122407

my voice multitracked 9 times, bounced, reversed, and then rebounced with forwards tracks:

122307

starting on a road trip tomorrow, so the blogging will be sporadic at best over the next two weeks...

kimberly miller, john abbott, & me multitracked 3 times:

122207

john abbott singing:

122107

my voice multitracked (7 times):

122007

nathan fritz & me singing:

121907

upright piano again:

121407-121807

vacation catch up time-

121407 (mom, kimberly miller, me singing):


121507 (mom's casio celviano keyboard organ patch):


121607 (hammond n122 solid state organ multitracked):


121707 (mom, kimberly miller, me singing again):


121807 (upright piano):

121307

instruments from agnes szelag's house (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, cello, melodica, citara mini harpa, glockenspiel, koto):



and i'm gonna miss blogging the next few days due to vacation in florida, but i'll post them as soon as i get back!

121207

piano from the totally intense fractal mind gaze hut (ayako's side):

121107

sample from the movie "love in the afternoon" (1957- starring gary cooper, audrey hepburn), in a scene where audrey asks a flautist for an a so that she may tune her cello:

121007

recorder:

120907

yamaha sk20 organ/synth, spector bass, & piano zither (the first of many fun multitracking days!):

120807

nylon string acoustic guitar:

120707

chinese banjo (sanxian- thanks kim!):

120607

pizzicato violin (thanks kim!):

120507

butterfly harp (yangqin) (thanks kim!):

120407

moogerfooger freqbox into ring modulator into lowpass filter:

120307

an alesis qs8 keyboard (thanks kim!) with the "full ranks" organ patch distorted terribly:

120207

the doepfer a-100 analog modular synth again (3 oscillators almost synced):

120107

doepfer analog modular synth a-105 vcf self oscillating:

113007

every day of this year's mantra so far all starting at the same time:

112907

a beautiful 1896 steinway grand piano:

112807

sarah elena palmer's voice:

112707

and the final spector bass:

112607

you guessed it! spector bass again! (i like recording the same instrument multiple days in a row if you haven't noticed):

112507

spector bass again:

112407

spector bass guitar:

112207/112307

turkey day slothness with the bul bul tarang:



and again but an octave higher (and with questionable intonation):

112107

acoustic guitar from santa cruz:

112007

yamaha sk20 organ yet again (with the slow leslie engaged):

111807/111907

woops, standard missing sunday's blog posting-
yamaha sk20 polysynth:



and then today's-
yamaha sk20 organ:

111707

yamaha sk20 strings:

111507/111607

woops! forgot blog posting yesterday... here's 11/15 with andy strain on the trombone after his wonderful concert at the meridian gallery:



and then for 11/16-
a pitch pipe recorded into a sampler ripped from an american flag slap bracelet (strange, but true):

111407

pitch pipe:

111307

me singing at 110Hz:

111207

humming:

111107

suzuki omnichord system one final one, 440 Hz:

111007

suzuki omnichord system one four of five:

110907

suzuki omnichord system one number 3 of 5:

110807

suzuki omnichord system one again:

110707

suzuki omnichord system one:

110607

the final acoustic guitar at 55Hz:

110507

woops! if i ever miss the posting, it's always the day of suns... anyway, after the glorious interruption of flockterkit, here's the acoustic guitar getting lower:

110407

changes are a'comin' with the 98th post (flockterkit- aram shelton, andy strain, jordan glenn, kurt kottheimer, anatha krishnan, caroline penwarden):

110307

nylon string acoustic guitar (SURPRISE- one octave lower than yesterday):

110207

nylon string acoustic guitar (one octave lower than yesterday):

110107

happy november with a nylon string acoustic guitar:

103107

happy halloween! here's a SCARY tuning fork:

103007

manuel salas singing:

102907

fender stratocaster through mxr distortion+ pedal (and finally one last octave higher than yesterday):

102807

fender stratocaster through mxr distortion+ pedal (and yet again another octave higher than yesterday):

102707

fender stratocaster through mxr distortion+ pedal (yet another octave higher than yesterday):

102607

fender stratocaster through mxr distortion+ pedal (one octave higher than yesterday):

102507

fender stratocaster through mxr distortion+ pedal:

102407

jason hoopes of the atomic bomb audition on the bass guitar:

102307

a yamaha sk20 symphonic ensemble:

102207

an extremely short sample stolen from florian hecker's "Bsf Tyk 5" from the "sun pandamonium" album:

102107

the wonderful band oaxacan:

102007

bell from murphys, ca:

101907

the back door alarm from ex'pression college:

101807

the past 23 days worth of samples mixed together:

101707

blip oscillator at 440 Hz from supercollider:

101607

yesterday's sample pitch shifted up an octave to 3,520 Hz!:

101307-101507

weekend catchup:

robert miller, kimberly miller, and myself singing:


square wave at 1,760 Hz:


sine wave at 1,760 Hz:

101207

gonna miss posting for a few days due to a mini-vacation to angel's camp (home of the jumping frog supposedly).

until then, here's matt miller on nylon string acoustic guitar:

101107

55 Hz sine wave tone (one cycle) from supercollider:

101007

at 10:10 it's not the end, listen here to what he said...

extremely short sample borrowed from eyvind kang's "10:10 (the beloved one)":

100907

my voice pitch shifted up one octave:

100807

previous day's sample ring modulated, EQed, etc.:

100707

previous day's sample, pitch shifted up 3 octaves, time shrunk, etc.:

100607

myrmyr orchestra (phillip greenlief, polly moller, agnes szelag, ben bracken, shayna dunkelman, andy strain, ashley adams, caroline penwarden, kimberly miller, maryclare brzytwa):

100507

sample stolen from satie's "trois gnossiennes I. lent":

100407

sample from "inner time II" by horaţiu rădulescu:

100307

a doepfer a-100 modular analog synth:

100207

the previous day's sample processed 29 times (i don't remember what i did, i was in the heat of experimentation):

100107

distorted sine wave at 880 Hz:

093007

goodbye september with a sine wave at 880 Hz:

092907

sine wave tone at 1760 Hz:

092807

square wave tone from supercollider yet again:

092707

nathan snider singing:

092607

sine oscillators from supercollider at 432, 448, 441, 439, & 440 Hz:

092507

me singing:

092407

ivan piesh singing the first of many 1/100 of a second A's:

092307

LFCub oscillator wave tones at 54 & 56 Hz from supercollider yet again:

092207

the lovely vocals of sarah elena palmer of efft:

092107

blip oscillator from supercollider at 55, 110, 220, 440, 880, & 1,760 Hz:

092007

14,080 Hz formant wave tone from supercollider:

091907

7,040 Hz sawtooth wave tone:

091807

harmonium:

091707

yangqin (butterfly harp):

091607

3,520 Hz triangle wave tone:

091507

1,760 Hz sine wave tone:

091407

880 Hz sine wave tone:

091307

27.5 Hz sine wave tone:
(you probably won't hear it unless you have a totally awesome stereo system)

091207

55 Hz square wave tone:

091107

110 Hz sine wave tone:

091007

andy strain on the trombone:

090907

220 Hz sine wave tone:

090807

kimberly miller on the piano at palindrome studio:

090707

a very short sample of quentin sirjacq on the piano at the 1510 Performance Space:

090607

yesterday's sample ring modulated:

090507

this is yesterday's sample pitch shifted down one octave & distorted:

090407

the string quartet quartet opabinia with a pizzicato A:

090307

john kessler, kimberly miller, and myself singing at the cactus jack's saloon in las vegas:

090207

buzzer in the lobby of the jw marriott hotel:

090107

angelique gold, michael gold [newlyweds!], kimberly miller, and myself singing in room number 6210 of the jw marriot in las vegas:

083107

just got back from fabulous las vegas, nevada so i missed a few days... here's a piano from the lobby of the jw marriott hotel:

083007

Noah Phillips of efft on electric guitar:

082907

piano in Warren Olney Hall at Mills College:

082807

Alee Karim on his brand new dobro:

082707

Mute Socialite with dual guitars, bass, and glockenspiel:

082607

woops! missed posting for a couple of days. that's what the weekend'll do to ya.

electric guitar:

082507

Kimberly Miller singing an 880Hz A this time:

082407

Kimberly Miller singing again (220Hz):

082307

microwave bell:

082207

the bul bul tarang:

082107

woops! missed the blog posting yesterday, but here's Leif Shackelford and his lovely vocal chords:

082007

The Atomic Bomb Audition tuning before show at The Stork Club in Oakland on 8/20/07:

081907

The Atomic Bomb Audition tuning before show at Scolari's Office in San Diego on 8/19/07:

081807

The Atomic Bomb Audition tuning before show at The Cog in Los Angeles on 8/18/07:

081707

i'm going on a weekend SoCal tour with The Atomic Bomb Audition, so i won't post the next three days until tuesday morning....

but until then, this is an extremely short sample from "the nameless" by dokuro, the duo of agnes szelag and myself:

081607

handbell by P.L. Grove recorded at the Chapel at Mills College:

081507

sample from Sunn O))) concert at the Independent in San Francisco on July 4th, 2007:

081407

sample from "Feedback for Speaker Octet & Electric Guitar" featuring Alee Karim on electric guitar:

081307

Kimberly Miller on the harmonium this time:

081207

voice by Kimberly Miller:

081107

woops! missed the blog posting yesterday, but i recorded Caroline Penwarden playing the m'bira:

081007

Jason Hoopes on the piano again:

080907

Kimberly Miller & Moe! Staiano on the piano at the lovely 1510 Performance Space:

080807

processed humming:

080707

Aram Shelton on the clarinet:

080607

Noah Philips & Sarah Elena Palmer of Efft on acoustic guitars:

080507

sample from 080207 (music box) pitch shifted up one octave:

080407

High School friend Eddie Rich on the saxophone:

080307

my voice:

080207

music box:

080107

my lovely harmonica:

073107

slide whistle:

19 days later

and as catch up to the past 19 days that I've been working on this year's mantra:

071207 (sample of the 0607 mantra time compressed to 1/32 of original length):


071307 (an Oud played by Saed Muhssin):


071407 (my voice):


071507 (my voice):


071607 (the oscillator from an SSL9000J recording console at 220Hz):


071707 (the oscillator from an SSL9000J recording console at 440Hz):


071807 (previous day's sample pitch shifted up one octave and time shrunk to half):


071907 (previous day's sample pitch shifted up one octave and time shrunk to half):


072007 (sample from 071607 pitch shifted down two octaves, stretched to 4 times the length):


072107 (previous day's sample pitch shifted up one octave and time shrunk to half):


072207 (acoustic guitar and voice by Sarah Elena Palmer):


072307 (again [but higher] an Oud played by Saed Muhssin):


072407 (piano by Jason Hoopes):


072507 (sample from the Buchla modular prototype at Mills College):


072607 (sample from A.T. "Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2" "Z Twig"):


072707 (ocarina):


072807 (toy melodica):


072907 (filtered sample of a BART train leaving a station):


073007 (acoustic guitar harmonic by Alee Karim):

mantra 0708

the score:

mantra 0607

the score:


the sound:


the image:


(click images to see full size)

here's the score, the mp3, and the resulting image from the first year (which ended july 12th, 2007). i'll be posting the days' audio file every day for the rest of my life.