Alt-Classical EP

What is Alt-Classical?

DIY, open instrumentation, alternative venues, mix of amateur and professional performers, music lies somewhere between art music (music meant to be contemplated) and pop music (music meant for mass consumption).

Tracklist:

cheap admiration (2005)

Is loosely based on a harmonic deconstruction of Sonata Ciacona by Johann Pezel (1639-1694) who worked as a musician in Germany and was promoted to town stadtpfeifer (band director) in Leipzig in 1670. Later in his career he applied for and was turned down for the job of Cantor of St. Thomaskirche, a job that J.S. Bach would hold 50 years later.

myinnersatan (2005, revised 2006 )

these are early live versions of my new pieces. myinnersatan started as a cross between counterpoint exercise and a contemplation of the soul crushing emptyness of desk work.

fearless leader (2006, revised spring 2007)

was partially inspired by a quote from the Hungarian composer Gyorgy Ligeti: “ Now there is no taboo; everything is allowed. But one cannot simply go back to tonality, its just not the way. We must find a way of neither going back nor continuing the avant-garde. I am in a prison: one wall is the avant-garde, the other wall is the past, and I cannot escape.

principal of sufficient irritation  (2005)

is three sections of five melodic/ostinato gestures that can be performed in endless variety. in rehearsals a unique roadmap and orchestration is decided upon and explored during the performance.

Credits:

• Paul Bailey, Trombone
• Bruce Gallego, Electric Guitar
• Eric Hendrickson, Keyboards
• Scott McIntosh, Clarinet
• Ryan Nunes, Vibraphone
• Carl Stronach, Bass Guitar

Recorded and Mixed by Paul Bailey and Marlon Luna
Recorded at California State University Fullerton and Swing House Studios Hollywood

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