After finishing the scores for this last batch of pieces, it didn’t take long until I had only a dim memory of what they were about. I know I had a germ of an idea that was to be captured through…
After finishing the scores for this last batch of pieces, it didn’t take long until I had only a dim memory of what they were about. I know I had a germ of an idea that was to be captured through…
Work is in progress for a new album. I have completed scores that will form the basis for the new work. There’s about 45 min worth of material, and we’re moving toward recording. Most of the folks that have recorded…
On Saturday, April 18, there was an Unthunk album release party for Jumblesque. It was a modest affair: a few musical colleagues, including project contributors, came over to listen to the album. It struck me how unnatural it is for…
Free Music Archive distributes music in mp3 format, which is fine for casual listening. If you’d like higher resolution files, get in touch, and we can provide pieces in other formats, such as Apple Lossless (.m4a)
When Lou Reed sang “Between thought and expression lies a lifetime” the context was Margarita speaking to Tom about kinds of love. The phrase caught my ear because it applies to one of my personal preoccupations. I’ve been thinking about…
When posting these pieces, the last thing I intended was to provide background music. But it seems the FreeMusicArchive.org is a place where video producers go to find music for their projects. I almost didn’t release Perpetuum because it was…
No doubt you’ve heard journalists ask a musician about their musical style, and the musician responds that they ignore or hate stylistic labels. In order to help listeners find items of interest, it is necessary to tag music with a…
Upon release, the music takes its own path. Here’s a few things that have happened with Unthunk music. CIUT’s Investigative Musicologist, Laura Dymock, played Perpetuum on her Aug 12, 2014 program. Laura has a wide-ranging musical perspective, and discovering her…
On July 21, 2014, Happy Puppy Records released The Anechoic Experience. Its available for streaming or downloading on the Happy Puppy site. You can also find it at Free Music Archive.
In advance of a new release by Unthunk, we have created a new website. It includes some information on the previous two singles – Big Boots, released on Sept 10, 2013, and Your Body is a Temple, released May 4,…