On December 1st, I released sleeper, a minimal techno quasi concept album/EP. As of today (12/22/20), I’m still really psyched by it and proud of it, which generally isn't the case for a lot of the electronic music I make. As a nod to that and in a fairly shameless attempt to get you interested enough to check it out for yourself, I’m going to give a brief overview of how sleeper came to be and a quick track-by-track run-down. Like what you hear? Pick it up here!
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Knowing when something's done
I’m often asked how I know when a piece is done.
The flippant answer of course is that the deadline dictates when the piece is done.
In practice though, it’s a hard question to answer, in part because it’s so personal and in part, for me at least, because the answer keeps changing.
Read Moreloss, found: music, meditations, and meaning
If I had to pick one piece of mine that I wish more folks knew about, I’d choose loss, found (commissioned and premiered by Daniel Heagney). It’s an especially relevant time to share some of the story behind its creation, given the recent election. I’ll tell this as two narratives, one based in technical elements and the other in moral ones. These narratives are loose and they aren’t mutually exclusive—we should understand them as starting points rather than complete stories.
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