music

Solo Work

These consist of just me, a microphone, a multi-track recorder, and generally also some kind of guitar or two.

These songs are freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0-US license.

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The Romanza

October 31, 2009: Dann's arrangement and classical guitar performance of the traditional "Romanza Espanol".

Sonata Pathetique

November 1, 2009: Dann's classical guitar interpretation of one of Beethoven's more famous piano sonatas.

La Casa Azul

November 1, 2009: Dann's interpretation of the great Venezuelan guitarist Aquiles Báez' song La Casa Azul.

The Ink Well

I also play bass (or occasionally rhythm guitar and occasionally also sing) for The Ink Well. These are some of our recordings.

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Ephemeral Miracle

September 26, 2009: Iconoclast?!? There are statues of me in countries you've never heard of! Words and music by The Ink Well.

Feelings

October 31, 2009: This is that song we do about the extraterrestrial who abducts a woman, performs experiments, then falls in love with her and tries to make it right. Words and music by The Ink Well.

Old Tape

October 31, 2009: On the lightness of being. Words and music by The Ink Well.

Regaining Dignity on the Tokyo Subway

October 31, 2009: As the title suggests. Words and music by The Ink Well.

Beeps and clicks

I’ve also been known on occasion to write software to calculate music out of various algorithms and equations. These are those compositions.

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Mandelflow (-2,1) to (1,-1) in C Open Fifth

October 5, 2009: A musical chromatic traversal of the mandelbrot fractal from (-2,1) to (1,-1) in C with a sustaining open fifth bass.