I completed this one by Halloween and the mood of the piece is appropriately more menacing. Using one bassline / chord progression throughout I wanted the progression to be uneven, meaning shorter version alternating with the longer one. Chord progression in piano intro. Then I laid some melodies over it, making sure that I don't [...]
Pellet Explained
The main aim of the piece was to use polyrhythms. I first got the itch to do it in a minimal form, while listening to the The Dawn of MIDI "Dysnomia" album. But one thing led to another and I was again veering towards more elaborate. The polyrhythmic interplay between drums and and other instruments [...]
Paratamatu Explained
As the name partially hints, the inspiration to make this song was to use drum-set paradiddles. The paradiddles are arranged on the drumset on different pieces of the kit as well as other instruments in different sections. Here are a couple of variations on the drum-kit. Drumkit paradiddle 1 Drumkit paradiddle 2 The Stick also [...]
AlgeRNon Explained
This one got it's beginning impulse from playing with the Antonio Blanca's Reaktor ensemble Nod-e. You can hear the resulting figure right from the start with a synth, later doubled with a filtered sound on the Stick. Arranging this melody for the Stick took a while and I finally settled on the variation where I [...]
Kaarleek Explained
The song began from an improvisation on the beatstep pro sequencer. Sorting through my “ideas” folder I found a drum rhythm that sounded interesting to me. Then edited it to the essential portion of it, also deciding where the the loop beginning and ending would be. It turned out to be a loop just 1/16 [...]
New Album Release – projektorn 1!
You can listen and get a copy (FLAC / 320kbit MP3) from Bandcamp: The album is a selection of songs from the period 2015-2020. My main instrument the Chapman Stick gives the album it's own special color.The Stick has a big role in every track although you might not recognize it immediately, even if you're [...]
New Website
The facelift and responsive features were long overdue, but now it's finally done. Some of the older posts and resources from the previous design that are not added in yet will be in time.
YouTube Channel
I have a YouTube channel now. Practicing my instrument takes a big part of my day, so when I decided to start making videos, it made sense to show exactly that. So you can expect to see videos of me playing sections of my pieces and exercises. Watch and subscribe
Pellet
First piece of the year. Listen and comment on SoundCloud
AlgeRNon
A new single is out! Listen and comment on SoundCloud