Here are some samples of my work. If you are interested in concert composition/production, check out the SoundCloud posts. If you would like to see scoring to picture or other projects, check out the YouTube and social media posts.
Compositions & Productions
SOUNDCLOUD
Retrospect (2023)
A drum, bass, piano, and flute track with a surprise slowed-down, reverb-drenched ending. Inspired heavily by analog tape FX; featuring a prominent lo-fi flavor.
100% MIDI instruments and digital effects. There are no live instruments in this track.
a work in progress (2023)
Something I'm working on at the moment; not anywhere close to finished but I was too excited not to share!
A unique blend of downtempo electronic and disco/funk.
This is currently an all-MIDI/samples track; no live instruments yet but hopefully soon! I also really want some lyrics/vocals in this.
je ne sais quoi (2022-2023)
A charming little piece which evokes some serious French vibes.
DISCLAIMER: this was originally composed in the notation software Notion 6. The native MIDI instruments in Notion (which is what this recording was made from) are very very bad. I am well aware of this.
Being that this was composed as a written score, I would love to give this to some live instrumentalists so the intention is not to just drop it into Logic and produce it all there.
The score currently calls for piano, flute, violins 1&2, upright bass, drum kit, and muted trumpet (but I think the trumpet part could easily be switched out for an accordion for an equally beautiful effect!)
Not completely finished yet, but too charming to not post!
Anesthesia (2022)
A cool, ambient instrumental piece that I had a ton of fun making!
100% MIDI instruments and digital effects. There are no live instruments in this track.
Requiem (2022)
HEADPHONES HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
A bit of an older piece, but worth showing. This piece was an incredibly large undertaking with over 50 unique tracks of my own voice, used to give the impression of a church choir.
The mix is a bit soupy as this was recorded and mixed in some rather unsavory conditions (cheap microphone, college dorm room, you get the picture). So try to focus on the *creative vision*.
All instruments are MIDI with the exception of the voice.
SOCIAL MEDIA MUSIC
YOUTUBE: FILM SCORES
Rescore of Arrival scene (2021)
This particular work utilizes a lot of atypical instrumentation: everything from hyper-string instruments to reversed, time-stretched found sound samples (including samples of heavy breathing, a music box, a cathedral choir, a crying baby, NASA transmissions, wine glass harmonics, and even a vacuum!) to lush pads and synthesizers. In addition, I faced the challenge of working with the sound given in the clip (including some extremely loud sound effects such as an explosion), and finding a way to make it function as an additional instrument in the piece.
YOUTUBE: ELECTRONICS BUILDS
The Otherworld (2022)
Here is a video demonstration/audio demo of the Otherworld, built for an Electronic Product Design class taken in Fall of 2022. The Otherworld Stereo Effects Unit is a mono mic-in, stereo line-out effects unit system that allows you to alter your sound in truly hypnotic ways. The XLR input encourages users to apply the effects to sound sources that would typically be incompatible with effects units, such as acoustic instruments and the human voice. The independently controllable left and right channels for stereo delay, stereo reverb, and stereo filtering allow for a highly customizable and one-of-a-kind sonic experience with every use. The effects can easily be sent to a pair of stereo speakers for listening, or to an audio interface for recording music!
Synthesthesia (2022)
A final project constructed for Digital Electronics, taken in Spring of 2022. I wanted to create a self-contained digital synthesizer in which the parameters and effects were controlled by an unconventional “color-based” system, so as to encourage a more experimental creative process.
The inspiration for this project was sound-to-color synesthesia, in which two completely unrelated phenomena — the visual appearance of color and the timbral quality of a sound — are mentally correlated. For any other individual, these associations between senses appear completely arbitrary (which they objectively are!), but to each individual with the condition, their associations seem instinctual and second-nature, and often remarkably consistent over time.
This synthesizer allows the user to shape their resulting sound by “color-scanning” an object with a RGB sensor, or by using an RGB color mixer to make a color from scratch.
The Electric Violin (2021)
This is a demonstration video for a violin-style analog synthesizer, built as my final project for Analog Electronics (taken Fall 2021). The demonstration shows the finished breadboard prototype as well as the enclosure that has been built to encase it. There is also a brief audio demo at the end.
***NOTE: This is a prototype circuit; thus, it is extremely delicate and unreliable. In addition, there is definitely a learning curve when it comes to using the bow to play the notes. Especially with this prototypical model, issues like falling out of tune, interruptions due to unstable connections or parts touching, etc. are to be expected, especially with the conductive bow accidentally poking things around. With that in mind, please excuse the questionable intonation, occasional interference, and amateurish playing in the video/accompanying audio.