Symphonia Robotica, Part 4

Here is the fourth movement. This composition began as my cover of Miles Davis’ “Great Expectations,” but it quickly developed into something entirely different.

“Symphonia Robotica, Part 4″ (3:43, MP3, 8.5 MB)

Bach’s Well-Tempered Klavier Prelude #1, with deconstruction

“Bach’s Well-Tempered Klavier Prelude #1, with deconstruction” (MP3 8.8MB)

Deconstructing Prelude #2

Dmitri Shostakovich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, and my bit crusher:

Deconstructing Prelude #2 (0:59, 2.2MB)

New Music

M. Ramirez arrived at my house with an Edirol R-09, and recorded Jon and me playing some licks.  I chopped the session into tracks; my favorite is the final track (#6).  You can download the session here:

The Mike Ramirez Sessions, 01.2009:

1. Yoga: tuning and warmup (4:08, 3.8 MB)
2. Five Taken (6:14, 5.7 MB)
3. Blues Interlude (1:18, 1.2 MB)
4. Jon’s Song (3:03, 2.8 MB)
5. Seas Too Far To Reach (an Okkervil River cover) (3:29, 3.2 MB)
6. B Minor (7:36, 7.0 MB)

Piano: Victor Hanson-Smith
Violin: Jon Lidbeck
Vocals: Victor Hanson-Smith and Jon Lidbeck

new music

Here are two tracks I recorded with GarageBand. The first track is a multi-track project, with some mixed-in ambient sounds I captured at a festival in Oregon.

“The Reflection of June” (MP3, 4.5 MB)

“Piano Improvisation on November 8th, 2008″ (MP3, 21 MB)