My subscription to TuneCore ran out, apparently, a couple weeks ago and I decided against renewal in favor of releasing a free copy of “Bats in the Belfry” – 2009 via my independent label “cellar door.”  This album is a contemporary classical piano work for piano roll.

“The Chrome Castle and an Overgrown Lawn” is a somewhat eclectic album consisting of improvisation, sound art, ambient music, noise and drone characteristics. Someone once advised that I not use the word “experimental” when describing a work, as apparently some listeners are quickly turned off by the term. So I will say it is “adventurous” and quite fun.

I will not make this a long philosophical essay on the merits of giving away music for free or charging for it.  I will quickly point out that within the arts monetary gain is typically sought through grants and commissions, the latter being the status quo for quite a long time.  Aside from the fact that for the moment I’m still focusing on non-traditional instrumentation, I’ve decided to give away my music for free at my personal label Cellar Door Records and here at the mirror of that label in the catalog/downloads section.  This doesn’t necessarily apply to future or past works which I may release or have already released on an outside label or music loaded into distribution networks.  I agree with both sides of the spectrum of the free-versus-charge-argument, but with the economy and the faulty socioeconomic present tense, it makes more sense to give away my music here at my website and personal label (cellar door records) free of charge.  If things were to improve, switching positions isn’t entirely impossible.  I am also in the process of researching the Internet Archives as a way to upload my music.

Dear Readers:

I am happy to finally announce the release of “Confessions of a Deviant Machine.”  Landing at the outstanding Con-V label, its been a long time in the making (roughly a year).  Anyway, I approached the free improvisation specialist, Lee Noyes, about collaborating on an electroacoustic project back in late 2009 and slowly we worked it out.  Thanks again to my collaborator, Lee Noyes.  It was a thrilling project.

Download for free here

Hello friends. I hope you enjoy my latest release called “Janus and Juno.” A set featuring two works named after Juno – Queen of the Gods – and Janus – God of Doors. Janus comes first, unlocking the door and then you proceed to Juno, the Queen of Gods. Enjoy!!

Here is a new release for November for piano (all sounds being derived from the piano). I am working on a video for this which will include a little more thoughts on the work, so look forward to a post to follow shortly.

Dear Readers,

The ImprovFriday community is very thrilled to announce the release of ImprovFriday Vol. 2.  After several months of hard work on the part of the curator team, the project is just about ready for release.  Here is a look at the track listing and art work.

ImprovFriday – Vol. 2 Track Listing

1. Steve Moyes – Walls and Whispers 07:37
2. Roger “Erocnet” Sundström – What Happened 03:22
3. Jeff Duke – Null 03:56
4. Benjamin Smith – Ben.improv.Jul.5.2010 06:17
5. Paul H. Muller – Bells and Drone 02:45
6. Alexandra Marculewicz Adshead and Johnny & Faith – Who Could Resist? 02:03
7. Paul Hertz – Melody η 03:25
8. Jim Goodin – It Is But a Moment 04:47
9. Steve Layton – Swamp Fire 04:34
10.Lee Noyes – Kowhai, Kowhai Sings 09:27
11.Jérôme Poirier – Crayons 01:54
12.Adam Kondor – Mijn eenvoudige liefde 06:00
13.Richard Lainhart – Endless Column 04:00