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To create the Lifehouse-Method music portraiture system for Pete Townshend, I cranked up astronomically huge numbers of different available melodic streams. These were generated by my discovery Harmonic Mathematics, programmed for the project by wizard programmer Dave Snowdon. These giant … Continue reading →

These 3 pieces evolved from many earlier compositions. I had been fascinated for some time with combining very slow tempo, and long loops, which change gradually in a highly ordered and very deliberate way. This gives rise to a paradoxically … Continue reading →

I met Dave Snowdon in 1993 at a computer show at Wembley. From the first conversations with him I realised that he was a good programmer – he had already adapted a music sequencer program for the Atari computer – … Continue reading →

Always a forerunner in forging new paths for music, Pete Townshend was one of the first rock musicians to utilise the sequencer and the synthesiser, as pre-recorded sequences, most famously in Baba O’Riley, Won’t Get Fooled Again and Sister Disco. … Continue reading →

There were four stages in the production of my album when Pete wanted an improvement in quality that involved a certain amount of reconfiguring. I had created all the music in my home using my iMac with one synthesiser and Pete … Continue reading →

Working with Pete has been a very unique and special experience for me. Pete is a lot of exotic adjectives. Very imaginative, intense, encouraging, enthusiastic, exciting, and insistent on high quality of work and sound recording. Its uplifting to hear … Continue reading →