The Listening Room
It’s been a while since I’ve done a music post here, so it seemed about time. For the last few months, I’ve been working on a commission for the choreographer Daniel Charon called The Listening Room, and I thought I’d post a few excerpts from the score as it develops.
This score has, for whatever reason, proved to be a difficult one to get a bead on–it’s gone through multiple iterations, each one evolving significantly from the last. The piece is in roughly four contiguous segments, with two themes evolving gradually throughout the piece’s 15 minutes. I’ve been attempting to strike a balance between harder rhythmic elements and more free-floating melodic sections, with varying degrees of success. On a purely technical level, I’ve been separating out rhythmic elements for more clarity, stratifying snares, bass drums, and cymbals in separate layers rather than mixing them together all at once, as I would normally tend to do.
Anyway, here are some excerpts. Hope you enjoy them!
Excerpt the first:
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Excerpt the second:
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These are hot. Thanks for sharing!
I love your music, Koven. Thanks!
Y’all are so sweet. Thanks!
Koven, awesome! I really like them a lot. It would be great to post some video of the dancers dancing to it if you have the opportunity. What do you use to compose? Maybe you already have that somewhere on your site?
Dude…kill’n! The last piece of yours that I heard was one that I actually PLAYED. This is nuts to hear.
As soon as the performances happen (see the “Events” section), I hope we’ll have some videos to share. Until then, enjoy the tunes. Thanks!