Comments on: Seeing is Believing

By: Michael Mranti

Michael Mranti — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:43:21 +0000

I understand Terry Silverman is considering playing this. I can’t wait to hear his take. I really enjoy this piece.

By: Thomas Feng

Thomas Feng — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:26:57 +0000

Great piece! I thought the whole notion of incorporating “educational” music was really ingenious. Keep up the good work. :]

– T

By: jkndrkn

jkndrkn — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:05:08 +0000

I am very excited to have discovered this online body of work. I enjoy your use of 20th century harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic ideas in the context of crafting moody, sensitive, and dynamic works.

Am looking forward to your next CD release.

Oh, and kudos to the web designer!

By: dan

dan — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:44:38 +0000

There is a certain freedom and joyous, physical movement in this work that propels one forward.

You’ve really hit the mark with this one! Beautifully yearning, aching, and oddly detached.

By: karl

karl — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:19:59 +0000

Very nice! I just listened to it twice in a row (and I’m an unrepentant modernist).

Rather than ‘bland’, I found the mix of elements/techniques far more interesting than a lot of minimal/post-minimal music.

Thank you for posting this and I wish you continued success.

By: Jesse Rundle

Jesse Rundle — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:07:39 +0000

It needs more unity.

There are some very nice sections but they don’t always come together as a whole. By the end of the piece I have forgotten many sections, or when a new section arrives I cannot recall the previous section.

I like the way you use percussion and the orchestration is often effective, though there are a few points that seem to have random appendages.

By: EdV

EdV — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:09:24 +0000

Nice!

By: Sarah Downes

Sarah Downes — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:43:41 +0000

Kinda banal. Are you afraid of dissonance, dude?

Nico responds: ouch! Not afraid of it, just figuring out my way through. Sorry to have bored you.

By: Art Leonard

Art Leonard — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:24:18 +0000

I am also very impressed with this violin concerto. Are there any possibilities to release the recording commercially?

By: Dr. Tim Mooney

Dr. Tim Mooney — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:34:56 +0000

I just finished reading the article about you in the New Yorker Magazine and thought I would check out the website. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to “Seeing Is Believing”. Bravo to you and to your muse! As a jaded 30+ year high school music teacher and cello teacher, I admired the clarity and spirit of this composition, along with the expert use of the ensemble. I look forward to hearing more of your music. Thanks again for a wonderful listening and emotional experience.