ELWOOD HERRING'S MUSIC CATALOGUE

ELWOOD HERRING'S MUSIC CATALOGUE
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D/L Mins To Touch the Wild Silver Butterfly of Spring (A Homage to Morton Subotnick)

Opus: 48
Length: 31 minutes
Instruments: Computer manipulated sounds taken from Waldorf Micro Q synthesiser
Composed: July 2004

Part one 15:11 Inspired by the electronic works of Morton Subotnick (especially "Until Spring") the source material was the MIDI file of my 1st Piano Sonata 2nd mvt, fed into the Waldorf synthesiser which was programmed to produce a very low frequency "pulsed" tone. The output was then manipulated on the computer using pitch adjustment and other simple effects to build up phrases of sound which were then multi-tracked and overlapped to produce the final piece.

Part two 15:36 The second part is based on the first, but reversed, altered and rearranged, with a "Subotnickian" rhythm added towards the end. Try to listen to this piece without any background noises - there are some very quiet sections in it. This is my homage to the best composer of electronic music who has had a massive influence on me for over 30 years (doesn't like answering his emails though - and after four years has still not acknowledged or said thank you for the CD of this piece which I sent to him! Morton, you come across as arrogant and underserving of the praise I heaped on you. Consider showing a little more respect for your fans.

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	*D/L*	*Mins*	To Touch the Wild Silver Butterfly of Spring (A Homage to Morton Subotnick) Opus: 48 Length: 31 minutes Instruments: Computer manipulated sounds taken from Waldorf Micro Q synthesiser Composed: July 2004
Part one		15:11	Inspired by the electronic works of Morton Subotnick (especially "Until Spring") the source material was the MIDI file of my 1st Piano Sonata 2nd mvt, fed into the Waldorf synthesiser which was programmed to produce a very low frequency "pulsed" tone. The output was then manipulated on the computer using pitch adjustment and other simple effects to build up phrases of sound which were then multi-tracked and overlapped to produce the final piece.
Part two		15:36	The second part is based on the first, but reversed, altered and rearranged, with a "Subotnickian" rhythm added towards the end. Try to listen to this piece without any background noises - there are some very quiet sections in it. This is my homage to the best composer of electronic music who has had a massive influence on me for over 30 years (doesn't like answering his emails though - and after four years has still not acknowledged or said thank you for the CD of this piece which I sent to him! Morton, you come across as arrogant and underserving of the praise I heaped on you. Consider showing a little more respect for your fans.