With the statement I made to the right in mind, these are the absolute favorites, in no particular order:
Radiohead Dillinger Escape Plan Miles Davis John Coltrane Bright Eyes Leo Brouwer Luigi Nono Amon Tobin The Weakerthans Steve Reich JS Bach Godspeed You Black Emperor Claude Debussy The Bad Plus Tortoise Johnny Greenwood Matthew Burtner Karlheinz Stockhausen Liars Boredoms Steve Mackey Cadence Weapon Mark Dresser Anton Webern Lagwagon Tristan Murail Destroyer Beethoven Mogwai Iron Maiden The Mars Volta
Other things that have really influenced the way I look at and think about things include:
My friends and family Conversations Catalina Island Physics, science and technology Pirates Surrealist and abstract art Growing up in Southern California Playing in bands Film and literature Asymmetry and design Nature, especially the ocean The punk/hardcore scene Studying politics The History Channel Studying other cultures
Sounds Like
2006: Daytime for tenor saxophone
2007: An Everchanging House for flute Humanoculi Musique Concrete Under a Neon Sky for any twelve instruments 88 for piano 4 Notes in C for electric guitar and laptop Soundtrack to Chalk for two electric guitars and laptop The Pyramid Game nonet
2008: Densities for piano Gare D'Arras for string trio or clarinet, viola, and cello The Behavior of Clouds for violin and viola Piano Piece for Mr. Carter's 100th Birthday for piano
2009: Dream Lights (Riverbank) quintet Short Suite for Small Orchestra for chamber orchestra London, August 2, 2009, 8:38 PM, Nothing Working for soprano sax, percussion, electric bass, and violin Through Slanted Oval Windows I Can See The Wind for chamber orchestra Élévation Morceau for eight solo voices String Quartet No. 1: London Guitar Clock for solo electric guitar Strange Bridges for two bass clarinets !!!!, !!!!! for orchestra
Hey all. I'm not a big fan of talking in third person, so I'll preface this by saying that this is what my biography says on the American Composers' Forum website:
Nicholas Alexander Norton was born in 1986 in Santa Monica, California. He began playing the saxophone at the age of eight and guitar at ten after moving to Ventura County, and has continually performed with bands since then. In 2004 he enrolled in a double degree program at the University of California, San Diego to study political theory and music composition and performance, where he was awarded honors with distinction in composition as well as the Stewart Prize for outstanding creative work. His private teachers at UCSD included Harvey Sollberger, Chinary Ung, Lei Liang, and Rand Steiger. Upon graduation, at the age of 21 in 2008, he was awarded a scholarship by the European American Musical Alliance to study composition and theory with Michel Merlet, Sofia Gubaidulina, Philip Lasser, and others at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, France.
Nick has written music that explores and exploits "grey areas," such as those found between popular and high-art music, periodicity and unpredictability, and freedom of expression and strict mathematical parameters. His pieces have been performed across the United States and in Europe. Throughout his career as a composer Nick has remained active as a performer with The Honest Iago Music and Arts Collective, The Ionian Singers, The UCSD Guitar Ensemble, Karate Snow Machine, and on his own, written for American Music Press Magazine and SanDiegoPunk.com, and DJ'd for KSDT Radio in San Diego. He now lives in London, where he is studying composition with Robert Keeley and George Benjamin at King's College.
Nick is a member of the American Composers Forum and the Featured Artists Coalition, and is represented by ASCAP.
Sight & Sound feat. Apes of Wrath, The Old In Out, Sven-Eric Seaholm, Caburlesque Kittens, The Gift/Curse, and More - TONIGHT @ Planet Rooth Gallery - 3811 Ray St. 92104
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Waddayaknow, I'm a featured member again. Unfortunately, all it really means is that I'm one of the last 2 or 3 renewals in the "international" chapter. You, Mr. Londoner, could be the next featured member!
yeah I talked to alex tonite and i'm not going to be doing any art, i really feel its kinda his thing, but i'm going to try to make it out to the show.
i hate being so noncommittal but its a long drive (plus the $15 in gas) i may not be up to at the time.
