New composition: "Loving County, Texas"

I *promise* I'll get a better place to host my music files eventually,
but I have it here for now. I posted an incomplete file in Tuning, so if
you're there, I have a completed rough draft here:

http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/dawier

This is the third completed piece from the "Walking the Cat"
project/demo in the works. The file, in mp3 format is fourth on the
list, not counting other folder, just over three minutes in length. It's
an attempt at a semi-serialist, neo-impressionist work inspired by
photos and descriptions from least populous county in the USA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_County,_Texas (see also
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/25/national/25loving.html ).

It is scored for an all-bass chamber ensemble: bass flute, Heckelphone
(bass oboe), bass clarinet, contrabassoon, bass trombone, tuba in BBb
(using the seventh harmonic a few times), Bösendorfer grand piano with
C0 extension, timpani, bass drum, oud, four contrabasses. No notes
higher than Ab4 are used.

"Loving" is in 72-edo 11 faux-limit JI (with single approximated 13th
and 17th harmonics) versus 12-equal (24 in the oud part), and I use a
tone row in various transformations in the final minute. I sequenced
this with Noteworthy again and recorded it off of my Roland EXR-40 OR,
which has a bunch of Middle Eastern instruments like that oud.

I recommend listening to this with headphones or a speaker system with a
subwoofer. I also quote a certain Beethoven ditty and the "Hendrix
chord"; you might catch them both. Enjoy!

~D.

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Danny Wier <dawiertx@...>
wrote:
>
> I *promise* I'll get a better place to host my music files
eventually,
> but I have it here for now. I posted an incomplete file in Tuning,
so if
> you're there, I have a completed rough draft here:
>
> http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/dawier
>
> This is the third completed piece from the "Walking the Cat"
> project/demo in the works. The file, in mp3 format is fourth on the
> list, not counting other folder, just over three minutes in length.
It's
> an attempt at a semi-serialist, neo-impressionist work inspired by
> photos and descriptions from least populous county in the USA:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_County,_Texas (see also
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/25/national/25loving.html ).
>
> It is scored for an all-bass chamber ensemble: bass flute,
Heckelphone
> (bass oboe), bass clarinet, contrabassoon, bass trombone, tuba in
BBb
> (using the seventh harmonic a few times), Bösendorfer grand piano
with
> C0 extension, timpani, bass drum, oud, four contrabasses. No notes
> higher than Ab4 are used.
>
> "Loving" is in 72-edo 11 faux-limit JI (with single approximated
13th
> and 17th harmonics) versus 12-equal (24 in the oud part), and I use
a
> tone row in various transformations in the final minute. I sequenced
> this with Noteworthy again and recorded it off of my Roland EXR-40
OR,
> which has a bunch of Middle Eastern instruments like that oud.
>
> I recommend listening to this with headphones or a speaker system
with a
> subwoofer. I also quote a certain Beethoven ditty and the "Hendrix
> chord"; you might catch them both. Enjoy!
>
> ~D.
>

From Robert. For some reason or another I am unable to play any of
the pieces in your briefcase. You might already know this but the
state of Texas has its own music site which is quite a good model
for the other 49 states to emulate. It is:

http://www.governor.state.tx.us/music/

Robert and everyone else,

I'm hosting three of my tunes here:

http://www.myspace.com/dannywier

It's MySpace, and they only let you upload six sound files, but feel
free to add me. Also, thanks for the link; I've been needing to keep
that in mind. If only this band I'm in (I'm bassist, vocalist and
keyboardist) didn't have such so much trouble keeping a drummer.

~D.

On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 04:58 +0000, robert thomas martin wrote:
> --- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Danny Wier <dawiertx@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I *promise* I'll get a better place to host my music files
> eventually,
> > but I have it here for now. I posted an incomplete file in Tuning,
> so if
> > you're there, I have a completed rough draft here:
> >
> > http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/dawier

> From Robert. For some reason or another I am unable to play any of
> the pieces in your briefcase. You might already know this but the
> state of Texas has its own music site which is quite a good model
> for the other 49 states to emulate. It is:
>
> http://www.governor.state.tx.us/music/

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Danny Wier <dawiertx@...>
wrote:
>
> Robert and everyone else,
>
> I'm hosting three of my tunes here:
>
> http://www.myspace.com/dannywier
>
> It's MySpace, and they only let you upload six sound files, but feel
> free to add me. Also, thanks for the link; I've been needing to keep
> that in mind. If only this band I'm in (I'm bassist, vocalist and
> keyboardist) didn't have such so much trouble keeping a drummer.
>
> ~D.
>
> On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 04:58 +0000, robert thomas martin wrote:
> > --- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Danny Wier <dawiertx@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I *promise* I'll get a better place to host my music files
> > eventually,
> > > but I have it here for now. I posted an incomplete file in
Tuning,
> > so if
> > > you're there, I have a completed rough draft here:
> > >
> > > http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/dawier
>
> > From Robert. For some reason or another I am unable to play any
of
> > the pieces in your briefcase. You might already know this but
the
> > state of Texas has its own music site which is quite a good
model
> > for the other 49 states to emulate. It is:
> >
> > http://www.governor.state.tx.us/music/
>

From. Robert. Of the 3 pieces at MySpace I preferred The
Waterloo Rag but I have been a fan of ragtime for the last
30 years. I have a midi collection of about 2,000 ragtime
midis which I occasionally use when I carry out microtonal
sound harmonic experiments. I find them easier to tolerate when
carrying out a long series of repetitive experiments.

quite nice and i side i haven't heard before!

/^_,',',',_ //^ /Kraig Grady_ ^_,',',',_
Mesotonal Music from:
_'''''''_ ^North/Western Hemisphere: North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island <http://anaphoria.com/>

_'''''''_ ^South/Eastern Hemisphere:
Austronesian Outpost of Anaphoria <http://anaphoriasouth.blogspot.com/>

',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',

Danny Wier wrote:
>
> Robert and everyone else,
>
> I'm hosting three of my tunes here:
>
> http://www.myspace.com/dannywier <http://www.myspace.com/dannywier>
>
> It's MySpace, and they only let you upload six sound files, but feel
> free to add me. Also, thanks for the link; I've been needing to keep
> that in mind. If only this band I'm in (I'm bassist, vocalist and
> keyboardist) didn't have such so much trouble keeping a drummer.
>
> ~D.
>
> On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 04:58 +0000, robert thomas martin wrote:
> > --- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:MakeMicroMusic%40yahoogroups.com>, Danny Wier <dawiertx@...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I *promise* I'll get a better place to host my music files
> > eventually,
> > > but I have it here for now. I posted an incomplete file in Tuning,
> > so if
> > > you're there, I have a completed rough draft here:
> > >
> > > http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/dawier > <http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/dawier>
>
> > From Robert. For some reason or another I am unable to play any of
> > the pieces in your briefcase. You might already know this but the
> > state of Texas has its own music site which is quite a good model
> > for the other 49 states to emulate. It is:
> >
> > http://www.governor.state.tx.us/music/ > <http://www.governor.state.tx.us/music/>
>
>

Danny,

I enjoyed this piece, in spite of it being kind of on the 'dark side'....

Best,
Aaron.

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Danny Wier <dawiertx@...> wrote:
>
> Robert and everyone else,
>
> I'm hosting three of my tunes here:
>
> http://www.myspace.com/dannywier
>
> It's MySpace, and they only let you upload six sound files, but feel
> free to add me. Also, thanks for the link; I've been needing to keep
> that in mind. If only this band I'm in (I'm bassist, vocalist and
> keyboardist) didn't have such so much trouble keeping a drummer.
>
> ~D.
>
> On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 04:58 +0000, robert thomas martin wrote:
> > --- In MakeMicroMusic@...m, Danny Wier <dawiertx@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I *promise* I'll get a better place to host my music files
> > eventually,
> > > but I have it here for now. I posted an incomplete file in Tuning,
> > so if
> > > you're there, I have a completed rough draft here:
> > >
> > > http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/dawier
>
> > From Robert. For some reason or another I am unable to play any of
> > the pieces in your briefcase. You might already know this but the
> > state of Texas has its own music site which is quite a good model
> > for the other 49 states to emulate. It is:
> >
> > http://www.governor.state.tx.us/music/
>

An ominous work, well scored and spatially realized.
Thanks for sharing, Danny.

Cheers,
Aaron

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Danny Wier <dawiertx@...> wrote:
>
> I *promise* I'll get a better place to host my music files eventually,
> but I have it here for now. I posted an incomplete file in Tuning, so if
> you're there, I have a completed rough draft here:
>
> http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/dawier
>
> This is the third completed piece from the "Walking the Cat"
> project/demo in the works. The file, in mp3 format is fourth on the
> list, not counting other folder, just over three minutes in length. It's
> an attempt at a semi-serialist, neo-impressionist work inspired by
> photos and descriptions from least populous county in the USA:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_County,_Texas (see also
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/25/national/25loving.html ).
>
> It is scored for an all-bass chamber ensemble: bass flute, Heckelphone
> (bass oboe), bass clarinet, contrabassoon, bass trombone, tuba in BBb
> (using the seventh harmonic a few times), Bösendorfer grand piano with
> C0 extension, timpani, bass drum, oud, four contrabasses. No notes
> higher than Ab4 are used.
>
> "Loving" is in 72-edo 11 faux-limit JI (with single approximated 13th
> and 17th harmonics) versus 12-equal (24 in the oud part), and I use a
> tone row in various transformations in the final minute. I sequenced
> this with Noteworthy again and recorded it off of my Roland EXR-40 OR,
> which has a bunch of Middle Eastern instruments like that oud.
>
> I recommend listening to this with headphones or a speaker system with a
> subwoofer. I also quote a certain Beethoven ditty and the "Hendrix
> chord"; you might catch them both. Enjoy!
>
> ~D.
>

Thanks to both Aarons, Kraig and Robert.

I used to have these ominous dreams of giant pianos. One of them had as
its lowest note C-1, or about 8.18 Hz (also MIDI note no. 0). I don't
actually use a C-1 in this, though the C0-G0-C1 piano chord at the end
does have C-1 has a resultant.

To me, the grind of those double basses reminds me of an old pickup
truck idling. I don't know if it would sound like that with real
instruments as opposed to a synth, but I like that accidental effect.

~D.

On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 03:40 +0000, Aaron Krister Johnson wrote:
> Danny,
>
> I enjoyed this piece, in spite of it being kind of on the 'dark side'....
>
> Best,
> Aaron.