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Acoustic & Digital Differences 1

DanLisMusic Posted on May 3, 2019April 30, 2019

Some have said that the difference between listening to digital and acoustic instruments is the same as the difference between the taste of water and wine.

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ALMANACS – “Phantoms in our neighborhood”

DanLisMusic Posted on October 26, 2018October 21, 2018

“Phantoms in our neighborhood” by ALMANACS is a scintillating cascade of high harmonics, underlying noise, and string textures that evolves and warps over time.

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Forlorn Elm – “The Crucible”

DanLisMusic Posted on October 6, 2018October 4, 2018

Forlorn Elm’s “The Crucible” is a very alive, rhythmic jazz-rock-fusion tune that not only shakes one up rhythmically, but really sings.

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New Video – "Meditations on a Puzzle"

DanLisMusic Posted on August 8, 2018September 29, 2018

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Recording, mixing, mastering, and more

DanLisMusic Posted on January 7, 2018January 19, 2019

Here is a look at some tools I am currently using as part of my “audio toolbox”, and some tools I am looking at myself.

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Chad Powers – A Blade Within

DanLisMusic Posted on August 5, 2017

Chad Powers’s work “A Blade Within” has simple program notes: “A Blade Within is constructed with raw, as well as manipulated sound sources. Before the work was composed electronically I notated it on paper. In a meta fashion, I used the recorded pencil and paper sound files to act as a catalyst to drive the […]

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Brianna Drevlow – David’s Run

DanLisMusic Posted on July 30, 2017

Brianna Drevlow’s piece “David’s Run” is a soundscape-turned-nightmare, depicting a recurring dream she has: “Named after the Operation Lifesaver film I watched as a young child about train safety, “David’s Run” depicts a recurring nightmare I experience where I am being hit by a slow moving train, but I wake up before impact. This piece […]