SONGS OF GARDEN GUITARS
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cover SoGG 1:
'Small Plot'

SoGG 2:
'Passerines in Rain'

SoGG 3:
'The Thorn Kings'
SoGG 4:
'Lyrica'
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about PMusic:

PMusic or 'Parallel Music' is a compositional method I have been working on since 1994. Influenced both by my involvement in improvised music and an interest in the use of chance as an artistic strategy, PMusic is a computer-based form of indeterminate music that is 'always the same and never the same', each playing giving a unique performance.

The example I use to illustrate the potential is the compact disc: whereas conventional CDs give a reliable, linear musical experience, imagine a CD that gave unpredictable, fresh music every time you played it. PMusic's main compositional challenge is to provide an effective 'musical' experience every time a piece is played. If the compass of a piece is too narrow, the point of the indeterminacy is lost; if it is too wide, then the composition loses a sense of identity and becomes a rather amorphous experience, questioning its function as music.

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