Steve McDonald

I hold a B.A in music from UC Santa Cruz. While there I studied classical guitar, composition, electronic music, orchestration and Latin American music. Gamelan has been an addiction of mine for the past ten years. It has taken me to Bali and has resulted in ongoing experiments with electronic processing as well as traditional performance practices with a number of groups.
I co-wrote and recorded "Hopelessly Uncommon Truth" (the first song above) with the group: Foam-X. I am playing the guitar tracks and backing vocal. 4 track tape!
"Chillits Excerpt" is a live track taken from a weekend-long camping/music festival called "Chillits" held in Willits California. The song is an exerpt from the original performance which consists of over an hour of continuous music. The group performing is Gamelan Anak Swarasanti . I am providing the electronic treatments.
"Black Hole 1" is a newer piece for synth and guitar.
"Korg" is a short synth piece named after the instrument it was played on.
Current projects include:

Performing and recording with the loungy rock act Vermouth . ( MySpace.com/VermouthLounge )
Performing with the gamelan groups:
Silih Ganti ( MySpace.com/SilihGanti )- a quartet, and
Burat Wangi -a full gamelan gong orchestra with dancers.
Performing and recording with Marc Cogman
Composing and recording in my laboratory.

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