"The ill-starred gentleman who had been the unfortunate cause of the unusual noise and disturbance which alarmed the inhabitants of the Royal Crescent in manner and form already described, after passing a night of great confusion and anxiety, left the roof beneath which his friends still slumbered, bound he knew not whither. The excellent and considerate feelings which prompted Mr. Winkle to take this step can never be too highly appreciated, or too warmly extolled. 'If,' reasoned Mr. Winkle with himself, 'if this Dowler attempts (as I have no doubt he will) to carry into execution his threat of personal violence against myself, it will be incumbent on me to call him out. He has a wife; that wife is attached to, and dependent on him. Heavens! if I should kill him in the blindness of my wrath, what would be my feelings ever afterwards!' This painful consideration operated so powerfully on the feelings of the humane young man as to cause his knees to knock together, and his countenance to exhibit alarming manifestations of inward emotion. Impelled by such reflections, he grasped his carpet-bag, and, creeping stealthily down stairs, shut the detestable street-door with as little noise as possible, and walked off."
Charles Dickens - from "The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club"
Texts
October 7, 2023
Joey Largent and Nat Evans: Music from Dreams
we have been listening to waves and wind for the last many minutes
a
good part of an hour
and a very good part it was too
four stations
piano
table
reed organ
marimba
(us)
ignore the piano dolly
Rialto Beach and reed organ and voice
the tuning is a partition of the
piece
perhaps the primal
arrival events
passing events
ornamental events
clarifying
events
we are in this key
resolving into an aural illusion of consonance
veil between act and actualized result
the reeds cease sounding
we wait at the beach
the bench migrates
all migrate
till the station up front
is station dismantled
and off to the side
marimba has awesome boots
we have come inland
it has been awhile since a transistor radio was an
instrument
out here in concert land
sound brought forth by touch
without force or violence
we are seated in the rattan throne of the world
its reeds rustle as our
weight shifts
not the sound of the sound
but the action of its
making
quiet quack
diminuendo
music without abruption
October 7, 2023
Caprice en forme de Valse in D-flat Major, Op. 2 #9 - Clara Schumann - Susanne Grützmann
just about long enough to be half a piece
Fantasiestück in D-flat Major, Op. 12 #4 "Grillen" - Robert Schumann - Eric Le Sage
a figure bubbles up from below
erupts into the surface melody
Schumannian metrical addlements
patent pended
Mazurka in G Major, Op. 50 #1 - Frédéric Chopin - Garrick Ohlsson
interwoven threads stage a dialog
trading lines and costumes
Turandot, Act II - Ferruccio Busoni - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Gerd Albrecht, René Pape, Linda Plechm Gabriele Schreckenbach, Josef Protschka, Friedrich Molsberger, Celina Lindsley, Robert Wörle, Johannes Werner Prein, Gotthold Schwarz
starts with reworking of Greensleeves on la la la
hard upon which
a darker turn is taken
the tonal landscape is occasionally on solid
ground
fun and games are over
back to work
the vocal
projections flow unimpeded
between sung and spoken
the affects
between silly and serious
flip in the breeze
the
trumpet/oboe melody
over the low-voice dialog
in Scene IV
is
deviously laid out
a plot point
hidden in plain site
finally
falls into the arms of the home key
Ballad from Rosamunde - Charles Ives - Dora Ohrenstein, Phillip Bush
rocking cradle as start and home
Art Song with capital A and capital S
Evonce - Thelonious Monk [from The Complete Blue Note Recordings]
it isn't just that he plays fewer notes than his fellows
but that each
place he puts a sound
somehow
connects the whole
to a prevenient time scene
The Second Time - Sarah Vaughan [from In A Romantic Mood]
she takes the song
and turns it into a vocal performance
just to
the side of show-biz irony
You Are My Sunshine - Ray Charles [from Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music]
no song is safe in Ray's hands
he will embed his take on it deep inside
unforgettably
this one wanders into a gospel church
Take Me To The Water - Nina Simone [from High Priestess of Soul]
slow burn to the righteous water
fantasia coda
as the new born
soul drips from ecstatic drenching
To Know That I Love You - Carole King [from Simple Things]
early light through the kitchen window tempo
time to head out the door
and make this another great day
return to the kitchen
reverie in late light
Frankie - Bruce Springsteen [from Tracks]
why do I want to read Frankie and Johnny's distinctive tune-bit
into the
background of the opening riff
goes on too long at the end
just
pull the plug Bruce
What Shall We Do When We All Go Out? - Mike, Peggy, and Penny Seeger [from American Folk Songs For Children]
performed in authentic approved style
The Vampires - Paul Simon [from Songs from The Capeman]
gang recruitment scenario
beneath a sophisticated cover
Klash und Klang - Greg Sinibaldi [from Frieze of Life]
briefly tight and closely held
a bit of scribble
and we are in a
murkier tempo
back to the opening
complete with scribble
trumpet announces their adventure on the outside
rondeau with
vigorous scribble
sax (alto?)
has been out in the sun
with
another sax (tenor?)
they don't return
Goro-Goro - Jarrad Powell - Jessica Kenney [from Stonehouse Songs]
if the vocal attends to their vowels
and their vowels' shifting shapes
then
so must the strings
and drones
Rear Window - Steve Layton and Improv Friday [from PPP]
highway
down the hill
past the trees
rattling teacups
in uptempo morse
close sounds
and distant sounds
or
sounds of close and distant objects
as we image them in the space
that displays this sound
Wait for You - Star Anna [from Soundtrack]
if one leaves one will regret it
if one refrains from leaving one will
regret that also
resonance blossoming inside the voice as it soars
Four - Sascia Pellegrini [from Ex-C]
pine cone masters
tense at play
a close match
Slippin' and Slidin' (piano and drums demo) - Little Richard [from Here's Little Richard]
loaded with slang
Hello Walls - Willie Nelson [from ...And Then I Wrote]
the walls answer back
so cheerful
(and the window)
(and the
ceiling)
What Child Is This - The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble [from Festival of Carols in Brass]
hymn book 4-part
Home - Bonnie Raitt [from Sweet Forgiveness]
an evening hymn
western piety
home sweet home
Love Words - Ornette Coleman [from Of Human Feelings]
populated with time feels
Fireplace - REM [from Document]
actions have their meanings
nesting
Everyone Says "Hi" - David Bowie [from Heathen]
a simple song
epistle to the no longer there
opens up
Shadow On The Wall - Brandi Carlile [from The Story]
guitar plucking Americana close harmony vocals
7 Months - Red Ribbon [recorded live at The Blue Moon, October 4, 2012]
years is flavored with yars
as is tears with tars
falling off the
standard local pronunciation
quasi-bi-syllabic
Call Her Mercy - Shelby Earl [from The Man Who Made Himself a Name]
let's have a baby
she sang this the last time we saw her live
at
the Triple Door
when she was visibly great with child
Furrowing - Amy Denio [from Chapel Sessions]
we will be this melody
in a room of mirrored pillars
each with
their own song to sing
good thing we have a guide
sounds like a live recording with back-up singers
Girls' Eyes - The Who [from The Who Sell Out]
drinking same tea as The Beatles
goes around several too many times
for not much payoff
eventually the instrumentals decide
enough is enough
Bonus Track - The Young Fresh Fellows [from Refreshments]
a bit of one of their live shticks
or a house party drunken jam
Get Mine Get Yours - Christina Aguilera [from Stripped]
using the parts of her voice
chorus stanza
consists of alternating
waves of personas
echoing across the mix
All of Me - Back Burner [from Simmer On]
the song is a pretext
for engaging in this particular way of making
music
with others
the continuing appeal of the old standards
Song 3 - Andrew James Robison [recorded live at The Blue Moon, October 4, 2012]
trains and buses
strings
to distant locations
Let's Go Away For Awhile - Lures [from There's No Pressure]
for those who prefer a quieter party vibe
Make Believe - Emily Stranger [from Labor of Love]
anticipatory conscious stream
ostentatiously holding back
Silhouette - Bob Dylan [from A Tree With Roots]
scrap
A Song (a Dudele) - Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Itzhak Perlman [from Tradition]
do we do any favors for music
of less than formal provenance
by
putting it in a tux?
Bringin' On the Heartbreak - Mariah Carey [from Charmbracelet]
written to be produced by a producer
with resources
singer
is the face of the brand
such glorious
upscale
heartbreak
for fantasy living
Strip Searching Santa Claus - Capitol Steps [from O Christmas Bush]
Cafe Racer - Ask The Ages [from Ask The Ages]
taking a tune apart
a group endeavor
energy of binding released
into a forest of sound-moment-location regions
sinews stretched
between them
D Line to The Streamline - Dead Bars [from Dream Gig]
play a game of pool
and act like a fool
day in the life
punk
rite
ever renewed cultural commitment
Border Town - Doug Haire [from Western Stoner]
this is a still sound
unconscious of itself within the surroundings
these sounds can't hear each other
they have no ears
nor a
concept of what ears can be
listening
we are now their
ears
inaudible to them
inconceivable
it's up to us now
they are
ours
roaring rail
bowing the line longitudinally
rail song
Bike - Pink Floyd [from The Piper at The Gates of Dawn (digital)]
slap back echo to the left
rather than end your psychedelic concept
album
with puzzlements
open the door
begin to explore
Largo - Handel - [from 100 Greatest Classics]
19th-Century-Orchestra renditions of 18th Century music
is like
music doing a costume drama
(authentic® but better®)
my what
a warm time that was in there
Pretty Green - The Jam [from The Sound of The Jam]
consumer man dancing
repetition can erase words
Delphi Stomp - Head For The Hills [from Robbers Roost]
repetition can survey an experience about to be had
plotting townships
and ranges into the future
through the ongoing now
Song 3 - Beast of the Sky [recorded live at The Sound Effects Café, October 26, 2012]
let's start in adventure tempo
release your inner chimpanzee aggression
time to throw dung at the keepers
Track 5 - Marjorie Palmer [from Make a Joyful Noise]
high-toned
turn-of-century
sacred music
has not aged well
Violin Fragments - Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir [from Strengur]
footsteps on a street
one imagines
chill
gray and damp
the pavements
still wet
and a violin case
but also
the traffic has picked up
bowed string sounds
as
they pass by
invisible doppler machines
without pitch
heavy
waves
sough
in massive gavel blasts
events in the
underground
transpire
along the overground
planes pass
like swells
leaping like locusts
have we finally arrived
what a relief
sit down
take a load off
come along
I'll show you around
Starfish and Coffee - Prince [from Sign O' The Times]
breakfast of schoolyard legends
Jimmy Dean - The Humidiflyers [from Humidiflyers 2002]
it seemed to me
the time when I was at Bard
in the early 80s
that all the guys
wanted to look like James Dean
apparently
the image persisted
In The Silence of the Midnight - Bonnie Loggins, Mary Lomax [from The Art of Field Recording]
ancient voices of mothers
two part harmony singing
and shouting
on the streets of pure gold
Song 3 - Black Plastic Clouds [recorded live at The Sound Effects Café, October 26, 2012]
filling a cultural need
along a different aspirational trajectory
than might be politely accepted
Song 5 - Strange Like Us [recorded live at The Sunset Tavern, April 18, 2017]
voice comes in with the cymbal
stays low
mostly moody
Elegy - Tom Varner [from Sound Vespers]
trumpet and horn
a new sound with percussion
the sound leans away
is pulled back
set it all going
root around in the drawer
you know the one
the going has slowed
the wind blows on
When It Rains - X [from See How We Are]
in a network of songs
with rain
heartbreak
and mercy in
them
herein
a set of lines
to repeat
in permutationally aligned
chord changes
Slim Cheney - Dubious Duo [from Children of Siberia]
lively drumming
character study
Track 4 - The Hunting Club [recorded live at The Sound Effects Café, October 26, 2012]
a loose jointed waltz
with a leaping melodic exuberance
Last Rites - Nat Evans [from Coyoteways]
a still sound
a river perhaps
such as Doug Haire might use
interlain
with quiet sustained tones
to form the light
as
we turn
Limbus 2 - James Falzone [from So Far So Still]
what if
one could move the preparations around
with the same
agility
with which the keys can be pressed
or stack them
the theme at the opening
is like that of the D-minor Symphony
but
upside-down
and uptempo
I have vivid memories of Rubinstein playing this
in his 90s
without moving his fingers or anything
Blessing Song from The 1910 Indian Shaker Church - Johnny Moses [from When The Humans Thought They Were People]
calling for blessing
from the giver of blessings
October 12, 2023
Cosmic Osmo - Tea Cozies [from Bang Up]
wash mix
Track 5 - Sarah Pasillas [recorded live at The Victory Lounge, April 27, 2017]
folks pay a cover to be in a bar with a band playing
but then
they
seem to ignore them
if they're not "the band I want to see"
they
pay a premium for an aural backdrop
Concerto for Violin in A Major, Op. 3 #3 - Maddalena Laura Sirmen - The Seattle Baroque Orchestra
fashions in entertainment
display and intimidation
a kept gate
socially
it assists in the privileging of class distinctions
ignoring that aspect
the clockwork of it is quite sophisticated
and lively
though it breaks no particular ground
rondo subject
composed with returning to it in mind
the
opening figure
is distinctive
and open to playful approach
Rabbit Run - Eminem [from 8 Mile]
resumé and plan
Trevor & Cory - O-Face [from Shrug Life]
bright and weary
green eggs and ham
peanut butter and jam
Meow-Ow-Ow - Mud On My Bra [recorded live at The Sunset Tavern, April 18, 2017]
upspeak adjacent drawl
in some final vowels
Energy (feat. Beam) - Beyoncé [from Renaissance]
play
with quick verbal repetition drumming
Tannhauser Overture (excerpt) - Richard Wagner [from 100 Greatest Classics]
solemn
continuous
teutonic
righteous pomposity
Time Tunnel - Pete Comley [from Lost City Music Volume 2]
pulsars and pulsers
time travel must be quite the involved process
Pizza - Swingset Showdown [from Short Bus Ruckus]
a social predicament in 19 seconds
Song 5 - Sun Dummy [recorded live at The Victory Lunge, April 27, 2017]
a song about an email
about a guy's dog
that was dying
Sleep and Dreams: Durmo - Tom Baker [from Deeply Lodged]
instruments
in a theater of dialog
trumpet
vibraphone
percussion
voice
I Lost My Mind - Ramones [from Halfway to Sanity]
in their early-teenage-years style
self parody
You're The Cream In My Coffee - Glenn Tate [from Some of My Favorite Love Songs]
clever tunesmithing
even without the presumed wordplay
Stories (Instrumental) - Chris Brokaw [from Stories]
heavy
pound the floor
from low to it
convoy on the move
fully equipped
If I Knew The Answer - Alone in Dead Bars [recorded live at The Victory Lunge, April 27, 2017]
a cover
per the announcement
it's gonna be OK
Part VI - Alex Anthony Faide [from Particles of the Infinite]
in a quiet eleven beat cycle
3 + 3 + 5
or
3 + 3 + 2 + 3
Thieving Magpie Overture - Gioachino Rossini [from 100 Greatest Classics]
a ceremonial entrance
and behind the scenes . . . ?
the clown
and ensuing lively brawl
and drunken stagger home
ends all
over the place
greet each light pole
and an adventure
sure
to end in gaiety
Integration - Ice Cube [from The Predator]
voices from the past
Palimpsest - Triptet [from Figure In The Carpet]
discrete episodes
silence is discretion
we breathe
Complain - Chastity Belt [from I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone]
the lines bounce off the downbeat
ironic remove of inner-self-detachment
Bone Popper - Tom Swafford [from Rough Spaces]
a pizzicato clown parade!
what fun!
such heroic determination
such a wide screen
Listful Thinking - Ask The Ages [from Live at The Chapel]
creating an orchestral texture
from ones expression outward
part
of it
is the job to do
keep hold of the edge of that trampoline
you'll get your turn soon enough
a drummer's beat
is an explanation of the meter
and creates
it
we're getting very quiet
very quiet indeed
and now we know everybody
so we'll dance
Gold Statue - Charms [from Human Error]
a power halo around the voice
electronically induced
plugged in
ignition
The Waves and What's Under - Lori Goldston [from High and Low]
drone with a lively bow rhythm
Warsaw Concerto - Richard Addinsel [from 100 Greatest Classics]
a coming attractions edit
how many times can we get away with this?
there's the soulful bit
so sad
and the tune bird of course
so Rachmaninovskian
grieving the lost empire
just the bits
we want to remember
gloire without gore
the sort of thing an actor would compose for themselves
All Too Well - Taylor Swift [from Red]
fantasy montage
planning every magic moment in my life
my
cinematic past
Consumer - Gaytheist [from Let's Jam Again Soon]
rage monster assault
Once - Robin Holcomb [from One Way Or Another]
situation
contemplated
complicated
uncertain
In Session at The Tintinabulary
October 8, 2023
Hebron - Keith Eisenbrey
I continue my project of arranging shape-note tunes of a Sunday morning
October 9,2023
Banned Rehearsal 1085 - Karen Eisenbrey, Keith Eisenbrey, Aaron Keyt, Neal Kosály-Meyer
there we were again
October 10, 2023
Two Part Invention in A-flat Major - Gavin Borchert
Two Part Invention in G Major - Gavin Borchert
Two Part Invention in G Major - Gavin Borchert
that's all 30 of them! Whew!
October 11, 2023
Sinfonia 6 - Keith Eisenbrey
on clavichord
Postscripts
Drops
Keith Eisenbrey 4: 1983-1984
I have started sharing collections of my compositions in albums on Bandcamp. This volume finishes up the music I wrote while I was in New York (state) under the ostensible supervision of the academic world.
Keith Eisenbrey 3: 1982-1983
This set of pieces was written in Red Hook, NY, and Malabar, FL, as I was beginning to think about thinking about music.Keith Eisenbrey 4. 1983-1984 by Keith Eisenbrey
Keith Eisenbrey 2: 1981-1982
These are what occupied my time toward at the end of my undergrad days and in the year before I went east for a while.
Keith Eisenbrey 1: 1979-1981
These are the keyboard works I composed while an undergrad at the UW.
All are free for download.
Skaldmud's Doodle Gallery
listening journal doodles from 2010
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