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Eitas

Taylor — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:47:46 +0000

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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Crosseyed and Remixed

Taylor — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:58:27 +0000

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.

Council of Trent

Taylor — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:27:00 +0000

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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1/1.1

Taylor — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:02:29 +0000

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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Come Again

Taylor — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:54:00 +0000

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.

Idioteque 2.0

Taylor — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:38:49 +0000

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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Cuyamaca

Taylor — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:48:26 +0000

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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III. Adagio from Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord

Taylor — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 00:01:52 +0000

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.

III. Minuetto from Sonata in A Major, WKO 141 (1771)

Taylor — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:59:57 +0000

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.

The National Anthem

Taylor — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:14:26 +0000

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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