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Dreams of Stopped Time (Spring 2004)

Dreams of Stopped Time: A series of works that delve into perception of time and reality in music. This stems from a morbid fascination with death. Click on the track to listen to the mp3.

A Few Days for a Few Seconds (1st take) - Voice and Electronics

Needles Playing the Blues (1st take) - Guitar and Electronics

Cruel World - Brass Sextet

first part and second part

A Few Days for a Few Seconds (alternate take) - Voice and Electronics

Needles Playing the Blues (alternate take) - Voice and Electronics

Think about what happens when you loose blood flow to the brain. Time slows down progressively more the longer the flow is restricted. The result is that in a few brief seconds several days worth of experiences might cross your dying mind. What I am delving into with these works is a question of what would happen if one were to loose all blood flow ceased and one was left to die. Would time slow down even more to a near halt? If so, would the experiences be; everything in life you longed to do, reliving all your mistakes or would it be a second only symbolically related life?