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Algorithmic music
In the past few years I’ve become interested in composing in collaboration with my computer, mostly using efficient_rhythms. A few examples of the results are below.
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Animations
Recently I’ve become interested in providing visual animations to accompany my music online. To that extent, I’ve written midani, a Python script for making piano-roll animations. Below, you’ll find examples of the results.
A post that discusses Welcome (to my nutso garden):
Chamber music
I have written lots of chamber music, some which has found its way online thanks to the intervention of my many musically talented friends. I particularly like writing chamber music that outwardly emulates the traditional tonal idiom, but avoids dominant-to-tonic resolutions and makes use of non-diatonic modes.
For string quartet
For Violin and Piano
Cello sonata
Horn trios
Piano piece in E minor
String trios
Brass sextets
Film music
Jazz, etc.
The Youjsh
For many years, my band The Youjsh (pronounced as in “the usual”) played the venues of Montreal, making audiences laugh, and dance, but mostly just ask themselves—“who is this Steve Day guy?”
Malcolm Sailor quartet
Malcolm what's-his-name and his orchestra-or-whatever
Other
Sailor's Silly Songs
Every now and then I like to write a silly song or two and sometimes I even get the idea into my head to post them on the internet.
The F in Fresh
Vocal music
Songs for voice and brass
Harp of the North