Every year for the last few years, I have written a poem to mark Tanabata. Here is this year’s installment. I know the old saying goes something like that but won’t we always need the moon— the moon that breaks through the clouds while the stars continue to hide? the moon that illuminates the surface [...]
Author: Kevin J. O'Conner
New sounds: 4th of July (Pts. 1 & 2)
New pieces created from a July 3rd session using Moog Mavis and Soma Pulsar-23 (interconnected via CV inputs/outputs) and the Strymon Deco and Nightsky. Part 1 is more straightforward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp4alvBx8pk whereas Part 2 is constructed from segments created from my explorations as I was recording: https://youtu.be/VVE-KzixhUM (6 July 2022)
Dear Wednesday…
Dear Wednesday, You and Tuesday and your clouds… Love, Kevin (6 July 2022)
Dear Tuesday…
Dear Tuesday, The clouds are a bit iffy, but you do look like the July 5th start of summer that we’ve become accustomed to. Love,Kevin (5 July 2022)
Dear Monday…
Dear Monday, You know, you did have a day off today. Love, Kevin (4 July 2022)
The last few years it always rains on the 3rd of July (a poem)
In Western Washington, we tend to feel that summer weather doesn’t really begin until July 5th. Until then, it tends to be rainy, cool, and sort of gloomy. Like today… I don’t knowwho’s directing this picturebut I think I want my money back I meanthe good guys keep losingthe bad guys never go to jail [...]
Dear Sunday…
Dear Sunday, Back to playing your pre-Fourth of July summer role, I see. Love, Kevin (3 July 2022)
Dear Saturday…
Dear Saturday, And here I thought we’d taken care of that yesterday… Love, Kevin (2 July 2022)
Dear Friday…
Dear Friday, Sorry about that. Still trying to prove I’m not dead. Nice job on the summer thing, though. Love, Kevin (2 July 2022)
New sounds: ART 142 NL
A new collection to commemorate this year’s Netlabel Day, which takes place on 14 July 2022: (2 July 2022)