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 →
Tag: Public Art
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 →
SIXTH MOVEMENT OF TOWER MUSIC COMPLETE
Cadences is the name of my newest addition to the Tower Music canon. It starts with a slow introduction which I am choosing to release as a separate short Prelude. The main body of the work then turns into a playful rhythmic romp; playful to listen to, but complicated to perform. Such is Art. The finished product is close to where… Read more →
BERTOLOZZI ACCOMPANIES BEACON’S FIREWORKS (AGAIN)
Joseph Bertolozzi‘s music accompanies the City of Beacon, NY’s 4th of July Fireworks again this year at sundown this Friday nite at Memorial Field. Here’s a view from last year’s show. Come enjoy the refreshments and pre-fireworks music starting at 4pm by The Costellos, Russ St. George & Friends, The Judith Tulloch Band, Tony E, Solar Sound Band, Ed Mickz,… Read more →
“Bon jour Monsieur Bertolozzi..”
Those were the words spoken to me by a smiling boy bagging my groceries on my last day in Paris, a year ago today….“bon jour Monsieur Bertolozzi.” From the lead story on p. 1 of the NY Times digital edition (and lead story on that day’s Arts section in the physical paper) to the Reuters news agency to The Himalayan Times… Read more →
THE PRACTICALITY OF 10K SAMPLES
People have asked me, can you really use thousands of notes? There are only 88 keys on a piano for instance…how many do you need to write a song? Fair question. I chose (at minimum) six samples of each surface, two hard, two medium and two soft (so if done on a piano, right there you’d have 88 x 6!).… Read more →
HARVESTING THE EIFFEL TOWER – ONE YEAR LATER
It’s hard to believe an entire year has gone by since my crew and I set foot on the Eiffel Tower on May 27, 2013 to harvest its sounds for a musical opus. Today’s honors go to them (l.-r.): Franc Palaia, Kyle Griffin, Paul Kozel, Joe Popp, Joseph Bertolozzi, Robert Bellach, Jeff Gertin and Joseph Redwood-Martinez. The team hailed from… Read more →
FOURTH MOVEMENT OF TOWER MUSIC COMPLETE
The Tower Music opus grows steadily as I have I just finished the next movement. Very different from the previous three, it is spread out on a dark canvas, a deeply introspective exploration of the sounds of the Eiffel Tower; music of the nature of its sounds alone, unshackled by any rhythmic or melodic imperative, though there is a logic… Read more →
THIRD PIECE IN TOWER MUSIC COMPLETE
Just finished another bit of #TowerMusic. Making steady progress as this puts me roughly 1/4 of the way thru the album. Read more →