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5 years ago my 2nd album on @triplicaterecords.com Thanks to @timerival.net for releasing. Charles Terhune did the art. chaircrusher.bandcamp.com/album/stars-...

The title track is based on a Caroline McKenzie piano piece, from the album "I am with you over winter" which @thatelizabeth.bsky.social put out on her net label. Very simple piano pieces but they're perfect and luminous blackcirclerecords.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-w...

This is a piece I just played and I have no memory of it. It's like I'm listening to a new track by somebody else. I've been complicating beats by adding random hits for at least 5 years. The beat is a skeleton, random hits tapdance around the bones. chaircrusher.bandcamp.com/track/freue-...

In general my compositional techniques don't change a lot, but there's always new sounds to make, new twists on old tricks. When my music sounds messy & chaotic, it's actually constructed from simple sounds & sequences. I always try new ways to complicate them.

Some of my messy isn't generative messy, but actual messy. I can program machine beats, but I'm not great at playing live locked to a beat. So I just listen to the music and play along without worrying about being in the pocket.

I chop samples into small bits without trying to slice it in time. You can sequence that by just trying different notes until you like the result. Also, pitch up/down not just to match the beat, but also to play against the beat, stretching or dragging.