Gurdonark
A software Sampler, a 10 dollar softstudio, a music notation program and hope. www.disfish.com
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Compassionate Noise Compassionate Noise
When our anger ends, when our hearts break, we are left only with our compassionate noise
The Eerie Prairie Muse The Eerie Prairie Muse
The bluestem grass vanished under the hooves of cows and devilish people, but you can feel its power in the night wind.
Quiet Bottles Quiet Bottles
A water bottle xylophone, the Slicer synthesizer, and a meditative mood
Scientient (Outsider Mix) Scientient (Outsider Mix)
Sometimes you have to have a nose for the truth
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Gurdonark, aided and abetted by his erstwhile producer and instrumentalist Scott_M, makes odd and ambient music.
Gurdonark releases his music at , where his albums "Eerie Exchange Prairie Park", "Collin County" and "Haunting Voices" may be heard.
Gurdonark also likes to remix others' work. He sometimes posts at ccmixter.org, creating ambience from the analog.Band/artist history
2003--release of album, "Vibrating Electric Fields"
2004--release of album "Gurdonark's Unfortunate Awfully Kazoo Christmas"
2005--release of albums "Eerie Exchange Prairie Park" and "Collin County"
2005/2006--release of album "Haunting Voices"
2005--Editor's Pick from www.ccmixter.org for the
remix "A Lake of Stumps and Staubs"
2005--Gurdonark remix "Spiral Wrench of Avarice" appears on www.darkwinter.com album "From a Darkened Pool", and also appears on Live365.com radio.
2005--Gurdonark song "Mind the Gap" from the album "Vibrating Electric Fields" appears on the netradio station Flatfour Radio on the "Odd Music Programme".
2005--Gurdonark remixes and songs appear on a number of internet radio stations and podcasts, including "Blue-eyed Grass" on live365.com's "Aural Visions" program, "The Feeder Guppy Rescue League" and "Bluestem Nights" on Amoeba Goo Radio, www.gooradio.com.
2005-Gurdonark's album "Gurdonark's Unfortunate Awfully Kazoo Christmas" wins Kazooz Nooz ezine award for "Best of the Best--2005". "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" from that album is played on the live365.com radio show "Cracked Christmas".
late 2005 and early 2006--Gurdonark achieves number 2 position in the "top 10" of artists who release their work at Disfish.com.
2005--numerous Gurdonark selections win weekly awards in contests at garageband.com, including
"Most Original" and "Stupidest Song I've Ever Heard!".
2005--Gurdonark collaboration with Verian Thomas, The Thomas Nunnally Ensemble, wins seven weekly Garageband.com "best of" awards, for the song "Rail Trail Outside Sudbury".Have you performed in front of an audience?only in the ether
Your musical influences
Harry Partch, Conlon Nancarrow, Bill Nelson, Jeff Pearce, Jean RitchieWhat equipment do you use?
IXI-software.net sampler Slicer; Doug Rogers' program Musedit, Subsynth, Chaosynth, Wave Goodbye Wav to MIDI conversion software, an autoharp, electric football fields, harmonica,
home-made percussion, hosho shaker, a can-jo, a mountain dulcimer, and a host of analog simple instruments,Anything else?
Gurdonark likes a good game of blitz chess,
a long nature hike, and making musical notation software cry and sing.
Allen, TX
USA
ID
300993
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Comments (16)
They sound like distant church bells on a lazy afternoon. I admire you for taking an exotic instrument (or non-instrument) like this and making it/them do musical things like this.
Comin by to see what's new with ya page. Keep doin what you do. Get back with me. Seriously, we try to keep something in stock for all occasions.
Politico
Thanks for the comments!
Nice songs. Sounds like you are painting emotions with sound. Keep up the good work!
Cool to have a nice review from a great composer. Keep up the good work! And check out my page often
thanks for the note! you're carving a nice niche for yourself on the CCMixter and around the internet. I've been on FICS. stop by sometime....
LDB
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