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Escape Velocity

About Me

More sounds on:
SoundClick
GarageBand

I use an M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 and the following software:
Arturia Moog Modular V2
Arturia ARP2600
GForce Mtron
Native Instruments Absynth 4
Native Instruments FM 8
Native Instruments Massive
Native Instruments Pro 53
Native Instruments Battery 3

In June 2007 I attended the Stars End 30th anniversary space music festival in Phila, PA. Live EM shows I have seen include Jeffery Koepper, Steve Roach, and Radio Massacre International at The Gatherings music series in St Mary's Church on the Univ of Penn campus. I am learning to play classical piano and am studying Suzuki Book 2, some Bach, and Czerny. My daughter is teaching me piano and my other daughter is learning the bagpipes...isn't that cool!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/2/2007
Band Members: Just a computer and some Virtual Instruments.
Influences: Stars End
WXPN Radio, Philadelphia, PA
Galactic Travels, WDIY Allentown PA
Music with Space, Princeton Univ

Electronic Music:
Gert Emmens - Free System Project - RedShift - Tangerine Dream(early) - Orbital Decay - Ian Boddy - Synth.nl - Jeffery Koepper - Craig Padilla - Alpha Wave Movement - Radio Massacre International - Airsculpture - The Ministry of Inside Things - Nattefrost - Mc Honert - Klaus Schulze - Brendan Pollard - Vangelis - Robert Rich - Rudy Adrian - Ruud Heij - Steve Roach

Rock:
Porcupine Tree - Pink Floyd - Genesis - Yes - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Greatful Dead - Kansas - Pat Metheny - Rush - The Who

Sounds Like: For more songs you can listen to, go to my SOUNDCLICK page.It's a much better player than MySpace anyway and they don't limit you to 6 songs.

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Synth/Pop song

Compressed Wavefronts - An attempt at an early 80's synth/pop song. 
Posted by on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:45:00 GMT

New Classical

Just uploaded some more piano lessons I am currently working on:  Bach Minuet 2 and Czerny No 30, 31 and 32.
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:30:00 GMT

Forgotten Wasteland

Posted a new track called Forgotten Wasteland. Going for a Red Shift-like sound, ominous and dramatic in parts.  Inspired by the game Fallout 3 which I am currently playing.  Like the game it is long,...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:27:00 GMT

Minuet 1

My current piano lesson - Bach's Minuet 1
Posted by on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:37:00 GMT

new space music song

New 2 Part song posted called "On A Clear Night" inspired by a close Moon conjunction on a clear crisp January night.  First part is mello with lots of voices from the mellotron and second part has mo...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:34:00 GMT

The Last Day on Earth

A 2 part song about the last day on the Earth.  Part 1 is mello with some ambient and Part 2 is more sequencer driven.
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:17:00 GMT

New long space music piece

Uploaded a 3 part space music piece.  Theme is about aliens.  Spacey, mello first part, ambient quiet middle, then a fast moving sequencer ending. 
Posted by on Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:56:00 GMT

2 New Space Music Songs

Rainy Afternoon on Europa Part 1 and 2Part 1  - a mello, melancholy piece with sounds of rainPart 2 - more spacey but still mello, a bit of Vangelis influenceAlien Thoughts - a sequencer driven p...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:43:00 GMT

new classical piece

I learned Czerny No 27 this week.
Posted by on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:59:00 GMT

new music

Posted 2 new songs.  Rainy Afternoon on Europa is a long piece starting out as a simple melancholy piano piece then evolving into a mello long space session with lots of pads.Short Story is a sho...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:10:00 GMT