February 2012
11 posts
From 'Allen Ginsberg: Spontaneous Mind'
Tenderness is a food to the human organism, without which he perishes
'Score' for "Ben, Relax. I'm Going to Float Your...
For two electric guitars and four delay pedals (preferably 2 digital, 2 analog) Identical chains for both guitars - digital delay -> analog delay Set first delay to about 3 seconds, second delay to about 5 seconds Slowly increase the time of delay on first pedal throughout piece Swell on 4 note clusters: D-A-D D-A-B (w/ occasional harmonics) F#-C-E A-E-F# (w/ occasional harmonics) ...
Luka from Skegg sent me an email:
Your album “NEW SPACE” is simple. A smooth sound and the song of an Electric Guitar. Only it exists in this album. I think that it is the one last form beautiful to the extreme in music.
WatchThis is my new album
From "Dream Music," La Monte Young
It will become easier as we move further into this period of sound. We will become more attached to sound. We will be able to have precisely the right sounds in every dreamroom playroom and workroom, further reinforcing the integral proportions resonating through structure (re: earlier Architectural Music), Dream Houses (shrines, etc.) at which performers, students, and listeners may visit even...
Came across this Rhys Chatham recording this...
January 2012
12 posts
This is a demo for a drone piece I’m working...
John Cage Love Letters, Selected Quotations
“I hissed and grunted and felt myself expanding with a big heart ‘till for a moment I was out of my mind and only tremendously alive.”
“I am luminous”
“I am a thousand needles now, coming out of me”
This is an excerpt from rehearsal with Ben K. last...
(3:57am)
One of the great things about New York in the winter is that the dog shit and the puke and (in bed-stuy) the rat carcasses on the sidewalk freeze solid so it doesn’t get stuck in the bottom of your chuck taylors so bad
Sound
WatchSpalding Gray and Charlie Rose. So many strong points. R.I.P.
This is me doing a Jonathan Richman cover. This...
December 2011
2 posts
PICTURES FROM BEN'S RESIDENCY
These two weeks ruled so hard, can’t believe it’s over.
badlandspdx:
A few images from Ben Seretan’s two weeks at Badlands. Most of them are from Ben’s iPhone and a few are from Alex’s camera. It was an amazing time for music, friendship, food, drink, and karaoke.
We can’t wait to show everyone the music we made together.
November 2011
3 posts
Badlands: BADLANDS ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: BEN... →
NOVEMBER 2 REMEMBER
badlandspdx:
Badlands is excited to announce our upcoming artist-in-residence, Ben Seretan! Ben is a New York based musician and composer, arriving in Portland on November 14th to collaborate with current residents The Early on a new full-length album. They will be writing and recording in…
October 2011
3 posts
September 2011
2 posts
From DeLillo's 'The Names,' 1982
“Tongue tied! His fait was signed. He ran into the rainy distance, smaller and smaller. This was worse than a retched nightmare. It was the nightmare of real things, the fallen wonder of the world.”
August 2011
4 posts
July 2011
3 posts
June 2011
3 posts
May 2011
6 posts
April 2011
7 posts
