Shiver:

When I finally got a little comfortable with my DAW I decided it was time to create some many-layered, multi-tracked pieces using all the computer power I had as well as some of the great musicians I knew. This is one of those tracks. Appearing here are: Satoshi Takeishi, percussion; Lucia Pulido, vox; Matt Darriau, winds; Brad Shepik, guitars; Stomu Takeishi, elec. bass; Me, cello, samples, engineer, mixing. From 2001.

Home Alone

In the summer of 2001 writer Michael Greenberg and I put on a 6-part live radio drama at Tonic called "A Bledbury Tale" which Michael adapted from his own novel.  We had a great time working together and that led to other projects like this commission from now sadly departed "The Next Big Thing" - a PRI radio show that was broadcast out of WNYC studios in New York.  This is Michael reading about being left to care for his 4-year old son Brendan for two weeks.

You can read Michael’s column in the Times Literary Suppement of London every other week. His new memoir, "Hurry Down Sunshine" will be published later this year.

Mysto--Traveling 

From a soundtrack I created without any film. I wanted to work with my mandolin and I ended up creating a dark set of tracks that this is part of.

Amber:

A piece I improvised while performing a 30 minute improvised set for a 24-hour internet radio station in LA called DubLab (dublab.com).  It’s part of the Vanishing Point DVD. I love using the practice mute, something I learned from John Zorn--an amazing sound.