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12-8-12 NEW SONG POSTED

December 9, 2012

Have been exhuasted
from about 1,000 miles
of driving and stuff
during the last ten days.

Have sat and quietly listened
to last several weeks of output
in order to decide what direction
I want to go next.

My mind was literally blown
all the way out last Friday night.

Something from which I do not expect
soon to recover from,
if ever.

I have been left
in a sort of memerized state
as I have reflected upon
the numerous strange and wonderful events
which have taken place
during the last year.

I hope to see many more
during the months just ahead.

This song tonight,
titled
120812_edit
comes from a long
and very distinguished
lineage of such songs
which I have written during the past 30 years.

I call it
a sort of return
to my
VERY electronic
roots.

A very dear musician friend of mine
once remarking that:

" --- you don't like music even near as much as you like NOISE".


Very astute remark, I thought to myself.

And a very true remark, indeed.

For I am one
who does not distingish all that much
between such things as noise
versus musicality,
seeing almost everything
as marvelously new
and remarkable
to me,

while the marvelous beauty
of sound,
sight,
shadow, 
shape.
 and color,
have all become intertwined, 
and intermeshed 
so as to be difficult
to distinguish
from one another.

I love the sense of "not knowing"
almost more than I do
learning the final outcome.


Must go, as usual.

Am taking my almost 13 year old granddaughter
(and her mom)
out on a date.

Should be fun.

Movie and dinner.

I shall divulge no more,
at this time.


So, good night,
and may God bless.

Hope to be posting more music soon.

We shall see.

w/adoring love

vw


12-8-12
5:50 p.m.
Saturday
Ventura, California, USA

 

12-4-12 NEW SONG POSTED

December 5, 2012

Posted another nice quiet meditative piece.

This one is in C#minor.

The title is:  120412a.

I put some notes at the site where the song is located explaining what is going on. 

I have more to say, but I will say it in a separate post, coming right up.


vw

12-4-12
Tuesday
11:45 p.m.
Ventura, California, USA


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12-03-12 NEW SONG POSTED

December 3, 2012

I had a beautiful drive down from up north,
with rain every inch of the way.

Which is a good thing,
where I am concerned.

The normally very heavy
southbound Sunday traffic
was all missing.

One of the few times
you will get a clean shot
from point A to point B.

The past several days
have been more than a little emotional for me,
as I am in a terrible state
of continuous
and very powerful
inner turmoil.

I got back to Ventura
at about 6 p.m.
and was tired
to the point of being
a little bit nauseous.

S...


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12-2-12 THAT WAS NO DOPPELGANGER !!

December 3, 2012
THIS IS A PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.
ONLY THOSE BEING ADDRESSED IN IT
NEED PAY ANY ATTENTION.  THANKS.


So, I know what a Doppelganger is.

But what is the thing of which it is a double?

In this case I can no longer speak of
"the Doppelganger",
because there is none.

Instead, it turns out that it is "J",
in flesh and blood,
and in person.

And two very good friends,
for whom, I, so far,
can only have the highest regard.

So, how weird do you really think it is
for me to run into the three of you?

You will h...

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11-28-12 NEW SONG POSTED

November 28, 2012
I wrote this song late last night,
but was too tired to convert it
into the various required codecs
and to post it as MP3.

So, I just happened to wake up at 3 a.m.
and thought this would be a good time to do this.

So, here it is, done.

I have to travel up north starting this morning.

So, I will be on road for several days
and only able to communicate with some difficulty
= all will probably go quiet here for several days.

Hopefully, I shall return soon.

Right now I think I will lay down.

Enjoy the s...

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11-27-12 NEW SONG POSTED

November 27, 2012
And a good morning
to all of you early risers.

I awoke at about 5 a.m.
and went outside
into a cold coastal fog
which was pretty thick.

It was so peaceful outside
that I decided to write another "quiet"
(or should I say "quiescent"?)
song.

As the first light of day
began to come over the horizon
to the east of me
I watched the ocean to the west,
directly outside my window.

This was taking place
between 5:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.

It is now 7:30 a.m..

Hope you enjoy.

The idea of this song
is just to enjoy...

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11-26-12 NEW SONG POSTED

November 27, 2012

Am posting another song.

This one titled:  112612a

I am still pushing
in the direction
of meditative/contemplative sound.

But this one
is much more agressive in it's melody
than the others.

Variations of the main theme
are running throughout most of the piece.

The variations actually are the piece,
while the percussive accompaniement
is only pretending to be leading,
while it is, in reality,
very much following.

I should explain
two very important things,
which have a dramatic effect
on composition...


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11-25-12 NEW SONG POSTED

November 26, 2012

It is about 9 p.m.
where I am currently situated.

I thought I would try to compose something
before going to sleep, soon
(I hope).

The new song is 112512a.

As those who understand the deeper things of life
must assuredly be able to hear,
I have not arrived where I am headed,
just yet.

I am always amazed
at how long it can take
to properly set up a section
of a piece.

That really is what is happening here.

Normally, as days go by
I will further develop thematic material,
if I like it.

I will not do t...


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11-25-12 WHAT IS CONTRAPUNTAL?

November 25, 2012

It is a few minutes past midnight
on Saturday night.

I try to be very careful
with my useage of words.

I was taught long ago
that in order to communicate effectively
with language
that one must speak,
using the words
which the listener
would be likely to use.

We are taught to be careful
not to use too much technical jargon.

Every member of every profession
has a secret language
that only the members of the group
understand
and can speak
to one another by means of.

It is intended
that outsiders NOT...


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11-23-12 NEW SONG POSTED and HAPPY "BLEAK" FRIDAY

November 23, 2012
This whole "Black Friday" thing
has gotten completely out of control.

I can already hear the screaming,
that sales were down, down, down,
and we need more stimulus
and more free goodies,
etc., etc., etc.

I use this day as one of my barometers,
along with Christmas Eve, 
as an opportunity to see how much commerce
there really is
"on the streets",
as it were.

It looks really dismal
out there this morning.

The trend has now finally become
almost self-evident.

No more credit cards
on no documentation ...

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