MOTM

Today, I received in the mail a new CD offered by our very own MOTMer Jeff
Pontius.

I found the CD to have something I don't find in a lot of "modular" music -
variety.  Hence some of it I really liked and some was not exactly my cup of
tea.  The songs with lots of texture and synth layering I found very well
thought out in terms of what sounds go together and in the melodic content.
Those were my favorites.  Certainly, the use of  MOTM is quite obvious. :)

My wife and I both agreed that the first cut "Unknown Spaces" was our
favorite, followed by cut 2, "Storm Front."  She has been into "new age"
music for some time. These two cuts run in that general direction.

In summary, Jeff has produced what I consider to be a fine work.
Larry Hendry

Fine business Larry!  Now if Jeff would be so kind as to allow us 
to support his artistic endevours (i.e.-where shall we send our 
checks, Jeff?) we can all enjoy this new cd!

Congratulations on finishing this album, Jeff!  And perhaps the 
others of the group with cd's available should make their wares 
available to those us who are only recently MOTM'ers.  Perhaps 
there is space for a list of these people and their mailing 
addresses?  

Chub (who when his album is finished will probably promote it ad 
nauseum...)

--- In motm@y..., "J. Larry Hendry" <jlarryh@i...> wrote:
> Today, I received in the mail a new CD offered by our very own 
MOTMer Jeff
> Pontius.
> 
> I found the CD to have something I don't find in a lot of "modular" 
music -
> variety.  Hence some of it I really liked and some was not exactly 
my cup of
> tea.  The songs with lots of texture and synth layering I found very 
well
> thought out in terms of what sounds go together and in the melodic 
content.
> Those were my favorites.  Certainly, the use of  MOTM is quite 
obvious. :)
> 
> My wife and I both agreed that the first cut "Unknown Spaces" was 
our
> favorite, followed by cut 2, "Storm Front."  She has been into "new 
age"

> music for some time. These two cuts run in that general direction.
> 
> In summary, Jeff has produced what I consider to be a fine work.
> Larry Hendry

At 11:56 PM +0000 5/11/2002, osthelder wrote:
>Congratulations on finishing this album, Jeff!  And perhaps the
>others of the group with cd's available should make their wares
>available to those us who are only recently MOTM'ers.  Perhaps
>there is space for a list of these people and their mailing
>addresses?

I have a couple of things that feature a bunch of MOTM, check out the 
"Dark Lit" and "Wabi Dub" cd's at 
http://www.newandimprov.com/music.html. Also, listmember Mike Marsh 
has a wonderful CD of algorithmically compositions that use only 
MOTM, amazingly musical and listenable for such "process" music. And 
of course, there's the amazing work done by Robert Rich. We should 
establish a webpage for music made w/MOTM somewhere.

>
>Chub (who when his album is finished will probably promote it ad
>nauseum...)

Cool!


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On Sat, 11 May 2002, osthelder wrote:

> Fine business Larry!
My thanks to Larry for making his kind comments public.


>  Now if Jeff would be so kind as to allow us 
> to support his artistic endevours (i.e.-where shall we send our 
> checks, Jeff?) we can all enjoy this new cd!
Hopefully, but you can make an evaluation of your own at Ampcast where
there are 6 of the  songs in .mp3 that you can listen to (remember, these
are in .mp3).  Goto http://www.ampcast.com/music/17210/artist.php or
search on "Pontius" or goto electronica -> ambient (not sure where else to
put them - this 'genre' thing drives me nuts).  Don't rely on 'ambient',
make your own evaluation.

If interested, I'm asking for $9/cd which includes shipping in USA/Canada
or elsewhere worldwide (I've been informed that shipping costs to UK or
Germany or similar is not very different than from within North America).
Please send me an e-mail. 

> 
> Congratulations on finishing this album, Jeff!
Thank you.  It has been a goal for several years.

>  And perhaps the 
> others of the group with cd's available should make their wares 
> available to those us who are only recently MOTM'ers.
Several that I know of (and I apologize if I have missed someone) are:
Dave Fulton
Scott Juskiw
Mike Marsh (whose cd I just received today and I'm in the 'middle' of
listening - very nice Mike!)
Robert Rich

I suspect that Paul S. has a complete list.

>  Perhaps 
> there is space for a list of these people and their mailing 
> addresses?  

Interesting idea.  Let's see if Paul S. nibbles, and if not, some friendly
motm websiter.

Thanks again, Jeff

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Trenkel <improv@...>
> I have a couple of things that feature a bunch of MOTM, check out the
> "Dark Lit" and "Wabi Dub" cd's at
http://www.newandimprov.com/music.html.

Thanks for that info dave, I am sure you have told us before, but sometimes
I don;t pay attention.  which one do you recommend for a guy that likes his
music to have melody?

> Also, listmember Mike Marsh has a wonderful CD of
> algorithmically compositions that use only MOTM,
> amazingly musical and listenable for such "process" music.

OK Mike.  I've been living in a cave.  How do I get yours?

> We should establish a webpage for music made w/MOTM somewhere.

I woudl be happy to host a MOTM music links page at wiseguysnth if people
want to start sending me links to their stuff.  Or should the page actually
have some MP3 files?  I have plenty of room thanks to the generosity of
listmember Cary Roberts.

Stooge Larry

My advice to the list: get Dave's stuff, it is *really* good!

Jeff's stuff is amazing, too.  Variety is the spice of life, and his 
CD is varied in style, as Larry has said.  I can't pick a favorite 
just yet, it's still in the player!  Good production values, too.

My CD is available for purchase or trade.  If you'd like a copy, 
send me a private email for a swap of your stuff, or go to PayPal 
and send $13.00 to mmarsh@....  Caveat: this is a CD-R, not 
a pressed CD, so it must be treated with some care.

I'm waiting to receive Scott Juskiw's CD, too, and will report back 
on that one.  Judging from the demos on SynthTech, it's gonna be 
good!

Mike

--- In motm@y..., Dave Trenkel <improv@p...> wrote:
> At 11:56 PM +0000 5/11/2002, osthelder wrote:
> >Congratulations on finishing this album, Jeff!  And perhaps the
> >others of the group with cd's available should make their wares
> >available to those us who are only recently MOTM'ers.  Perhaps
> >there is space for a list of these people and their mailing
> >addresses?
> 
> I have a couple of things that feature a bunch of MOTM, check out 
the 
> "Dark Lit" and "Wabi Dub" cd's at 
> http://www.newandimprov.com/music.html. Also, listmember Mike 
Marsh 
> has a wonderful CD of algorithmically compositions that use only 
> MOTM, amazingly musical and listenable for such "process" music. 
And 
> of course, there's the amazing work done by Robert Rich. We should 
> establish a webpage for music made w/MOTM somewhere.
> 
> >
> >Chub (who when his album is finished will probably promote it ad
> >nauseum...)
> 
> Cool!
> 
> 
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> Dave Trenkel                                New and Improv Music
> http://www.newandimprov.com         improv@p...
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*SHEESH* I hate yahoo. Reply to this privately is you need my email 
address...not the decimated yahoo version.  I gues Yahoo is run by, 
um, yahoos.

Mike

--- In motm@y..., "mmarsh100" <mmarsh@s...> wrote:
> My advice to the list: get Dave's stuff, it is *really* good!
> 
> Jeff's stuff is amazing, too.  Variety is the spice of life, and 
his 
> CD is varied in style, as Larry has said.  I can't pick a favorite 
> just yet, it's still in the player!  Good production values, too.
> 
> My CD is available for purchase or trade.  If you'd like a copy, 
> send me a private email for a swap of your stuff, or go to PayPal 
> and send $13.00 to mmarsh@s...  Caveat: this is a CD-R, not 
> a pressed CD, so it must be treated with some care.
> 
> I'm waiting to receive Scott Juskiw's CD, too, and will report 
back 
> on that one.  Judging from the demos on SynthTech, it's gonna be 
> good!
> 
> Mike
> 
> --- In motm@y..., Dave Trenkel <improv@p...> wrote:
> > At 11:56 PM +0000 5/11/2002, osthelder wrote:
> > >Congratulations on finishing this album, Jeff!  And perhaps the
> > >others of the group with cd's available should make their wares
> > >available to those us who are only recently MOTM'ers.  Perhaps
> > >there is space for a list of these people and their mailing
> > >addresses?
> > 
> > I have a couple of things that feature a bunch of MOTM, check 
out 
> the 
> > "Dark Lit" and "Wabi Dub" cd's at 
> > http://www.newandimprov.com/music.html. Also, listmember Mike 
> Marsh 
> > has a wonderful CD of algorithmically compositions that use only 
> > MOTM, amazingly musical and listenable for such "process" music. 
> And 
> > of course, there's the amazing work done by Robert Rich. We 
should 
> > establish a webpage for music made w/MOTM somewhere.
> > 
> > >
> > >Chub (who when his album is finished will probably promote it ad
> > >nauseum...)
> > 
> > Cool!
> > 
> > 
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> > Dave Trenkel                                New and Improv Music
> > http://www.newandimprov.com         improv@p...
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