Artist Spotlight: Steven Barsky

Steven BarskyMusic is life. I feel inspired to record the sonic patterns and sounds that are running around inmy head. Sometimes they come fast and furious, I don’t think I’ll get the Logic up andrecording before the ephemeral soundscape spewing from the speakers is gone. It happens sofast sometimes…Here are some examples of those dreams that got captured. Some meander, some bleep andbloop, some have something resembling an actual song structure. Some are part of my Tributeseries of songs that pay homage to and remind you of the original song. Rain Dancing is anexample of that. It is highly evocative of the end of the song Rain Dances on the Camel albumof the same name. Listened to it as a teen, then it bounced around my head for severaldecades. Voila! Tribute! Give both a listen and you’ll see what I mean. Some of these songspay homage to classic Buchla Styles. At least in my view. There’s a bit of Pop style here too,enjoy that.I love my Buchla gear. It takes me to a whole different place than my other synths do. Buchla isdeep. I bought my Music Easel about 5 years ago and it’s only recently that I feel I understanda good part of it. The same with my 248r v2 MARF running v2.5 firmware ;-) At first I used it justlike a sequencer for notes and gates, but with the special ability to change inter-step timing.Over the past year and a half the MARF has taught that it is oh so much more. ArbitraryFunction, indeed!Thanks for the listen,StevenTracks1. Einstein Walks his Cat2. Ropes Course3. That Feeling’s Gone4. Sticks5. Reverse Guitar Thingy6. Sparky’s Charge7. Inner Space8. Supercharged Roadtrip to the North9. Funhouse10. Gunfight at Noon11. We are Siamese if you don’t please12. Everybody, Now We Got It13. So Falls Niagara Falls14. Diamonds at Dusk15. Slowly Now16. FerryRide17. Rain Dancing18. DigiDooDoo19. Afternoon on the Nestucca20. Swing your MARF