Link List Phish Net Harmony Central Musicrobot Ultimate Band List Zsounds		What sort of music are you into? Since adolescence, my musical tastes have been subject to constant change. During childhood I was into whatever made the pop charts. Fortunately, my parents exposed me to some Beatles albums, sparking the development of some actual musical taste. The real turning point for me was in the early 80s. I was so impressed at the quality of a contemporary Yes album, that I went out and bought several of their older works. By the time I entered high school, I had become an avid collector of all the major progressive rock bands. The fusion of modern sounds and sophisticated neoclassical structures was the most complex art that I could appreciate at the time. During college, I was an announcer and board operator for a National Public Radio affiliate with a format dominated by classical music. During that time I gained an understanding of musical high art. Around the same time I started to follow Phish whenever they passed through the Midwest. It is thus that my favorite piece of music is Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," but Phish is my favorite musical ensemble. If only it were possible to arrange the former for the latter . . . More recently, I have come to take musical performance seriously. Like many people, I experimented with a musical instrument in my youth. During college, I occassionally jammed with a completely inept band and also took a nine week basic keyboarding course. However, when I fled the corporate world, one of my first moves was to purchase a high end synthesizer. Over the past few years, I have practiced almost every day, developing the physical and mental skills needed to tackle complex pieces and collaborate with other serious musicians. I anticipate that during the summer I will have original sequences and perhaps even a few .mp3 files which will be featured in this section of the site, as well as elsewhere online. In the mean time, I continue to expend my repetoire of keyboard parts. Initially I learned classic rock numbers as well as minimized arrangements of various popular classical tunes. However, I have recently started to tackle more ambitious forms. In particular, I was captivated by the recent PBS documentary series on Jazz. Looking to that genre has helped me to develop a few solid performances that stand alone, as contrasted with most of my work which either employs sequenced parts or requires collaboration with other performers.
	Why is this section so small? I had originally planned to put an essay on the history of music in this space. I took a course in that subject about eight years ago, and a few months back I wrote an overview of the material with emphasis on the origins of various musical technologies. However, I cannot seem to locate that file in my archives, so the writing may be lost. Though I will reproduce that document at some point in the future, I did not want to hold up the upload of this site for that particular component. If you are eager to see material I have written about music, check out my submissions to epinions.com including essays on MIDI protocols, Robert Fripp, the Roland XP-80 synth, and my ten favorite albums of all time.
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