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Composite Reel (4:01) This is a mix of eight tracks, in thirty second excerpt form. Finga’ Breakin’ (5:15) This tune is my favorite. Finga’ Breakin’ is a funky tune written with Reason. It involves samples I manipulated and features my upright playing, recorded direct via Pro Tools. In a live setting, I play my part with a DJ scratching, while another person manipulates the Reason tracks. Shadow Space (:51) This ambient work was created entirely with Reason. It can repeat infinitely and could be used as a background for television, film, a web site, or even as a ring tone. The Traveler (4:06) Written in an Arabic mode, this eastern flavored piece was created using Reason, Recycle, and Pro Tools. I used Reason to write everything except the bass. I recorded myself playing upright using microphones into Pro Tools. I then used Recycle to make samples of myself into an instrument in Reason. The guitar solo in the second section will be live, loosely based on that melody and continuing on, most likely flowing into another song. November (3:10) This piece was written entirely using Reason. Eventually, sampled live strings will replace the synthesizer. I wrote the vocoder melody with a human voice in mind. This composition was a percussive experiment; I wrote the drum parts by arranging samples from several drum kits together. The piece will continue on with improvisation and a return to the vocoder melody. O Christmas Tree (2:45) This is from a studio album, Rob Dorn’s Wonderland, I was hired to play on last year. It is a well recorded example of my upright playing with a quartet. Solar (2:27) This is a live Minidisk recording from a private party gig I did last year with the incomparable Jeff Parker (Tortoise) on guitar. I try and record as many of my gigs as I can; it is a valuable learning tool. Armenaki (4:03) I have been a member of The Greek Tycoons for four years. This is from our live album, Greek Tycoons Live, recorded at a Greek festival in San Antonio, TX in 2005. I am playing electric bass on this track, Opa! You can see us at www.greektycoons.com .
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