A resident of NY, in additon to CDs, I am a published artist, writer, and maker of short collage-films. I began creating mp3 files somewhat by accident, or as an experiment. A few years ago I received a note from Frank Moore of Love Underground Visionary Revolution in regards to a few poems I mailed him. He asked if I'd be interested in recording them on a tape for him to play on his show. At the time I was just figuring out how to record my own voice and poetry as soundtracks for short collage-films I'd begun to make, yet the idea of using even a thirty minute tape for a number of poems seemed like I'd be wasting a lot of tape time. Thus, I got the idea of adding music to accompany my words. This eventually resulted in the CD "Love Lullabies", http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002G9U9CM Using my own voice as background for my writing, in the past year I worked up the nerve to attempt singing the poems entirely. Actually, since so many of my poems are narratives, I've often thought of them sort of as choral, operatic or folk pieces, feeling influenced by such works as “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” in addition to the librettists for John Adams and Phillip Glass. I thought I'd be working on yet another DIY project, (eventually entitled "Whispers of Arias"), but luckily came across Kevin MacLeod and his royalty-free music site, Incompetech.com. With his permission to use and play with samples from his site for this esoteric project, I’ve been fortunate to find a working collaboration. To see a video of the song "Rings", from "Whispers of Arias, Volume Two", dedicated to Families for Peaceful tomorrows, remembering 911, please visit my YouTube page, http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=G6ZDFeIKvE8
Should you have any questions or should you have problems with CD orders via CCNow on previous page, please drop me a line at [email protected]. Each CD is $10.50, shipping and handling not included. The CDs are created with sterling sound quality and delivered in full color jewel cases.
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