spoiler alert, unless you rubberneck
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Part of me wanted to keep the genesis and construction of my newest fixed-format piece "Bifocals" a secret. It hasn't premiered yet (but it will today!), and there is a surprise embedded in the piece, so I thought, why spoil it?
Well, either I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut or I have a hard time inventing new material for my blog. Either way, if you are going to tonight's event, FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING HOLY PLEASE PUT THE BLOG DOWN AND STOP READING.
But, for those who rubberneck, keep gawking.
As I mentioned previously, I was casually attending the BGSU New Music Festival in October and staying with my gracious composer friends Jamie Leigh Sampson and Andrew Martin Smith. One morning over breakfast we were talking shop about electronic music, and I may have uttered the words "Of course I write electronic music pieces: I'm a child of the 80s, but most of the time I don't know what I'm doing," and Andrew was like, "So…would you like to write a piece using glass sounds?"
Well, of…
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