Hendrix, Minutemen, Steve Mackey, Steve Reich, Paul Lansky, Alvin Lucier, Ron Kuivila, Minor Threat, John McDonald, Matt Wuolle, Dave Sanford, Bryan Rulon, Wagner, Haydn, Bach, Berlioz, Berg, Xenakis, Babbitt, Mission of Burma, X, Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, Herman Melville, Primo Levi, Edward Said, K.S. Subramanian, T. Viswanathan, T. Ranganathan, David Kaslow, Richard Toensing, Ramnad Krishnan, Dikshitar, Ockeghem.
I'm a composer not a band. But I used to play in bands you've never heard of. My ideas were always way ahead of my hands. So I turned to composing. I studied Indian music at Wesleyan and in India, and later started playing bass in bands. Did that for a while in Boston. Went back to school, got a masters from U of Colorado and then a Ph.D. in composition from Princeton in 2001.
Hello, Thank you for finding us and introducing us to your music! It was a treat to stop by and take a listen--especially liked "One Help". Guess we are bias to compositions with guitar and violin:-)
Dear David You have some nice pieces posted, nice the use of spoken voice, combintation of traditions and instrumentations. Thanks, have a good 2008...Christiaan (EBNM)
Hello David, Thanks for showing your interest. Wish you could make it to our festival. I think you would like it. If so, check out our site during the festival for live stream concerts... You might also like the last movie I finished of a guitar preformance "The Electric Counterpoint" shown at the bimhuis. Hope you like it! The Electric Counterpoint in the Bimhuis, leaded by Otto Tausk
Goodness! It's David Claman, and I'm stealing up on your virginity comment-wise. How are you? How are things? I haven't heard of you in three-and-a-half years. I'm glad to see you're moving in several directions at once, all of them fruitful.
