Archive for December, 2009

This weekend I began the recording of my next project, titled, The Whole. This completely acoustic record was recorded in an old warehouse, without heat, over the course of three days during a Wisconsin winter. While this situation brought on some discomfort, it also helped move things along swiftly, not spending a lot [...]

Roger Nierenberg started a program in the 90s called “The Music Paradigm.” Nierenberg, an ex-orchestra conductor, now speaks to companies about how to better understand the dynamics of an organization and create different and better results. I’m curious how much this system encourages executives to think differently about music, and what it is capable [...]

What’s The Shelf?

At home, I have shelves that display things that I think are interesting. I put them there so that people that visit can see them and a conversation starts.
That’s what I’m doing here. Every so often, a new thing will be placed on The Shelf; a thing that has had an effect [...]

Artist Katie Paterson pressed recordings of glaciers onto ice and played them until they melted.

“The records were played once and now exist as three dvds. The turntables begin playing together, and for the first ten minutes as the needles trace their way around, the sounds from each glacier merge in and out with the sounds [...]

I’ve just added a slew of recordings to the Shop after stumbling upon a few extras yesterday. In some cases, these are single items and once these are gone, they are gone, at least from my possession. Hopefully this will give those interested who’ve been looking for them the chance to own them [...]

Jon Mueller | Kaveh Soofi
Endings
bookbox + CD
U.S. and Canada
$20.00

International
$25.00

LAST FEW COPIES. Endings brings together two different forms that describe an identical path. Neither revel in the final destination, but skirt carefully around the edges just prior to, leaving the ultimate understanding to each reader. Mueller’s writing and Soofi’s illustrations are like brother [...]

The Portable Quartet
Take the Train
CD
U.S. and Canada
$25.00

International
$30.00

LAST FEW COPIES. The Portable Quartet is Jon Mueller (percussion), Chris Rosenau (banjo), Jim Schoenecker (oscillator), and Thomas Wincek (melodica). In early June, 2005, a select group of people were mailed invitations with detailed instructions of the time, date, and which train to board at the [...]

Jon Mueller | Martijn Tellinga
bowl, helicopter
CD
U.S. and Canada
$15.00

International
$20.00

LAST FEW COPIES. Jon Mueller and Martijn Tellinga have started a collaboration to explore the musical dialogue between the instrumentalist and realtime computer-performer. Their mutual interest in the outlining and structuring of improvisation, both in sonic properties and compositional shape, resulted in an ensembled playing [...]