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24 Preludes for Solo Piano
1. F Minor
2. G Minor
3. A Minor
4. F Major
5. G Minor
6. G minor
7. A Minor
8. B Minor
9. C Minor
10. D Minor
11. E Minor
12. D Minor
13. G Minor
14. D Minor
15. A Minor
16. C Minor
17. C Minor
18. F Minor
19. G Minor
20. D Minor
21. A Minor
22. C Major
23. A Minor
24. C Minor
These 24 short pieces for piano were not improvised, I composed and scored them in traditional notation. The style is a blend of classical structure with rhythms and tonality often found in new age or rock. The form is generally A-B-A since, at the time, I was heavily influenced by Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas which have a very strict structure. The similarity ends there, however. I very much wanted the melodic style and harmonization to be uniquely mine.

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a s . H u m a n . R e s p o n s e
Delirious:

1 - Delirious
2 - Landlocked
3 - Intimate
4 - Theoria
5 - Human Response
6 - Angels
7 - Denial
8 - Ambien II of the Five
9 - The Loss

Sampling my vintage one-note-at-a-time Minimoog Model D allows it to become polyphonic, making chords of analog filter sweeps and multi-voiced melody lines possible.

In the mid-1980's samplers became commonplace and in the early 1990's excellent, powerful sampling keyboards became affordable. Having spent so many years recording with a limited studio and multi-track tape, I found the sounds offered by keyboard samplers and the ease and power of sequencing irresistible.

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Analog Archives Series
Survival
Analog Archives
The Final Years 1984-85

1 - Survival
2 - The Rainy Season
3 - Promise
4 - The Old Days
5 - Waiting for Perfection
6 - A Change of Heart
7 - Distance
8 - Perfection

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Immortal
Analog Archives 2
The Middle Years 1983-84

1 - Alien Eyes
2 - Emergency
3 - Last Wish
4 - Betrayed
5 - Danger Zone
6 - Hapless
7 - Crosstalk
8 - Brain Damage
9 - The Last Night of Summer
10 - Stay
11 - You Don't Know Me
12 - Destiny
13 - Immortal

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Before samplers, before midi, before sequencing; it was me, my minimoog and my Teac 4-track. Every note had to be performed live, every melody line played and overdubbed from beginning to end. There was no digital editing, no computers, no copy and paste. Difficult? Sure was, but I loved every minute of it.

The equipment I used at the time was:

  • Minimoog Model D
  • Crumar Performer
  • Wurlitzer Electronic Piano Model 200
  • Roland RE-201 Space Echo
  • Mu-tron Phasor II
  • MXR Flanger
  • Casiotone MT-45
  • Casio VL-1
  • Casio SK-1 (on "Distance" only)
  • Teac 4-track A3440
  • Teac 4-track A2340-SX
I started creating electronic music in 1978 when I bought a minimoog and then added to the studio a few pieces at a time. I still own the above except the Crumar, Casios and Wurlitzer.

Every musician has huge reservations about letting the world hear anything they've done that isn't perfect. I decided that I love this music too much not to let it be heard, flaws and all. I had considered the possiblity of reperforming and rerecording these pieces but the new digital synths and effects just don't have the richness and warmth of the moog, analog echo and, frankly, tape.

I'm currently transferring the original tapes to computer and will release the complete albums over the next few years.

I hope you enjoy listening to this music as much as I enjoyed creating it.