admin | February 27, 2009
So, I used to be completely insane. I carried the following with me to gigs for years:
Hammond B3 chop
Leslie 122 speaker
Rhodes or Wurlitzer electric piano
Hohner Clavinet E7
Pedal board
Fender Twin Reverb amp
There was indeed a method to my madness. I wanted all those sounds, and I had enough friends and van space to make this happen. [...]
admin | February 27, 2009
Editor’s note: I wrote this thesis fifteen years ago, as the senior project for
my B.A. in Electronic Music from San Francisco State University.
The paper is an in-depth look at the orchestrational techniques
used by Rick Wakeman in the music he has created with Yes, and
on his own. It also includes a brief musicological treatise on
progressive rock.
Though [...]
admin | February 20, 2009
Hi, and welcome to a page showing my musical history, evolution, and growth over the course of my life. But before we begin: lest ye consider this merely a narcissistic journey into dig me-ism, let’s ask one question: Who am I? Nobody important. Nobody famous. I suppose I am (or was) moderately well-known in the [...]
admin | May 31, 2002
Music is a rather unique art form in that it can be an unstructured, collaborative process. Writing, poetry, painting, and sculpture are solo arts, in which the artist succeeds or fails based on their decisions alone. Group art such as theatre, dance, and filmmaking tend to have a codified structure, where an individual is responsible [...]
