| I am forever indebted to my teachers Sophocles Papas (classical guitar) and Frank Mullen (jazz guitar) and my mentor, David Darling (music; improvisation)(see links posted below). I am equally indebted to Mr. Papas' teacher, the great Andrés Segovia, whose insight into the essence of music is revealed in the following:
". . . sonority and its infinite shadings are not the result of stubborn will power but spring from the innate excellence of the spirit."
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Another of my favorite quotes is from David Darling:
"Music is the only source of energy that I have known in my life that gives humans a chance to be instantly transformed into spirit."
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From "The New Atlantis" by Sir Francis Bacon (written in 1624!)(http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/bacon/atlantis.html) with thanks to Sound on Sound's April 2008 issue and in tribute to the late Daphne Oram of BBC's The Radiophonic Workshop:
"We have also sound-houses, where we practise and demonstrate all sounds and their generation. We have harmony which you have not, of quarter-sounds and lesser slides of sounds. Divers instruments of music likewise to you unknown, some sweeter than any you have; with bells and rings that are dainty and sweet. We represent small sounds as great and deep, likewise great sounds extenuate and sharp; we make divers tremblings and warblings of sounds, which in their original are entire. We represent and imitate all articulate sounds and letters, and the voices and notes of beasts and birds. We have certain helps which, set to the ear, do further the hearing greatly; we have also divers strange and artificial echoes, reflecting the voice many times, and, as it were, tossing it; and some that give back the voice louder than it came, some shriller and some deeper; yea, some rendering the voice, differing in the letters or articulate sound from that they receive. We have all means to convey sounds in trunks and pipes, in strange lines and distances."
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Snæfellsjökul
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David Darling:
http://www.daviddarling.com
http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003038/David-Darling.html
http://www.darlingconversations.com/
http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/david+darling
http://classicalimprov.blogspot.com/2006/05/music-for-people-part-i.html
http://www.windovertheearth.com/Mdarling.html
http://www.windovertheearth.com/Movie/Chi%20Web%20Short%204-2.mov
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201350/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy8TL6yPz9g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlekWKfdfjg
http://www.kientalerhof.ch/cms01/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=82<=en_GB
http://www.starsend.org/daviddarling.html
http://www.innergameofmusic.com/inspiration/artists-darling.html
http://rv-films.com/projects/salim.html
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Sophocles Papas:
http://comusco.com/sophocles_papas.en.html
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Frank Mullen:
http://www.bluelinejazz.com/mullen/learn.html
http://www.bluelinejazz.com/mullen/sounds.html
http://www.bluelinejazz.com/mullen/sounds/TapsMiller.mp3
http://www.bluelinejazz.com/mullen/sounds/OutofNowhere.mp3
http://www.bluelinejazz.com/mullen/sounds/Prelude.mp3
http://www.bluelinejazz.com/mullen/sounds/Goodbye.mp3
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Andrés Segovia:
http://www.classicalguitar.net/artists/segovia
http://www.cumpiano.com/Home/Articles/Transcriptions/Segovia/Segovia.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG7y_CD9rMg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9efHwnFAkuA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8EDpJ-aIM8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCzc2His1m4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHEd1J4SlYI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN4-iyZAjME
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Jaco Pastorius:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5c3H6LpLZI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxZWvhGE7CM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXOnhzoC-i8&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmUTK6UBeek&feature=related
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Weather Report:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqashW66D7o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25DXcFg1TFo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDQlSSOXU6A
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Eberhard Weber:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY8XNztzfWY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSGdw0KZoOk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberhard_Weber
http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1900/1920.php?lvredir=712&cat=%2FArtists%2FWeber+Eberhard%23%23Eberhard+Weber&catid=0&doctype=Catalogue&order=releasedate&rubchooser=901&mainrubchooser=9
http://www.last.fm/music/Eberhard+Weber
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Eduardo Falú:
http://www.laccs.com/eduardo.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6XZnYlJDes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmS67hKvYqE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUsUNMgLLTI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWhNY6X75SQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3takCuyF1U4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOI5uzYu1WY
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Egberto Gismonti:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYkWHWfqXnM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRqc_oQ6Y5k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep77ig3vIlw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3onCP23TWFo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3jBpNj7qyM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ-MxTq_h44
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xJBWQAfGAI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE3DYRPUiE0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq6dZuVvAkw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQFzMRBTWaU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj8CYw82E-U
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Madredeus:
http://www.madredeus.com/flash.asp?primeiro=true&linguagem=EN
http://www.myspace.com/madredeuspt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuH4__pfuzI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rqhrOAts34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT4yrqpHvjE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH6jgxfWO2Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZb6l8TrEK0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-7RppbowKo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv8ResCdFcc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLIjV6VISJE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dxVz9d-FF0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO18NuyWgMI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCvHFswuWkA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=floEANiIjII
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmnAl2oLS10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLwrjQkytfc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R66UVTHv1o4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcfoOKL-eyg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMOF-LBEqL8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Wyo2knCMc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI5a2JxlJbw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NIKftgKvZ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVDP9lA63fY
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Chantal Drapeau -- Musique du Coeur:
http://www.musiqueducoeur.com/
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Tony DeMaio; Antonin
(Web links pending)
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Suzann Kole:
http://www.suzannkole.com/
http://suzannkole.com/music.html
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Music for People:
http://www.musicforpeople.org
http://classicalimprov.blogspot.com/2006/05/music-for-people-part-i.html
http://www.innergameofmusic.com/inspiration/artists-darling.html
http://www.innergameofmusic.com/articles/ac-inspiration-silence.html
http://www.returntochild.com/
http://www.returntochild.com/rtc_reviews_plain.htm
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Bang on a Can:
http://www.bangonacan.org
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Loopers Delight:
http://www.loopersdelight.com
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An absolute goldmine of samples: http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/
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Sky Orchestra:
http://lukejerram.com/skyorchestra/Sky_Orchestra.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX_poZdHsQE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCjaYqymtII
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYAaZSozj4o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrKlhUH5WTQ
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Andy Goldsworthy/Rivers and Tides:
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/60027273?trkid=73
http://www.documentaryfilms.net/Reviews/RiversAndTides/
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/goldsworthyinfo.shtm
http://www.sculpture.org.uk/artists/AndyGoldsworthy
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Gregory Colbert/Ashes and Snow :
http://www.ashesandsnow.com
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/newsounds/episodes/2006/06/28
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Silophone:
http://www.silophone.net
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SODRE-FM:
http://www.sintonizador.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=Sintonizador&PRGNAME=SNTBotonera2&ARGUMENTS=-AInvitado,-N01158,-ASNTNEWBotonera_2.htm) -- please allow some time for this to "load" -- it's well worth the wait!)
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Giovanni Sollima (http://www.giovannisollima.it/):
Sogno ad Occhi Aperti (Daydream) -- an incredibly beautiful work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldPf3yqq3-8&NR=1 (this is "Part 1"); http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3NkQ00_ZbI&mode=related&search= (this is "Part 2" of the same work))
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Alfred James Goodrich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYY5KHalnCg
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Flash Synthesizers:
http://www.lfoundation.org/grids/ (one can get all four going on four browser windows for an ever-evolving cascade of bleeps!)
http://www.ctrlaltdel.org/flash/77.html; http://www.lfoundation.org/grids/zumb.html
http://works.ctrlaltdel.org/indexb.html
http://www.eye4u.com/showroom/websynth/websynth.htm
http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~nesson/sequencer.html
(I ignore the graphics and enjoy fooling around with the sequencer controls);
http://www.andkon.com/arcade/other/simsynthesizer/
http://www.keyboardmuseum.org/d_machines/vdrums.html
http://lab.andre-michelle.com/wavepole-synthesizer
http://lab.andre-michelle.com/playing-with-pulse-harmonics
http://lab.andre-michelle.com/synthesized-drumsounds
http://lab.andre-michelle.com/jarcase-instant-sampler
http://e-phonic.com/misc/
http://www.sfpg.com/animation/spectratone.html (I don't know if this is technically a flash synthesizer, but it's interesting!)
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http://createdigitalmusic.com/
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The Splice Music online sequencer :
http://splicemusic.com (this is phenomenal; however, anything one uploads becomes subject to "Creative Commons" copyright, which means that others can use it freely, with attribution).
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Maqaamat:
http://www.maqamworld.com/ (a goldmine of information about non-Western music, including examples in 11/8, 13/8, 15/4, 17/8, 19/4 and 21/4) (credit and many thanks to Lena Seikaly (http://www. myspace. com/lenaseikaly; http://www. lenaseikaly.com/), who brought this to my attention.
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Damian Francis Wagner:
http://www.damianfranciswagner.com
http://soundfurnace.com/
http://www.danda-site.com/
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etcetera:
http://fonik.dk/
http://www.parisaccordeon.com/
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Other projects:
http://www.myspace.com/zookfieldrecording
http://www.myspace.com/zooksounddesign
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Visitors to this page are invited to open up more than one browser window and play different clips from the posted works (or different Flash Synthesizers) simultaneously -- the world of experimental music is as accessible as that!
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