Experimental Music

(My 2nd ever poem-turned-song, specifically made for the Campbell’s Sounds Good Tonight SoundCloud contest, inspired by me trying to convince fam to try my odd food concoction ideas) Hmm, what looks good tonight? Not the same old same old, let’s make it fun Aht aht, don’t gimme that side eye We’re always saying…

I am not an organist. I lack the octopus-like coordination to control these complex and massive instruments. But as a composer of experimental music, I like finding ways to hack it. Here are some easy techniques to coax interesting new tones out of the venerable pipe organ. — Little Helpers: Beer Coasters The first experimental organ technique is an absolute classic of ambient music — drones. It usually involves pressing many keys together in small intervals, creating beating frequencies. I’ve found it helpful to employ “Little Helpers” — beer coasters — to make the keys of the organ…

John P. Hastings & Benjamin Mayock’s installation and performance “Traces” opens at Indexical with performances the evenings of March 17 and 18, 2023. The work is a meditation on the American South, manifested through interviews, field recordings, photographs, and a three-channel video installation. Tickets & Info on the performances are…

Yet another five-song wave ride of the music the world has bitterly ignored — This is the third time I get the pleasure of doing this on The Riff. The music business has always been cruel. But for the underdogs, the situation has exacerbated as they are paid even less. Some of your favorite indie artists can barely afford their European tours. …

Issue Two featuring music, games, and literature with zero seriousness. Abstract How are you? Seriously, I want to know. I feel like it’s such a throwaway question. But even this introvert genuinely wants that information when he asks it. …

The first full length LP for Robbie Judkins’ experimental sound project searches for creativity within the shadows of the daily grind The first full length LP for Robbie Judkins’ Left Hand Cuts off the Right finds a deserving home on the always engaging Brachliegen Tapes. Across seven movements, Judkins’ sonic…

Issue One featuring familiars, favorites, and francais Abstract Just trying to get myself back into the fold of this… I’m sure it’ll be a mess of thoughtstrands and misguided ideas for a time. That’s just part of thinking out loud, which is something I do regularly. If you’ve read anything I’ve…

Sometimes there’s a specific moment when an artist finds their voice, when all that came before is a coda to all that will be. The Beatles found their voice with “Revolver” and Kate Bush found it with her 4th album, “The Dreaming”. “The Kick Inside”, “Lionheart”, and “Never Forever” created…

Because I couldn’t make the title above less SEO-friendly — For Moon Glyph, one of our favorite eccentric record labels, we are going to be butterflies around the flame for a long while to come and it has been like that since we first heard Food Pyramid. The label dropped “Earth” by Laughing Eye Weeping Eye in 2015. …