Album Series
Music For Places V: Music For Photographs (2021)
A "scoring" of iconic photos that many people have seen. The titles are the internet search for the photograph. (This is essentially an "Easter Egg" album). [More...]
Music For Places IV: Rings of Saturn (2018)
The "scoring" of the book The Rings of Saturn, by W.G. Sebald (Music For Books) [More...]
Music For Places III: The Thorne Rooms (2015)
Miniature compositions for the Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago. [More...]
Music For Places II: Airglow (2014)
"Soundtracks" for various places around the globe. [More...]
Music For Places I (2010)
Originally "Music In Places", based on "soundmarks" or keynotes", which are permanent pitched elements in places, such as motors that emit a pitch, or squeaking brakes in urban environments, which are then used as background elements in a piece of music. The idea came to me when sitting in a cafe where a refrigerator was squeaking on a D#, which in a musical context could be used as a major 7th in a chord, such as Emaj7. These are essentially raw field recordings taken around Chicago. [More...]