Roots Nation
In 2006 I played bass in Roots Nation, “Serious Roots Reggae.” I toured around NE with them for a season, culminating in an appearance at the Vermont Reggae Festival. I’ll never forget the sound of...
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A collection of musical compositions created over the last year or so under my solo moniker Avocado Kid. Each song can be thought of as a soundtrack to a distinct imaginary world. As most of them are...
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Dance of the Computer Lab
At present, there are thousands of webcams or networked security cameras that broadcast publicly over the Internet. A simple Google search reveals countless results for these types of cameras,...
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Free Play Meets Gameplay
Leonardo Music Journal Volume 20: “Improvisation” ABSTRACT The author presents an experimental musical video game called iGotBand. Fans are central to the game’s narrative, capturing a feedback loop in...
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Opposite People, the Traffic Jam, the Hanging Chads This band shapeshifts names, members, and genres Specialists in playing outdoor and community gigs Wake Up the Earth Festival, Jamaica Pond Lantern...
View ArticleLechuga Fresca
Lechuga Fresca plays Latin Jazz, Mambo, and classic Salsa music. The band website is here.
View ArticleChoose Your Own Adventure Silent Movie Soundtrack Game
In this game, the ensemble improvises a soundtrack to accompany classic silent movie clips. Periodically, the action forks and two choices are presented onscreen. The audience calls out their vote and...
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In this game, a word or phrase is shown onscreen as a prompt for the improvising band. While the musicians are performing a spontaneous interpretation of the prompt, the audience is voting on the next...
View ArticleReverse Plane of Cloudy
I contributed to my amazing friend Matthew Steinke‘s installation entitled Reverse Plane of Cloudy at the Museum of Human Achievement in Austin, TX. I scored a special arrangement of my composition...
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Fermentophone Harvard
Fermentophone was presented at the Harvard Museum of Natural History in the Microbial Life gallery in February 2020. Fermentophone This exhibit displays a musical instrument known as “Fermentophone.”...
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