/projects/salim.html

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Sophocles Papas:

://comusco/sophocles_papas.en.html

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Frank Mullen:

://.bluelinejazz/mullen/learn.html

://.bluelinejazz/mullen/sounds.html

://.bluelinejazz/mullen/sounds/TapsMiller.mp3

://.bluelinejazz/mullen/sounds/OutofNowhere.mp3

://.bluelinejazz/mullen/sounds/Prelude.mp3

://.bluelinejazz/mullen/sounds/Goodbye.mp3

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Andrés Segovia:

://.classicalguitar/artists/segovia

://.cumpiano/Home/Articles/Transcriptions/Segovia/Segovia.html

://./watch?v=bG7y_CD9rMg

://./watch?v=9efHwnFAkuA

://./watch?v=b8EDpJ-aIM8

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Alberto Ginastera ://en.wikipedia/wiki/Alberto_Ginastera. I was honored to make this great composer's acquaintance as a youth on a voyage on Delta Line's DEL NORTE (://.oceanlinermuseum.co.uk/Del%20Norte%201946.html) from Montevideo to New Orleans in the early 1960s. Although he tried to use the ship's piano from time to time during the afternoons for his work, it was so out of tune that he went on hiatus for most of the voyage . . .

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Chantal Drapeau -- Musique du Coeur:

://.musiqueducoeur/

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Antonin

://.antoninisnow

://thetaheals/

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Suzann Kole:

://.suzannkole/

://suzannkole/music.html

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Music for People:

://.musicforpeople

://.musicforpeople/rights.html

://classicalimprov.blogspot/2006/05/music-for-people-part-i.html

://.innergameofmusic/inspiration/artists-darling.html

://.innergameofmusic/articles/ac-inspiration-silence.html

://.returntochild/

://.returntochild/rtc_reviews_plain.htm

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Bang on a Can:

://.bangonacan

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The Improviser:

://.the-improvisor/

://.the-improvisor/ladprop1.html

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LaDonna Smith:

://.the-improvisor/transmuseq/ladonna/" target="_blank">://.the-improvisor/transmuseq/ladonna/

://.furious/perfect/ladonnasmith.html

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Loopers Delight:

://.loopersdelight

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An absolute goldmine of samples: ://freesound.iua.upf.edu/

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Sky Orchestra:

://lukejerram/skyorchestra/Sky_Orchestra.htm

://./watch?v=wX_poZdHsQE

://./watch?v=vCjaYqymtII

://./watch?v=HYAaZSozj4o

://./watch?v=DrKlhUH5WTQ

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Andy Goldsworthy/Rivers and Tides:

://./watch?v=3TWBSMc47bw

://en.wikipedia/wiki/Andy_Goldsworthy

://.goldsworthy.cc.gla.ac.uk/

://vids./index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=36172937

://flix/Movie/60027273?trkid=73

://.documentaryfilms/Reviews/RiversAndTides/

://.nga.gov/exhibitions/goldsworthyinfo.shtm

://.sculpture.uk/artists/AndyGoldsworthy

://.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/mar/31/art.art

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Gregory Colbert/Ashes and Snow:

://.ashesandsnow

://.wnyc/shows/newsounds/episodes/2006/06/28

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Soundmuseum:

://.soundmuseum.fm/Home/

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Silophone:

://.silophone

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SODRE-FM:

I had the privilege of living in Uruguay in the 1960s, and thus became acquainted with its magnificent radio network, SODRE (://.sodre.gub.uy.asp1-4.websitetestlink/Sodre/). SODRE is now on the Internet, and I would recommend these two stations in particular to non-Spanish speakers:

://66.231.176.184:9170/listen.pls (SODRE Babel)

://66.231.176.184:9090/listen.pls (Clásica AM)

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Giovanni Sollima (://.giovannisollima.it/):

Sogno ad Occhi Aperti (Daydream) -- an incredibly beautiful work:

://./watch?v=ldPf3yqq3-8&NR=1 (this is "Part 1");

://./watch?v=I3NkQ00_ZbI&mode=related&search= (this is "Part 2" of the same work))

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Alfred James Goodrich

://./watch?v=NYY5KHalnCg

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Flash Synthesizers:

://.ctrlaltdel

://.eye4u/showroom/websynth/websynth.htm

://.eecs.harvard.edu/~nesson/sequencer.html

(I ignore the graphics and enjoy fooling around with the sequencer controls);

://.andkon/arcade/other/simsynthesizer/

://.keyboardmuseum/d_machines/vdrums.html

://lab.andre-michelle has a phenomenal collection of synths - which can be opened up in separate windows simultaneously to great effect.

://lab.andre-michelle/wavepole-synthesizer

://lab.andre-michelle/playing-with-pulse-harmonics

://lab.andre-michelle/tonematrix

://lab.andre-michelle/karplus-strong-guitar

://.hobnox/index.1056.en.html

://.hobnox/audiotool

://lab.andre-michelle/eq-filter

://lab.andre-michelle/particle-explosion

://lab.andre-michelle/jarcase-instant-sampler

://lab.andre-michelle/music-video-with-bitmapfilters

://lab.andre-michelle/scratching

://lab.andre-michelle/tb-303

://.sfpg/animation/spectratone.html (I don't know if this is technically a flash synthesizer, but it's interesting!)

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://createdigitalmusic/

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The Splice Music online sequencer :

://splicemusic (this is phenomenal; however, anything one uploads becomes subject to "Creative Commons" copyright, which means that others can use it freely, with attribution).

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Maqaamat:

://.maqamworld/ (a goldmine of information about non-Western music, including examples in 11/8, 13/8, 15/4, 17/8, 19/4 and 21/4) (credit and many thanks to Lena Seikaly (://./lenaseikaly; ://.lenaseikaly/), who brought this to my attention.

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Damian Francis Wagner:

://.damianfranciswagner

://soundfurnace/

://.danda-site/

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etcetera:

://fonik.dk/

://.parisaccordeon/

://fieldradio.podbean/

://wanderingear/index1.htm l

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Visitors to this page are invited to open up more than one browser window and play different clips from the posted works (or different Flash Synthesizers) simultaneously -- the world of experimental music is as accessible as that!

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Eduardo Falú:

://.falufilm/

://.laccs/eduardo.htm

://./watch?v=_6XZnYlJDes

://./watch?v=OUsUNMgLLTI

://./watch?v=kWhNY6X75SQ

://./watch?v=3takCuyF1U4

://./watch?v=ZOI5uzYu1WY

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Jaco Pastorius:

://./watch?v=U5c3H6LpLZI&feature=related

://./watch?v=AxZWvhGE7CM

://./watch?v=JXOnhzoC-i8&NR=1

a href=" ://./watch?v=LmUTK6UBeek&feature=related" target="_blank"> ://./watch?v=LmUTK6UBeek&feature=related

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Weather Report:

://./watch?v=pqashW66D7o

://./watch?v=25DXcFg1TFo&feature=related

://./watch?v=wDQlSSOXU6A

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Eberhard Weber:

://./watch?v=pY8XNztzfWY

://./watch?v=WSGdw0KZoOk

://en.wikipedia/wiki/Eberhard_Weber

://.ecmrecords/Catalogue/ECM/1900/1920.php?lvredir=712&cat=%2FArtists%2FWeber+Eberhard%23%23Eberhard+Weber&catid=0&doctype=Catalogue&order=releasedate&rubchooser=901&mainrubchooser=9

://.last.fm/music/Eberhard+Weber

://.pandora/stations

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Egberto Gismonti:

://./watch?v=xYkWHWfqXnM

://./watch?v=NRqc_oQ6Y5k

://./watch?v=Ep77ig3vIlw

://./watch?v=3onCP23TWFo ://./watch?v=m3jBpNj7qyM

://./watch?v=QQ-MxTq_h44

://./watch?v=8xJBWQAfGAI

://./watch?v=hE3DYRPUiE0

://./watch?v=Wq6dZuVvAkw

://./watch?v=mQFzMRBTWaU

://./watch?v=Gj8CYw82E-U

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Madredeus:

://.madredeus/

://./madredeuspt

://./watch?v=FZb6l8TrEK0

://./watch?v=P-7RppbowKo

://./watch?v=mLIjV6VISJE

://./watch?v=_dxVz9d-FF0

://./watch?v=xO18NuyWgMI

://./watch?v=JCvHFswuWkA

://./watch?v=floEANiIjII

://./watch?v=SmnAl2oLS10

://./watch?v=uLwrjQkytfc ://./watch?v=R66UVTHv1o4

://./watch?v=zcfoOKL-eyg

://./watch?v=EMOF-LBEqL8

EQUIPMENT

More than enough for what I do!