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Travis Alford

About Me

Travis is a Composer/ Performer currently hailing from Boston. MA, where he is pursuing a Masters degree in Composition at the New England Conservatory. He writes original compositions and improvisation pieces. He also plays the trumpet (mostly he makes noise). Travis thanks you for your time, and hopes that, while reading, you have enjoyed at least a half of one of his compositions, perhaps even wanting to remain for the second half. You could even read this again and proof for errors to help pass the time. Or check your email in a new window. Or google something. Or ponder, and perhaps lament, the fact that the word "google" is now part of our vocabulary (so is "dotcom").

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 07/08/2005
Band Website: http://www.travisalford.com
Band Members: Travis Alford
Influences: Eric Chasalow, David Rakowski, Lee Hyla, Ed Jacobs, Mark Richardson, Britt Theurer, All the members of The Forge, Tanya Kalmanovitch, Helmut Lachenmann, Charles Ives, John Cage, Igor Stravinsky, Gyorgy Ligeti, Beethoven, J. S. Bach, Anthony Plog, Arnold Schoenberg, Elliott Carter, Morton Feldman, Miles Davis, Brian McWhorter, Jon Nelson, Michael Lowenstern, Meridian Arts Ensemble, Pink Baby Monster, Phil Smith, Dave Douglas, Elliot Sharp, John Zorn, System of a Down, David Crowder, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Beatles, The Eagles, Green Day, Ben Folds, Bob Clyde, Dave Turner, Kurt Vonnegut, C.S. Lewis, Douglas Adams, Don Miller, Anne Lamott, Tony Campolo, Anthony Hopkins, Pablo Picasso, Caravaggio, Vincent Van Gogh, Marcel Duchamp, Mark Rothko, Kandinsky, Gandhi, Jesus Christ, anyone who plays, writes, paints, acts, dances, believes, or does whatever they do with passion
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Who says being a composer doesnt pay?

Well, I do, usually...But that was before yesterday, when I received a receipt from BMI stating the amount of ROYALTIES I was to be paid for the last 6 months, meaning someone, somewhere, played my mu...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:21:00 GMT

New website!!! www.travisalford.com

A week or so ago, I realized that my website was crap. I actually already knew this, but I just now "realized" it, you know? I then realized that, knowing nothing of HTML, it was going to cost me a ...
Posted by on Thu, 10 May 2007 05:43:00 GMT

Paradigm...Lost?

Paradigms have long been a part of the compositional process. Many composers find inspiration and satisfaction in using some aspect of their subject matter to guide their construction of musical form...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:38:00 GMT

I've never been so ashamed to be Baptist

This is just sad. I don't need to say anything else about it right now, because I will regret it later, and I do not want to commit any act of anger or hatred against any of my fellow Baptists, no ma...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:36:00 GMT

Go see this movie...

OK, so I know there's nothing in life that says you HAVE to see a movie in order to really feel as though you have lived, but if there WAS a rule like that, it would apply to "Little Miss Sunshine". ...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:20:00 GMT

Meridian Seminar

Just completed the Meridian Arts Seminar @ East Carolina University. Only way to describe it is Freaking Unbelievable. Those guys are amazing, and the week was fantastic (man, any more adjectives?)....
Posted by on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:05:00 GMT

First blog...

Everyone should come out Thursday night to the RA Fountain general store (in Fountain, NC) to see The Revolaters (Bob Clyde, Dave Turner, Mike Hamer, Jim Watson, among others)!! One time band togethe...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:00:00 GMT