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ME_BIO

12/10/2017

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COMPOSER/AND/OR/SOUND ARTIST/INTERESTED IN WORDS (NOT FOR THEIR OWN SAKE)/SOUNDS/SACRED & PROFANE/TENSIONS/POLITICAL/SPACE & ACCOMPANYING/VISCERAL SHUDDERS/IMMERSION/RITUAL

CLASS/POVERTY/POST-MARXISM/NEW MATERIALISM/IDENTITY OF LOW-SES PEOPLE/LIVED EXPERIENCE OF SUCH PEOPLE/CAN THE SUBALTERNS SING?/INTERSECTIONALITY/NON-ARTISTS/WORKERS

COLLABORATION AND OPEN FORMS/EXPATIATING PERSONAL TRAUMA/INTERNAL LANDSCAPES/ AND ‘PERCEPTIONS’ OF ALIENATION



PARTICULARLY DUE TO THE FACT:

 HAVING A FOOT IN THE WORKING/UNDER CLASS

AND CONSTANTLY TRIPPING OVER ASPIRATIONS/ATTEMPTS AT MOBILITY
DROWNING IN A CLOTTED SEA OF CULTURAL CAPITAL

& NEPOTISM AND GOOD DICTION/GRAMMAR+ NO UPWARD INFLECTIONS

AT THE END OF EVERY SENTENCE = HOW STRANGE IT IS NOT TO PERPETUALLY DOUBT ONE’S ONTOLOGY?



SHIT.


I’VE BECOME PRETENTIOUS AGAIN - SO YOU WILL THINK I AM SMART AND CAPABLE



FORMATIVE SONIC EXPERIENCES: INCLUDE PUNK/BOB MARLEY/ACDC/METALLICA/EMINEM/NINA SIMONE/HEAVY METAL/RELIGIOUS MUSIC/WILLIAM BLAKE/ GIL SCOTT HERON/BEETHOVEN/BACH/ROWLAND S HOWARD/PJ HARVEY/NICK CAVE/KARNATIC/PLAIN CHANT


EDUCATION: ONCE I HAD A MYSTERY MARK IN THE HSC (A SALLOW, YELLOW SHEET)


NOW I HAVE A B.MUS HONOURS (FIRST CLASS) & FACULTY MEDAL FROM UON



I AM WORKING ON WORKS THAT CAN BE PERFORMED BY AMATEURS/ALLOW IMPROVISATION/IMMERSE/SONIC METAPHORS/AND ARRANGED PUBLICLY TO ACTIVATE SPACES/EXPOSE POLITICAL WEAK SPOTS & CONTRADICTIONS/ WHO OWNS THE POWER (INCLUDING ME)? IN SOCIETY, ACADEMIA, THE ARTS. NOT A FAN OF NEO-LIBERALISM OR NETWORKING TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE. I LIKE: MUTUAL AID + ALTRUISM


SACREDNESS IS ALSO FUCKING IMPORTANT.
‘MYSTERIUM TREMENDUM’

DESPITE A CATHOLIC UPBRINGING; MUSTY/MOLDY/AFTER SHAVED & PERFUMED MASSES

I FOUND IT IN A STOLEN GUITAR/NANNA’S OLD PIANO/
TCHAIKOVSKY BOOMED THROUGH AN UPTURNED SPEAKER ON THE FLOOR WHEN I WAS 6

TO BLOCK OUT THE SOUND OF THE NEIGHBOR'S ANGER


A STORY I WILL PROBABLY LET YOU KNOW OF LATER
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PBS RADIO

11/23/2017

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I was recently very flattered to have ‘Beethoven’s Pathetic Ghost’  played on PBS radio’s, experimental music show ‘Interstellar Overdrive’:
http://pbsfm.org.au/node/69095
Beethoven’s Pathetic Ghost is an electro-acoustic composition oriented around a re-mix, or rearranging of the first 5 chords from Beethoven’s ‘Sonata Pathetique’. This piece was achieved through the process of extending the register, voicing and order of the chords through several octaves. With a tape-recorder,  I recorded the decay of the chords on my parent’s old, out of tune, moth-eaten piano. I then applied various electronic processes and structural considerations to the collated chords.  I guess I chose the sonata to work with, as I spent years practicing and never mastering it due to its difficulty and my adolescent laziness.  Despite this frustrating experience, the first couple of chords have always had a deep emotional resonance in my memory of my adolescence. Ultimately, this work is about the decay of memory, cramped spaces, nostalgia and the impression a piece of music can leave on a developing mind & soul. Don’t get the name wrong, I fucking love Beethoven. 
https://thoughtsbecomelong.bandcamp.com/track/beethovens-pathetic-ghost
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  • Who/projects?
  • situated sounds (installations)
    • Contin.uum
    • Fixed, Mute, Horizontal
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    • Campanile
    • Drones, Diapasons, & Their Absences
    • how we share our hollows
  • organised sound (compositions)
    • Select Compositions
    • Select Scores
  • archived sounds (releases)
  • lived sounds (performance)
  • news/events
  • Media & Writing
    • Media
    • My words
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