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Here are some examples of my work.  If you have time for just one, Thaumaturgist is my recommendation!

Dichotomy

This instrumental was a "hit" on mp3.com's "New Age" category.  The name comes from the two main parts of the piece, one of which is calm and sedated and the other is raucous and percussive.

Gentle Soul

The sound of Gentle Soul is that of a piano, but the entire piece was recorded using a MIDI Guitar playing a sampled piano.  

Krystyne

This one is VG-8 modeled acoustic guitars with a lot of effects created by delay, which makes it sound overdubbed, but it was all one take. 

Thaumaturgist 

Using one dominant theme, I recorded variations on different instruments, tempos and styles and weaved them together to produce a hybrid classical - middle eastern feel.

75665

Like "Krystyne" this one is all V-Guitar heavy on effects and delay.

75665 Pt. 2

A continuation of the theme, but this time most of the guitar sounds are midi-triggered samples.

Without A Care

The keen listener will notice that the central chord progression here is a re-interpretation of Dichotomy's calm section.  The singer, Eve Andersson gives this song a Dido-esque feel.

Ascension

An experiment to see what I could do with two-handing tapping technique.

 


ComScore

Piled Higher and Deeper

I formed a band with my wife Christine Dickson, Ph.D. and my friend Jeff Steill, Ph.D. and since we all have Ph.D.s we named ourselves Piled Higher and Deeper.  We half-jokingly require that any future bandmates have to have a Ph.D.!  We are on Facebook at http://facebook.com/phdband.