PRESS KIT A Concise History of the Motor Totemist Guild My latest interview (September 2000) What the critics said about my music MUSICAL SCORES View "Narcotic Lollipop" (54 pages) View "Yamatonadeshiko" (16 pages) VIDEO |
AUDIO The U Totem performances are 100% live in concert. The group featured Emily Hay (voice & flute), Sanjay Kumar (keyboards), Eric Johnson-Tamai (bassoon), David Kerman (drums) and I'm playing bass. Let's open with the setting of a verse by D Kerman. "Imperfections" was the starting point for U Totem, though originally it appeared on an album by 5uu's. "One Nail Draws Another" was first released on the Listen to "Imperfections" by U Totem (3:52) Listen to "One Nail Draws Another" by U Totem (14:49) Then, here are some recent compositional sketches from the next MTG album, City of Angles. The first one features some serial and combinatorial shenanigans and the next is an example of polyrhythmic cut-outs, or form by erasure. Listen to "A Famous Recluse" by James Grigsby (1:17) Listen to "Bluebird Scans" by James Grigsby (4:11) |
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COMING SOON A musical collaboration between Rod Poole and James Grigsby, originally recorded between 2001 and 2003, to be released for the first time. Watch this space for more details. ROD POOLE - a unique musician, teacher, and dear friend was senselessly murdered on May 13th 2007. Here is my EULOGY FOR RODERICK POOLE. A tribute for Rod was also held on June 3rd - see Pictures from the Tribute. Check out his DISCOGRAPHY and let me know if I've missed anything. And here's Rod discussing and playing his music in May 2002: |