video,youtube_link,musiccaps_caption,youtube_published,youtube_channel,youtube_description,musiccaps_names,musiccaps_aspects,musiccaps_author,youtube_id,musiccaps_rowid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Qntw26enM&start=90&end=100,"{""label"":""Mother, A Word That Means The World To Me"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Qntw26enM&start=90&end=100""}",This audio contains a theremin playing a melody in the higher register along to an acoustic piano recording in the background. This song may be practicing theremin playing along with a backing track.,2007-05-12T04:55:28Z,ThomasGrillo,"http://www.thomasgrillo.com
Dedicated to Mother.

This is a tune which was written around 1914 by Howard Johnson (words), and Theodore Morse (music).

Lyrics: M is for the million things she gave me.  O means only that she's growing old.  T is for the tears she shed to save me.  H is for her heart of purest gold.  E is for her eyes with love-light shining.  R means right, and right, she'll allways be.  Put them all together, they spell MOTHER, a word that means the world, to me.

Played by Thomas Grillo on Moog Etherwave Pro theremin.

Please excuse the ambient noise of two computers, as my mixer was not functioning, and I was forced to use a live microphone from a camcorder.  Just turn your trebble down a bit.

Copyright 2007 Thomas Grillo","[""Music"", ""Theremin"", ""Inside, small room""]","[""classical"", ""amateur recording"", ""theremin"", ""acoustic piano"", ""medium to uptempo""]",6,02Qntw26enM,113
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_M9ZMo5TiU&start=130&end=140,"{""label"":""Devo - Private Secretary (Live 1973 @ Kent State University)"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_M9ZMo5TiU&start=130&end=140""}",Someone is playing a long high pitched note that is rising up in pitch and is leaving a kick-like sound while repeating itself. This sound may be playing at home testing out a synthesizer and its possibilities.,2006-03-10T02:35:59Z,Fortress of Sound,"Devo - Private Secretary , followed by Mark doing the ""Headache Solo"". The performance was in the Recital Hall at the Music & Speech Bldg at KSU","[""Music"", ""Theremin""]","[""experimental/electronic"", ""synthesizer"", ""high pitched sound"", ""kick"", ""amateur recording""]",6,3_M9ZMo5TiU,485
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjjQqd0eLzw&start=30&end=40,"{""label"":""the music instrument that creats the background  music of scary movies"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjjQqd0eLzw&start=30&end=40""}",Someone is playing an instrument sounding like a bowl/pad/whale singing in a metallic tone with a long sustain and shifting in pitch. This song may be playing in a horror-movie scene. This is an amateur recording.,2011-05-30T22:10:48Z,Usagii,Waterphone,"[""Music"", ""Theremin""]","[""cinematic"", ""experimental"", ""skurrile pad/whale singing sound"", ""amateur recording""]",6,AjjQqd0eLzw,1161
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHDn79ee98Q&start=30&end=40,"{""label"":""Disturbing Video Game Music 10: World of Nothing and River Twygz Bed"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHDn79ee98Q&start=30&end=40""}","This song contains synthesizer pads and plucks playing all over the place along with ringing sounds, timpani and snare hits. This song may be playing for a bossfight in a video-game.",2009-06-24T16:47:05Z,Alex Rochon,"For my 10th DVGM I present... a double feature? Yeah. It's a double feature of two disturbing pieces of music from one of the most unexpectedly disturbing games of its time: Super Paper Mario.

World of Nothing: This music scares me. Not only is Sammer's Kingdom destroyed, but it's become a formless, white void. This music just emphasizes the sheer silence and the whole disturbing nature of the situation.

River Twygz Bed: ...No comment...","[""Music"", ""Theremin""]","[""cinematic"", ""synth sounds"", ""sound effects"", ""timpani hits"", ""disturbing""]",6,DHDn79ee98Q,1460
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkZ1Or_D-g8&start=100&end=110,"{""label"":""Wii Theremin - Sound Play"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkZ1Or_D-g8&start=100&end=110""}",This audio contains someone creating sounds with a theremin. This is not a musical composition. This is an amateur recording.,2008-11-13T07:01:29Z,Ken Moore,"Homemade Wiimote-powered Theremin. The technology links a Wiimote controller, infrared LED gloves and a Roland JV-1080 synthesizer to create Theremin-like sounds (sine wave) or a nearly endless world of bizarre sounds (let's hear a Theremin do that!).","[""Theremin""]","[""amateur recording"", ""theremin"", ""experimental""]",6,DkZ1Or_D-g8,1508
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzRb1OVpat0&start=30&end=40,"{""label"":""The Day The Earth Stood Still 1951 - Theremin studio session."",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzRb1OVpat0&start=30&end=40""}","Two viola/cello like instruments being played with a bow and a lot of tremolo. It sounds like they are complaining and crying, full of pain. They both are playing a melody as they are talking to each other. A low basslike drumhit/kick with a long release is hitting one single note. You can hear some white noise in this recording. This song may be playing in a sad and disturbing scene of a retro movie.",2010-10-18T00:38:44Z,lostinthetimes,"The soundtrack was composed in August 1951 and was Bernard Herrmann's first soundtrack after he moved to Hollywood. Herrmann chose unusual instrumentation for the film: violins, cellos, and basses (all three electric), two theremin electronic instruments (played by Dr. Samuel Hoffman and Paul Shure), two Hammond organs, a large studio electric organ, three vibraphones, two glockenspiels, marimba, tam-tam, 2 bass drums, 3 sets of timpani, two pianos, celesta, two harps, 1 horn, three trumpets, three trombones, and four tubas. Unusual overdubbing and tape-reversal techniques were used, as well. 20th Century Fox later reused the Herrmann title theme in the original pilot episode for Irwin Allen's 1965 TV series Lost in Space. Danny Elfman noted The Day the Earth Stood Still's score inspired his interest in film composing, and made him a fan of Herrmann.

The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 1951 American science fiction film that tells the story of a humanoid alien visitor who comes to visit the Earth with a warning, accompanied by his powerful robot, ""Gort"". Robert Wise directed this film, and its leading actors and actresses were Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Sam Jaffe, and Hugh Marlowe. ""Gort"" is also a primary character in this motion picture, but he is portrayed as a completely mechanical man. The writer of The Day the Earth Stood Still, Edmund H. North, based his screenplay on Harry Bates's short story ""Farewell to the Master"" (1940).

Julian Blaustein produced this film for 20th Century Fox, and its cinematography was executed by Leo Tover. Nearly all of the action takes place in Washington, D.C., where the alien spacecraft lands, and then remains without moving for almost the entire motion picture.","[""Music"", ""Theremin""]","[""cinematic"", ""sad"", ""strings"", ""basssound"", ""melancholic"", ""slow tempo""]",6,JzRb1OVpat0,2049
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or4CALipjig&start=30&end=40,"{""label"":""Theremin."",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or4CALipjig&start=30&end=40""}",Someone is playing a melody on a theremin along with acoustic drums holding a groove with 8th notes on the ride while an e-bass and an acoustic guitar are playing along. The acoustic guitar is being strummed. This song may be playing on a relaxed car ride.,2015-03-25T15:03:00Z,Rob Scallon,"It's an instrument you play by not touching it. Huh?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFtcnQqLdEc&start=270&end=280,"{""label"":""United States Service Medley"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFtcnQqLdEc&start=270&end=280""}",This audio contains drum-rolls in the background playing along with a brass section and flutes. In the foreground someone is playing the same melody on a theremin. This song may be practicing playing along with an instrument.,2007-05-26T04:30:43Z,ThomasGrillo,"http://www.thomasgrillo.com
In honor of those who serve, and support the United States armed services.  Thank You!

U. S. Service Medley played by Thomas Grillo on Moog Etherwave Pro theremin with audio accompaniment by Centenial Concert Band.

Next year's version will have the Air Force theme.

Copyright 2007 Thomas Grillo","[""Music"", ""Theremin""]","[""anthem"", ""amateur recording"", ""theremin"", ""drum rolls"", ""flutes"", ""brass section"", ""medium to uptempo"", ""traditional""]",6,PFtcnQqLdEc,2523
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd5l_FHGWfE&start=170&end=180,"{""label"":""Theremin player Armen Ra"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd5l_FHGWfE&start=170&end=180""}",Someone is playing an acoustic piano repeating a phrase of a chord with single notes in the mid-range while a voice-like synthesizer sound is being played in a higher register. The instrument does sound like a female opera singer with a lot of vibrato. This song may be playing in a theater.,2006-06-28T06:42:04Z,Klara Palotai,"Armen Ra at a benefit concert on April 4, 2006 at the Angel Orensanz Foundation in New York","[""Music"", ""Theremin""]","[""piano/opera"", ""acoustic piano"", ""synthesizer"", ""vocal sound"", ""amateur recording""]",6,Wd5l_FHGWfE,3112
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNoR-SR5t1s&start=30&end=40,"{""label"":""A Brief History of the Theremin | Albert Glinsky"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNoR-SR5t1s&start=30&end=40""}",This audio contains a male voice talking while a theremin is playing a melody in the mid- to higher register with a lot of vibrato. Celli and upright basses are plucking a strange melody in the lower register creating tension. This song may be playing in an art/alien movie.,2013-08-23T18:54:28Z,Moog Music Inc,"Albert Glinsky, author of Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage sat down with us to give a brief history of the Theremin covering everything from it's original inception in a Russian chemistry lab to it's development as a musical instrument.  In addition to outlining its rich history Glinsky gives a basic tutorial in playing the Theremin and points out some of the refinements that Bob Moog made to Leon Theremin's original design.

You can learn more about the Theremin here: http://bit.ly/MoogTheremins","[""Music"", ""Theremin"", ""Speech""]","[""amateur recording"", ""male voice talking"", ""theremin"", ""plucked celli/upright bass"", ""medium tempo"", ""tension""]",6,YNoR-SR5t1s,3280
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNQh2iLVAoY&start=40&end=50,"{""label"":""Theremin (Theramin)  Playing"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNQh2iLVAoY&start=40&end=50""}",This audio contains someone playing a theremin. Playing around with the pitch. This may be playing in a comedic act.,2006-12-28T07:09:05Z,Bob Wood,"Just playing around with the Theremin, and having some fun. I think I need to take some lessons. Dillon (dog) added his own contributions.","[""Music"", ""Theremin""]","[""amateur recording"", ""theremin"", ""comedic""]",6,dNQh2iLVAoY,3781
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZrrzGgTpfk&start=100&end=110,"{""label"":""Selflessness & Tattoo"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZrrzGgTpfk&start=100&end=110""}",This audio seems to contain two songs. In the beginning someone is strumming chords on acoustic drums while a male voice is singing in a high pitch. Then the song switches to a robotic voice sample singing. Then a digital drum comes in with a fat kick and bass sound creating the base together with the vocal sample. In the background you can hear scratching sounds. This song may be playing while working out.,2015-09-11T05:36:12Z,Nick Bare,"SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL: http://full.sc/1GSFia3 

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Intro by Kenny Gonzales KGBgraphics
www.youtube.com/kgbgraphics","[""Music"", ""Theremin"", ""Outside, rural or natural""]","[""amateur recording"", ""electro"", ""digital drum"", ""digital bass"", ""voice sample"", ""scratching"", ""male voice singing"", ""high pitch"", ""acoustic guitar"", ""medium to uptempo"", ""energetic energy""]",6,eZrrzGgTpfk,3882
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyLctn3jNUs&start=160&end=170,"{""label"":""Linda Lafferty demo on the Moog Etherwave® Theremin"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyLctn3jNUs&start=160&end=170""}","This audio contains a female voice speaking. Then a loud theremin tone comes in, rising and falling in pitch. This is an amateur recording.",2009-12-14T01:35:20Z,Brett Ruland,"Linda Lafferty giving us a demo on the Moog Etherwave® Theremin at Moog Music Inc., in Asheville, NC.","[""Theremin"", ""Speech""]","[""amateur recording"", ""theremin"", ""female voice speaking""]",6,fyLctn3jNUs,3996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxAyZk01T3k&start=10&end=20,"{""label"":""Beaded jewelry by Elena E. Pate"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxAyZk01T3k&start=10&end=20""}",This song contains someone playing a melody on a flute panning to the right side of the speakers. A lower synth drone pad is underlining the flute along with more synth pad sounds and wind. Then a soft riser comes in and a digital drum starts playing along to a synth bass sound. This song may be playing in an indie movie.,2010-10-14T01:52:28Z,ElenaPate,"Beautiful beaded jewelry (including embroidered bracelets) made from seed beads, pearls, czech glass beads and semi-precious stones.","[""Theremin""]","[""tribal/meditative/electro"", ""flute"", ""synth drone"", ""digital drums"", ""synth bass"", ""wind sound"", ""slow to medium tempo""]",6,gxAyZk01T3k,4068
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHXUaVWi7kE&start=160&end=170,"{""label"":""Modular Synthesizer Alternate Controllers"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHXUaVWi7kE&start=160&end=170""}",This audio contains a very high pitched sound played with a synthesizer. Then another synthesizer sound that sounds a little bit like cleaning a window. This song may be playing at home experimenting sounds with a synthesizer.,2006-05-14T07:31:42Z,REwire,"A Theremin, Korg Pad, Sequencer, Ribbon Controller and Joystick controlling various parameters of my Analog Synthesizers.
GoTo http://www.REwireMusic.com for more.","[""Theremin""]","[""amateur recording"", ""synthesizer sounds"", ""higher frequency""]",6,iHXUaVWi7kE,4175
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnYOC9tKUBs&start=30&end=40,"{""label"":""Wii Theremin - Star Trek Theme"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnYOC9tKUBs&start=30&end=40""}",A synthesizer lead sound is being played loudly and not in tune with the background music that sounds like a folklore song. This song may be playing at home practicing.,2008-11-14T04:54:56Z,Ken Moore,"Homemade Wiimote-powered Theremin. The technology links a Wiimote controller, infrared LED gloves and a Roland JV-1080 synthesizer to create Theremin-like sounds (sine wave) or a nearly endless world of bizarre sounds (let's hear a Theremin do that!).","[""Music"", ""Theremin""]","[""experimental/folklore"", ""synthesizer lead sound"", ""folklore backroundmusic"", ""dissonant"", ""amateur recording""]",6,lnYOC9tKUBs,4421
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raM8Lp0aGCk&start=30&end=40,"{""label"":""Kate Bush - Babooshka (Cover): Theremin Session #7"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raM8Lp0aGCk&start=30&end=40""}",Someone is playing soft and warm sounding chords on an analog synthesizer slowly opening up a filter letting higher frequencies pass. Someone is playing a melody along on a theremin. Both are playing in the mid to higher range. This song may be playing live.,2015-11-08T18:29:02Z,Carolina Eyck,"This week performing ""Babooshka"" by Kate Bush together with Marius Leicht: https://youtube.com/mariusleicht
Using the following instruments:

Moog Prodigy (1980) with 
Roland Space Echo (produced 1973-1988)

Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev 3.3 (1982) with
Strymon Timeline (2014) dTape Maschine and
Moog MP-201 pedal controlling the filter cutoff frequency

Moog Etherwave Pro theremin (2006) with
Boss Digital Delay DD-7, Harmonist PS-6 and Loop Station RC-50

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To take part in this video project, comment or send me your suggestions for an improvisation. This can be:

a) a word or sentence
b) a photo, a drawing/sketch or painting of yours
c) a recording of you playing your instrument
d) a video of you playing your instrument

I choose one suggestions every week to play an improvisation in the end of the video.
Looking forward to your ideas!

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Previous Video ""Duo with Oud"": https://youtu.be/cLHZdTCcilQ

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INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/carolinaeyck","[""Music"", ""Musical instrument"", ""Theremin"", ""Synthesizer""]","[""synth pop"", ""analog synthesizer"", ""theremin"", ""uptempo"", ""warm"", ""soft sounding""]",6,raM8Lp0aGCk,4888
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5qf9O6c20o&start=30&end=40,"{""label"":""Leon Theremin playing his own instrument"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5qf9O6c20o&start=30&end=40""}",An acoustic piano is playing a sad sounding composition while someone is playing a synthesizer lead-sound that sounds like someone crying. You can hear a lot of white noise in the recording. This seems to be an amateur recording. This song may be playing on a TV show.,2008-01-15T01:22:56Z,slonikyouth,Leon Theremin,"[""Music"", ""Theremin""]","[""50s/60s music"", ""acoustic piano"", ""white noise"", ""synthesizer string like instrument"", ""sad atmosphere""]",6,w5qf9O6c20o,5239
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRfbWrI03gc&start=30&end=40,"{""label"":""Vulcan Harp & Theremin"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRfbWrI03gc&start=30&end=40""}",Someone is playing a Theremin on a very high pitch going up in pitch and with a lot of vibrato. This song may be playing at home while enjoying your instrument.,2011-01-19T00:59:37Z,Peter Pringle,"This is called THE KATRIC ARK and it is one of a series of 12 compositions for Vulcan harp and theremin. Since the Vulcan harp was introduced by artist and visionary Wah Ming Chang more than 40 years ago, it has evolved considerably, along with the technology involved with its manufacture. It is acoustic, electroacoustic and electronic (it is the electronic component that permits such things as the playing of complex harmonies, glide pitch shifts, etc.).

As a sculptor, Chang molded the instrument to fit the human body, and it is great to hold because it is so wonderfully ergonomic. This particular harp has 26 strings (copper, brass and silver) and is played with finger picks. There are no steel strings and the instrument does not use magnetic pickups like electric guitars. It also does not need to be plugged into anything so there are no annoying cables to get in the way. It transmits directly to its amplifier and speakers by means of an antenna integrated into the pin column (the extended curved vertical arm that holds the tuning pins). The two speakers you see in the video are JBL  JRX-125 monitors.

As a concept, the characteristics of ""Vulcan music"" are determined by the remarkable capabilities of the Vulcan harp which include many of the possibilities of the classical instruments of India. The sound of the Vulcan harp has been described as a combination of harp, lute, violin and sitar. If you add to this everything that is possible with the use of the shift disc and the harmonic valves (the seven button controls - one for each note of the diatonic scale - riding above the brass plate) you have an extraordinary number of combinations that can be explored. The harmonic valves are all level-sensitive (each responds to three degrees of left hand finger pressure applied to them: touch, half, and full) and this determines the harmony applied to the vibrating strings. Octave displacement is played by multiple valve configurations depending on the register in which the harpist wants to play.

There is also a ""tapper control"" incorporated into the Vulcan harp for generating complex polyrhythms but it is not used in this particular composition. The ""tapper"" is the knob that sits just behind the lowest bass strings on the upper edge of the instrument facing the harpist. It can be silently programmed just before a piece is played by drumming the fingers of the left hand on the knob in the exact rhythm combination you want to hear applied to your sound once you begin to play. The instrument will loop the rhythm continuously throughout the piece (or until you squelch it). 

The theremin in this video is the 1929 RCA that once belonged to Hollywood thereminist Dr. Samuel Hoffman. It was used by Dr. Hoffman on the soundtracks of many classic science fiction films of the 1950's, so I thought it would be appropriate to use it here. If you are curious about this 1929 theremin, I am featured in the 20TH CENTURY FOX  2-disc DVD ""special edition"" of the re-issue of  the original 1951 science fiction masterpiece, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. There are already several videos on YouTube of me playing this instrument (and some from the 1950's of Dr. Hoffman as well) so after the solo theremin section at the beginning of the composition, I concentrated entirely on showing the Vulcan harp. There are very few Vulcan harps in the world and even fewer musicians who can actually play them, so I thought people might might like to see it.

PLEASE NOTE: the recording of this composition was done directly to a Roland VS-2400CD. There were no FX added to the instruments other than the usual EQ and a small amount of reverb. No peripherals, no MIDI modules, overdubs or computers were used at any time in the recording process.","[""Music"", ""Musical instrument"", ""Theremin""]","[""vulcan harp/theremin"", ""slow tempo"", ""emotional""]",6,xRfbWrI03gc,5329
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPhuyMYy9EI&start=130&end=140,"{""label"":""Experimental Electronic Music (1984-1989): Excerpts from 5 Songs"",""href"":""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPhuyMYy9EI&start=130&end=140""}",A high pitched long note is playing along with other synthesizer pad sounds to create a bizarre and  mildly creepy atmosphere. A synthesizer lead is playing a disharmonious melody. The sounds are full of reverb and delay. This song may be playing in an alien arrival movie scene.,2010-01-17T13:52:45Z,music by longzijun,"I recorded these original experimental music compositions in the 1980s and recently recovered them from twenty-year-old cassette tapes. The first excerpt is from a work that was recorded at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. The other songs were recorded at Carleton University in Ottawa.

#ExperimentalMusic #electronica #longzijun 

The video clips are processed (using AfterEffects) screen captures (using CamStudio) of music visualizations (using the iTunes and Dr. Glitter visualizers).

Track 1. Blade: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTSPsu9vkYc
'Blade' features drums, synthesizer (Yahama DX-7), alto saxophone, voices, a bicycle pump, coins, pieces of wood, glasses of water and probably a few things I have forgotten about. This was recorded at Fanshawe College with my classmates in the Music Industry Arts program. We had some free time and I had an idea kicking around in my head, so we just went into one of the studios (the small one) and recorded it one afternoon.  (I left the MIA programme shortly after the recording to work, saved up some money and then went on to study at university).    

Track 2. Young Sycamore: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7RPmwxyhBA
Young Sycamore' has live vocal and percussion parts that weren't recorded. It was only performed once. The lyrics were adapted from a poem by Wlliam Carlos Williams. The piece was written/played using the software 'PC Composer' and a midi controller.  It was recorded at the Computer Music room at Carleton University. 


Track 3. Untitled: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdO-5iTFCMs
'Untitled' features an EMS Synthi 100, a synthesizer from the early 70s. The device  takes up half of small room and is interesting to use because you have to physically connect all the different sound items like sine waves, noise and filters. According to Wikipedia, only about 30 of these synthesizers were produced and their original selling price was 25,000 USD (the equivalent of over $100,000 USD today).  If I had known it was so rare and expensive, maybe I would have appreciated it more back then. 

I found using it frustrating at first because it was very difficult get the exact sound you were aiming for. And once you got the sound, it was almost impossible to replicate it (even if you wrote down every setting). I got in the habit of just having one of the tape machines recording at all times.  

The actual composition is by one of my classmates, Heather Baird. I made the sounds and she decided how to assemble them. 

The piece was recorded in Carleton U's audio lab (Michael Bussière was in charge of the computer room and audio recording lab at that time).  The arpeggios and background sustained notes are from a Korg Poly61 synthesizer.

Track 4. String Quartet No. 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmqufxQaSDQ
For 'Sting Quartet No. 2', all the notes were typed into a computer (using the PC Composer programme) and then played back through a midi controller before being recorded on a reel-to-reel tape deck. Some of the sections were composed traditionally (e.g., following the normal customs of melody and harmony) and some parts were written using a repeating 12-tone system. The composition was written for a string quartet, but when doing the computer version I added some 'impossible' parts.    

Track 5. Mammals I Have Known and Loved: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM6wch6cFmc 
'Mammals I Have Known and Loved' features the EMS Synthi 100, a tam tam (a kind of gong, but this time played with a violin bow), alto saxophone, empty pop bottles, voices, loops made of sound effects and laughter. The voices mainly came from outtakes of interviews I had been recording while doing some work at the campus radio station.

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