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Tidal Forces

by Robert Wright-Stasko

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What is Music? It is one of those questions which every person will answer differently. David Singleton describes it like this: "What transforms musical notes into Music is the intention and lived experience of the listener, accepting that the musician themself may be the listener." The alienation of the last few years was felt in this piece as it poured out, the intention being catharsis.
I realized, only after I finished recording and mixing Tidal Forces, that something inside of me shifted. Something ineffable changed for better, and I'll never be the same. Music has the power to change us all, if we allow it.
This is my foray into Noise, as I have been inspired by new colleagues who perform and record in this genre. The musical source for this, the Yamaha PSR-6, came out in the late Eighties and has 100 voices. Most of them are weird, which was perfect for this project. Using Abelton to loop the sounds, I planed only two motifs. First, the waves, water is source of all life. Second, a haunting four notes, Do-So-Ra-Le, and the rest is improvised. While recording and looping in this method, the music takes on a life of its own; I am just as surprised at the end of the journey as you are.
Also sprinkled throughout are sounds from the Sunset Editorial Library, rescued from the ravages of time by Craig Smith of USC and made available on Freesound.org.

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released May 5, 2023

Robert Wright-Stasko - Yamaha PSR-6, Ableton, Earthquaker Devices
Additional sound samples by Craig Smith from the Freesound Library freesound.org/people/craigsmith/
Cover art by Bing AI Image Creator

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