These are some midi files I recorded in the early 1990's using a Mac Classic, a Kawai K4 synthesizer, and Mark of the Unicorn Performer sequencing software. Kyoto Muse was improvised real time without sequencing software; Clockwork was step-programmed, as you might guess, since it would be impossible to really play at some of the speeds at which the notes are zooming by; and Happy Hunting Ground used both a programmed drum track and real time improvisational playing.
Note: These are all Apple Quicktime files. If you don't have Quicktime, you may download a free player from Apple.
Kyoto Muse
Clockwork
Happy Hunting Ground
Immortals Descend to Earth
Oriental Epic
Mellow Mood
These are performances of short poems in my repertory.
Bright Star! Would I Were Steadfast John Keats
When I Have Fears John Keats
Marriage of True Minds William Shakespeare
My Mistress' Eyes William Shakespeare
Devouring Time William Shakespeare
When in Disgrace with Fortune William Shakespeare
Animals Walt Whitman
I Saw in Louisiana Walt Whitman
Success is Counted Sweetest Emily Dickinson
The Road Not Taken Robert Frost
When I Was One and Twenty A.E. Housman
All Audio © Copyright 1991 by Bob Gonzalez
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