TaylorSmithMusic.com Podcast

Yet again, it has been ages since I’ve posted anything.  I’ve been chipping away at this one for several months.  I had jury duty earlier this month.  I brought my computer along; I finished this while waiting in the San Diego County Hall of Justice.

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The first post in almost nine months!

This is a re-mix/mashup of “Crosseyed and Painless” by Talking Heads.  The majority of the sounds come from the original song, but I also pulled a few from some other tracks on Remain in Light.  To be honest, I am not all that happy with this piece.  I decided, though, that the best way to make this one better was to move on.  This one is a bit of a “transition,” if you will.

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Enjoy.

This is basically the Kyrie from Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli chopped up, slowed down, and twisted.  I suppose this might qualify as sacrilege for some, but I think it sounds pretty cool, and is just as moving as the original.

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I didn’t really sit down to write a “re-make” or “re-mix,” but that is kind of what ended up coming out.  All the musical “material” I used came from the first six notes of “1/1″ from Music for Airports, everything else you hear are just overtones.

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Esther Jordan, voice
Pat Setzer, lute
Taylor Smith, bass viol

“Come Again” by John Dowland (c. 1562 – 1626).

Recorded live at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon, CA.

This is a remix of one of my favorite tracks on Radiohead’s Kid A.  I limited myself to using samples only from the original, just to make it interesting.  Actually at the very end I slipped in a sample from the string quartet version, but that almost doesn’t count.

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This track came about as part of my application for a job at Cuyamaca College.  I got the job, so I guess that’s all that really matters.

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Mark Howard, harpsichord
Taylor Smith, bass viol

III. Adagio from Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord attributed to George Friderich Handel (1685 – 1759).

Recorded live at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.

Mark Howard, harpsichord

Taylor Smith, bass viol

III. Minuetto from Sonata in A Major by Carl Friedrich Abel (1723 – 1787).

Recorded live at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.

My take on Kid A’s third track.

“The National Anthem” arranged for solo double bass + loop player. Recorded live at Ricks College, 11/04.

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