(terry peake) R.I.P. Kyle Peake

About Me

my sole purpose in life is to make music. at the moment i am taking a break before going to grad school so i can pursue two bands that i have created; they are called junecast and bahamut. these two bands mean the world to me; each one allows me to express very different things about myself, and each one allows me explore very different compositional techniques. for income i teach private lessons, mainly on guitar and piano. in general, music means more than just a lot to me; it is a higher language that expresses things beyond the scope of what our spoken languages can explain. it allows people to connect on a level much deeper than the surface reality on which most dwell. most of my time is spent developing the skills necessary to excel in this language while i fight to survive on the surface that is our world.

My Interests

spectralism, symmetry, one handed drum rolls, the infinity series, circular breathing, inward screams, multiphonics, polyrhythm, metric modulation, post tonal ear training, art composition, quartal harmony, schenkerian analysis, the dorian mode, c sharp.

I'd like to meet:

a seasoned witch to call you from the depths of your disgrace.

Music:

here are some clever bastards: gerard grisey, tristan murail, joshua fineberg, philippe hurel, per norgard, elliot carter, brian ferneyhough, claude debussy, maurice ravel, olivier messiaen, luciano berio, krystof penderecki, gyorgi ligeti, anton webern, frederick chopin, too many to name... and here are some sweet bands: mew, circa survive, the mars volta, the sound of animals fighting, yes, pink floyd, camel, meshuggah, textures, the dillenger escape plan, (junecast, bahamut)!!!, opeth, cave in, the fall of troy...

Movies:

if it isn't some kind of sci-fi/fantasy trilogy/series or slap stick farley/farrell/neilson comedy, i probably haven't seen it (not that i don't want to).

Television:

i enjoy dowloading: lost, heroes, tom goes to the mayor, tim and eric's awesome show great job, the simpsons etc.

Books:

stranger in a strange land, 20,000 leagues under the sea, the strange case of dr. jeckle and mr hyde, moby dick, the chronicles of narnia, the celestine prophecy, the harry potter series, currently in the middle of the count of monte cristo, some books/articles on quantum physics/string theory, and some scholarly articles on various contemporary art music topics.

Heroes:

tristan murail. gerard grisey.