Member Since: 11/20/2005
Band Website: billthompson.org
Influences: initially, my influences include edgar varese, charles ives, carl ruggles, henry cowell, crawford, and carwford seeger. i then discovered the new york school: john cage, earle brown, morton feldman, christian wolff, and david tudor. later i was led to the 'once' composers: alvin lucier, gordon mumma, david behrman, max newhaus. and the minimalists, la monte young, terry riley, steve reich and others. and of course the europeans scelsi, nono, xenakis, radilescu, dumitrescu, pendereski, ligeti, lacheman, haubenstock ramati and others. and finally, jazz and improvisation artists from charlie parker, john coltrane, bill evens, sarah vaughan, to dereck bailey, john zorn, amm, mev, and others. too many to mention...good artists borrow, great artists steal.
Sounds Like: http://billthompson.org/mp3s/finaldraft.mp3
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