The #TowerMusic album is currently being mixed in preparation for commercial release. It’s been a long process and this stage will take awhile too; this project has so many unknowns and variables but the wait will be worth it…see the inspiration flowing out of my head in the pic below? Read more →
Author: Joseph Bertolozzi
DOCUMENTARY FEATURING BRIDGE/TOWER MUSIC WINS AWARD
The SOUNDHUNTERS documentary, featuring both Bridge Music and Tower Music / Musique de la Tour, as well as the work of Jean-Michel Jarre and others, won the “FIPA d’Or” award for best trans-media documentary at this French festival. It will be released on European TV later this year. Will let you know if/when it airs in USA. https://www.facebook.com/festival.FIPA/photos/a.10152015538524902.1073741826.90262629901/10152882705644902/?type=1&fref=nf Read more →
NICE REVIEW OF BRIDGE MUSIC IN YANKEE TAVERN
The use of Bridge Music in the Barn Theatre’s production of Yankee Tavern garnered this nice review: Special note is in order regarding the very effective mood music titled “Bridge Music.” The unique sound was created by Joseph Bertolozzi, a percussion genius, who literally “played” one of the upper Hudson River bridges (you can sample it at www.https://josephbertolozzi.com). by Rick Busciglio… Read more →
BRIDGE MUSIC USED ONCE AGAIN AS THEATRICAL SCORE
“Yankee Tavern” a play by Steven Dietz takes the stage at The Barn Theatre in Montville, NJ this January and February. This is the second time Bridge Music was used as the sound design for this particular show. The play is both directed and sound-designed by Jeff Knapp. The show runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm… Read more →
TOWER MUSIC ALBUM DRAWS NEARER
This Friday we begin electronic file conversions of the #TowerMusic audio tracks so they can be sent from my Operating System to the studio’s OS. Slowly, the album is on its way! Read more →
TOWER MUSIC COMPLETE!
I just finished the last remaining work in the Tower Music suite. The music is now complete. There’s still work to do…what remains are some odds & ends, deciding the final order of the movements, liner notes, etc. I intend to include an “Audio Tour” of the Eiffel Tower like I did for the Mid Hudson Bridge on the Bridge… Read more →
SEVENTH MOVEMENT OF TOWER MUSIC COMPLETE
I’ve just finished the movement that will close the Tower Music album, but it’s not the last piece I’ll be writing. This massive addition is almost 11 minutes long and runs the gamut from a blood-curdling opening, to a slow, soft tribal dance, to rhythmically vigorous and eccentric melodic patterns. This piece kept me excited throughout its composition. This piece… Read more →
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM TO INCLUDE TOWER/BRIDGE MUSIC
A European film crew shooting a feature documentary on composers is in the USA covering my work at the Mid Hudson Bridge (Bridge Music) and the Eiffel Tower (Tower Music). Entitled Sound Hunters, the film includes Peter Gabriel, Jean-Michel Jarre, Brian Eno and others. The film has the “haut patronage” of UNESCO. Beryl Koltz is the director and the film is being… Read more →
THE LIGHTER SIDE OF TOWER MUSIC – JOE POPP’S FINGERS!
Tower Music audio engineer Joe Popp’s fingers were supposed to handle microphones…but what’s this? Gang signals? Alien communiques? You be the judge! THE LIGHTER SIDE OF TOWER MUSIC: JOE POPP’S FINGERS Read more →
“TRANCES & VISIONS” AT CHAUTAUQUA
Mark Robbins, Associate Principal Horn of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and organist Jared Jacobsen, performing on the 5,640 pipe Massey Memorial Organ, will perform Joseph Bertolozzi‘s Trances & Visions at The Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater 12:15pm on Wednesday, July 30 2014. www.chqtickets.com | (716) 357-6250 Gate Pass Required — Purchase at Main Gate Welcome Center. Read more →