I’ve men­tioned my for­ays into elec­tronic music in the past, but I’ve sel­dom put any­thing out there for pub­lic con­sump­tion.  But yes­ter­day I down­loaded the newest ver­sion of AudioMulch, long my favorite sound maul­ing soft­ware, and I thought I might cel­e­brate by com­pos­ing an audio blog.

When I say com­pos­ing, I use it in the Gra­ham Col­lier sense (read his book!). It was a two-part process. Last night I recorded a tw0-and-a-half minute impro­vi­sa­tion on soprano sax. This morn­ing I loaded the sound file into Mulch and had my way with it.

My Mulching skills are a bit rusty, but I kinda like what came out. It’s def­i­nitely the aural equiv­a­lent of how I write here – a spon­ta­neous, unmedi­ated state­ment (a lit­tle long, per­haps), raw mate­r­ial for fur­ther elab­o­ra­tion, maybe, but more likely a way of spurring my imag­i­na­tion in a par­tic­u­lar direction.

Please let me know what you think! Every once in a while I’m struck by this bug. One of these days I’m liable to do a full-fledged project along these lines.

The lo-fi treat­ment is inten­tional, as is the fact that it’s recorded in mono. I find both qual­i­ties pecu­liarly attrac­tive. I’ve never been the audio­phile type …

Stream WDNSD, a Theme and Vari­a­tions for Soprano Sax and Computer.