Time And Motion

Phew! After three studio sessions, my Moving Target solo percussion piece is finally recorded. It should come to a YouTube near you soon.

I couldn't have done it without the aid of sound maestro Simon "Dr Scardo" Scardanelli and his technical wizardry. We managed to stick to the basics of real drum kit, real percussion instruments and real human voice, but where it was appropriate, we did use effects that you can only get in the studio.

And that included a bit of cutting and pasting – to achieve parts that I could write but found exceedingly difficult to play in one take. Mainly because I deliberately set out to create a mathematical mix of 4/4 with 7/8 and 15/8 and 6/8...

It probably sounds rather grand to say that it was inspired by the music of Steve Reich (as well as Yannis Markopoulos, Public Image Ltd, trance music, Ringo Starr and heavy rock) but it kind of was…

And why Moving Target? Because of the time signature shifts… and also because that's the best way to  survive… keep moving.