This year’s New Works program kicks off on September 9th at the Cincinnati Ballet. Performances will go until the 19th. You can get tickets here: http://www.cballet.org/performances/newworks
For those of you unable to come, the music will be on sale here shortly after the performances. I can’t wait to hear people’s responses – it has been a massive amount of work for me, not to mention Heather, who only got the final version of the music a few weeks ago!
I don’t know if there’s really a demand for it out there, but I’m making available the “stems” for my song Bending Sky. The stems include the original song broken down into its constituent parts; in this case, Drums, Organ, Synth, Vocals, and Violin. You can download the stems and use them however you want – remix the song, use snippets of it for other things, or just to get a better sense of what’s going on in a typical recording of mine. If nothing else, you can discover places where I messed up, like around 0:47 on the vocal track where you can hear a truck driving by outside my window. If the demand is there I could make other songs available down the line.
Open up the zip, extract the 5 stems, and start a new project in whatever audio sequencer you use. Set the BPM to 180, and import all the tracks. Everything should line up perfectly. Now have at it!
Thanks to everyone who bought music after hearing me on Whad’ya Know. I hope all the downloads went smoothly. On that note, if anyone has any bright ideas about a better way to handle digital distribution, I’m all ears. Preferably something that generates a unique link for each person who buys a download, and that can automate replies so that I don’t have to manually reply to each order, which of course causes a delay between buying and downloading. Oh, and preferably one that doesn’t cost anything.
The Vivian Girls – A musical being written by Stacy Sims and composed by me. You can see a brief video introducing the work on our KickStarter page.
The Ballet – For the second year in a row I’ll be producing a piece for the Cincinnati Ballet New Works program, to be choreographed by Heather Britt a performed in September. Here’s a clip of what we did last year.
The Album – Writing and recording my own songs for release. Very excited to share what I have been working on. “Planets” feels like a long time ago.
Come see us perform for the first time in almost a year! We’ve been on hiatus, and who knows when the next show will be, but I guarantee we will be at Baba Budan’s on Friday night, February 12th. Playing all the oldies, plus some of the music I wrote for the Ballet last Fall.
Opening for us will be the mesmerizing and antioxidant-rich Tumeric.
Music should begin around 10pm. All ages, free admission, no reason not to come!
I was lucky enough for Gastón Viñas (http://grapevineindustries.com) to agree to do three short animations for my track “Bending Sky” from Dances For Heather. I’ll post one each day over the next few days. Here’s the first one!
Dances For Heather is the music I created for the Cincinnati Ballet this past summer, and will be available on iTunes beginning December 29th. It’s a continuous fifteen minutes of music spread over three movements: Bending Sky, Cypress Knees, and Cumulus Spires.
Here’s the first two tracks (these may only work if you view this from my site, and not facebook or myspace):
Peter Adams is a musician in Cincinnati. He writes, performs, and produces music by playing every instrument. He also plays live with a band. He is influenced by lo-fi neo-psych folk-punk and hi-fi avant-garde post-minimalist music, and is always on the lookout for a new hyphenated style.
You can order physical products below, and also download high-quality FLAC files if iTunes isn't your thing. I respond to each FLAC order manually, so you may not receive your download link immediately.
CD and vinyl orders come with a complimentary download link for either MP3 or FLAC.
Dances For Heather (2010)
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I was lucky enough to be asked by choreographer Heather Britt to compose a piece for the Cincinnati Ballet in 2009, and Dances For Heather is the result. It features three songs spread over fifteen minutes of continuous music. There’s a short clip of the performance you can see here. The CD option is simply a burned disc in a sleeve.
I Woke With Planets In My Face is my second full-length album. I performed, recorded, and produced every track of every song. It was released in 2008. It’s available on MP3/FLAC, CD, and vinyl.
The vinyl version is spread over two discs and includes the Staircase in the Vines EP of previously unreleased tracks. Ordering the vinyl also gets you an MP3 download of the entire album.
The Spiral Eyes is my first full-length album. I released it right after leaving college in 2005. I’m completely out of stock of CDs and probably won’t be getting any more printed, so the only option is a download.
American Apparel Tees
These are premium quality, soft and comfy American Apparel t-shirts with a logo designed and printed by Chris Simmons. Sizes are available in extra-small, small, medium, large, and extra-large.
From Twitter
The music I've been working on over the last several months will be unveiled next Thursday at the Cincinnati... http://fb.me/AuzZkPZx3 days ago
Take a Shot at Bending Sky -- don’t know if there’s really a demand for it out there, but I’m making available... http://fb.me/tXeYqgnN3 days ago
Take a Shot at Bending Sky Aug 9, 2010
I don’t know if there’s really a demand for it out there, but I’m making... http://fb.me/GqQzbwSx3 days ago
Peter Adams is a musician in Cincinnati. He writes, performs, and produces music by playing every instrument. He also plays live with a band. He is influenced by lo-fi neo-psych folk-punk and hi-fi avant-garde post-minimalist music, and is always on the lookout for a new hyphenated style.
