I've recently started singing folk songs, which has rekindled my interest in the idea of the 'golden moment' in music.

I remember once hearing the ancient song King Orfeo sung by an elderly man whose old, thin voice would have had you believe he was a close relative of the Sibyl of Cumae. The song itself is incredible - full of rich imagery: here ( Read more... )

For the second blog of the evening, let's jump to a completely different area of interest!

A couple of years ago I did a secret pseudonymous CD on Jani Hirvonen's om ha sva ha ksha ma la va ra yam label. The music itself was the product of my apprenticeship with the Symbolic Composer (SCOM) computer-aided composition environment. I ( Read more... )