Tribute Tracks

Tribute recordings made in my home studio. No multi-tracking or bounced tracks. These are live recordings of free form composition sessions. No DAW or computer assistance was used.

These compositions were made in tribute to a specific person.

For Harold: For Harold, W5IFN, SK. Korg Wavestate SE, Korg Wavestate mk I and Korg Modwave mk I. Wed Oct 15, 2023

Movius: This is for John. This is intended to be a slightly somber piece. A requiem track for a High School friend who passed July 25, 2014. Played completely on the Akai MPC Key 61. Sat Jan 27, 2024

Perfidia for Glenn: Remembering the pop-music great, Major Glenn Miller. Korg Wavestate SE, Korg Wavestate mk I , Korg Modwave mk I and Korg Wavestation SR. Wed Jan 3, 2024

Jazz Hour: Remembering Willis Conover and the VOA Jazz Hour. Lead with the Korg Wavestate mkI with the Korg Modwave mk I backing sounds. Mon Jun 26, 2023

Winter Solstice 97 I - Waltz of the Hand Bells: This was composed with the Microsoft Music Producer (1996) & The Korg Wavestation stand alone with no extra effects. Computer MIDI out to the synthesizer recorded directly to a hard drive. Fortunately it was recorded to a .WAV file so all the fidelity/sonic nuances are still present

Dedicated to Scott R. Sommers (1953-2017) “Scott had a great love of music and, for more than 20 years, he worked as a radio DJ at Houston's 90.1 KPFT on the “The Avant-Garde Show”, 10 PM Sunday nights.”

Scott guessed it right that it was a waltz and I never let on to him that a computer composed/played it. Thank you, Scott. Mon Jan 27, 1997, Mon 26 May 2025