“Life without playing music is inconceivable for me. I live my daydreams in music, I see my life in terms of music. If I were not a physicist I would probably be a musician. Life is like a piano, what you get out of it depends on how you play it.”
— Albert Einstein
“As a life-long musician, I have learned that m
usic is about structure, design and human-sensitive aesthetics.
The feelings music can arouse can underpin other parts of our cognition, our values and sense of reality.
Incorporating art in educational media is not only purposeful - it is required. Humans are clever creatures, indeed. But we are not rational on the whole. Music (and art) sneaks behind the ego to plant new seeds. It serve a critical social function that should never be taken for granted” - Peter Joseph
| SELECT MUSICAL PROJECTS |
Zeitgeist: Requiem for One (2011)
Many are unaware of the fact that “Zeitgeist: The Movie” was actually not a film originally. It was a performance piece that was featured for a 6 night run in 2007, in a small black box theater in New York City. Only one small section was recorded via cell phone of the original event.
Years later, after the creation of the 2 sequels (Zeitgeist: Addendum and Zeitgeist: Moving Forward) I morphed the original music with the newer sound track music into a 30 min work similar to the original 2007 event. This occurred at the Inaugural Zeitgeist Media Festival in 2011.
Zeitgeist: System Bound (2013)
The idea behind this piece relates to how we, as humans living on a finite planet with existing physical and evolutionary laws, are bound by systems. We are system bound and it would seem to make the most sense for us to understand the limits of our existence in such ways. Our species’ survival just might depend on it.
Art-Science Alloys (2014)
"Art - Science: Alloys" at the Zeitgeist Media Festival, 2014. In this talk we profile Iannis Xenakis and discusses the "alloy" of art and science and its relevance in gesture and reality.
J.S. Bach on Marimba, "Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue"(2002)
Long before actvism, my interest was to be a solo classical marimbist and this was my debut album. This work can also be purchased in high fidelity via iTunes
TRACK LIST:
The Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, D Minor,
Ich Hab' mein' Asch' Gott heimgestellt, BMV 351 (Chorale)
Violin Sonata No.1 in G Minor
Vater unser im Himmelreich, BMV 416 (Chorale)
Cello Suite No.3 in C, BMV 1009
Zeitgeist Film Series Soundtrack
This work is available via Itunes