First Music Stage

New Original Music by Michael Lowell Teague

About Garage Band: For anyone operating under the assumption that a computer writes this music, let me assure you, the odd loop notwithstanding, all the notes and compositions presented here are mine. As for the loops, I often use percussion loops from the Garage Band library, and just as often modify them with added effects and altered beats. Like many other composers, I write my music with standard musical notation. The only difference is that my score is on a computer screen, and my instruments exist as raw software and not as raw hardware.

About Mp3s: All mp3s on this page are set at 160 kbps, which puts the film sizes somewhere between 4.5 MBs and 10.7 MBs. 160 kbps compression is not perfect by a mile, especially where acoustic instruments display a degree of resonance. This pretty much includes all classical instruments: resonating strings, breathy woodwinds, buzzing brass... You will therefore detect a bit of distortion in the margins on some pieces. These problems are not present on the original uncompressed music.

A goodly number of these "films" are not films at all, and mainly because I write music considerably faster than I am able to animate it. I am also half-convinced animation distracts from the listening experience. (Or so I tell myself since I am too lazy to animate.)

(If film should hang while loading, hit Replay or Reload button to finish loading film.)

BRICOLAGE SUITE (new series in progress)

Turing Machine (2010) High Fidelity Stereo
Algorithms, Asperger's, and Alan Turing. (4 minutes 44 seconds in length)

Serene Potentate (2010) High Fidelity Stereo
Shriners' Secret Handshake. (3 minutes 7 seconds in length)

TURGID CEREALS SUITE

Corn in My Poop (2010) High Fidelity Stereo
Dedicated to nearly indigestible corn, and pilgrims. (2 minutes 20 seconds in length)

Contemporary Trends in Wallpaper Design (2010) High Fidelity Stereo
Several 50's style patterns set to music. We begin with barbiturates and end with amphetamines. (3 minutes 27 seconds in length)

Sleep-in-Late Japanese Girlfriend (2010) High Fidelity Stereo
Won't budge before noon. No Animation. (2 minutes 47 seconds in length)

Fish Magic: A Tribute to Paul Klee (2010) High Fidelity Stereo
The Master of Archetypal Imagination. No Animation. (3 minutes 38 seconds in length)

Godzilla and The Long Arm of Funk (2010) High Fidelity Stereo
The forlorn, otherworldly cry of Godzilla has never been topped in the world of cinema. No Animation. (3 minutes 19 seconds in length)

Resplendent Robot (2010) High Fidelity Stereo
Before the era of CGI, robots were Japanese men in rubber suits. No Animation. (3 minutes 58 seconds in length)

Lite Brite Ponies (2010) High Fidelity Stereo
Perhaps the electric dream of a prepubescent girl. No Animation. (4 minutes 48 seconds in length)

*A musical memorial to my late father can be found at my asperger's site (2/24/10).

EARLY PIECES (WITH ANIMATION)

Aberrant Star (2009) High Fidelity Stereo
Space music with a heartfelt dedication. A Tribute to Kim Walker. (1 minutes 14 seconds in length)

Children's Sex Organs Are Never (2009) High Fidelity Stereo
The provocative title of this piece was lifted from a scene in a TV documentary about pornography, where a set of guidelines for broadcasters was briefly glimpsed: only these words were visible. Beyond this strangeness, this is a little homage to salt-and-pepper shakers and chest x-rays. It is a funky tune with a dance groove. In this latest remix I have added a haunting motif on the organ that weirdly weaves this grab bag of melodies together. (1 minutes 47 seconds in length)

spukhafte Fernwirkung (2009) High Fidelity Stereo
The phrase, in German, I am told, means "spooky at a distance," and was reportedly said by Einstein to describe the voodoo of quantum entangelment. More funk. (2 minutes 10 seconds in length)

Merry Christmas, Clowns! (2009) High Fidelity Stereo
A children's choir, cathedral bells, demented clowns... This is my over-the-top tribute to Christmas music, which falls somewhere between Nino Rota and Danny Elfman. (2 minutes 48 seconds in length)

Loons (2009) High Fidelity Stereo
This is the first piece I wrote in Garage Band, and it uses three loops from the Garage Band library, one of birds and two percussion tracks that have been manipulated. A Tribute to Salvador Dali. (2 minutes 35 seconds in length)

Cowboy Philosopher (2009) High Fidelity Stereo
I seem to have this habit of switching horses in the middle of the stream. This piece being a case in point. This outing has sort of a Esquivel bachelor pad vibe to it. Technically this is the second piece I wrote in Garage Band. (2 minutes 11 seconds in length)

Agnus Dei (2009) High Fidelity Stereo
This piece is inspired by a five-note motif that begins and ends the Agnus Dei from Cherubini’s Requiem in C minor. This motif opens my own Agnus Dei and is repeated throughout the first section in variation. In the remix, I have added a second motif to the first theme, which sneaks in quietly through the strings to marry up with the major key climax that ends the first half of the piece, effectively setting the stage for what comes next. (3 minutes 16 seconds in length)

THE HERNIATED NYMPH SUITE

Meanwhile, In Coach... (2009) High Fidelity Stereo
Evocative of 60's bossa nova. Flying down to Brazil with Astrud. Yes!!! Dedicated to Antonio Carlos Jobim. No Animation. (3 minutes 11 seconds in length)

The Green Shade (2009) High Fidelity Stereo
Music inspired by Absinthe, the Green Fairy. No Animation. (4 minutes 26 seconds in length)

The Blue Bottle Fly (2009) High Fidelity Stereo
Flighty then reflective then flighty again. The title could be from the unknown case files of Sherlock Holmes. No Animation. (5 minutes 57 seconds in length)

Naiads (2009) High Fidelity Stereo
Music inspired by Pre-Raphaelite painter, J. W. Waterhouse, and in particular his Hylas and the Nymphs. A Tribute to J. W. Waterhouse. No Animation. (4 minutes 27 seconds in length)

Whirled Peas (2009) High Fidelity Stereo
Psychedelic pop/rock with frozen vegetables. No Animation. (3 minutes 40 seconds in length)

Infant Kal-El/ Escape Krypton (2009) High Fidelity Stereo
Apart from a childhood fascination with the Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer, Superman is the only real superhero I like. I think it is chiefly because of the religious overtones of his infancy and purpose. The concept of redemption, as I discuss in the notes of my online book, has strong transcendental underpinnings, as does the idea of an Ideal. Incidentally, at the halfway point of the piece a female voice can be heard saying, "Now boarding to leave Krypton." The second occurrence of this voice, played backwards and altered to sound male, faintly appears to be saying, "You will fly for a hundred years." This happens in a lull where an eerie echo anticipates the return of the battling guitar theme that began Escape Krypton. I picked up on this bit of unintended backward masking only on subsequent listening, and only after I had, in a late edit, inserted a small fragment of the Baptist hymn, I'll Fly Away, to flesh out the little march that ends Infant Kal-El. In one final strange note, the introductory text appearing above in white was written at the time of the first version of this piece, before both the reverse voice and the melodic fragment were added. (See my note on coincidence at Aspergersdoorknob.) No Animation. (5 minutes 4 seconds in length)

Pillows and Pillars (2009) High Fidelity Stereo
A tribute to the inscrutable and sublime Parisian painter, Balthus (1908-2001). No Animation. (4 minutes 42 seconds in length)

New Original Music by Michael Lowell Teague About Garage Band: For anyone operating under the assumption that a computer writes this music, let me assure you, the odd loop notwithstanding, all the notes and compositions presented here are mine. As for the loops, I often use percussion loops from the Garage Band library, and just as often modify them with added effects and altered beats. Like many other composers, I write my music with standard musical notation. The only difference is that my score is on a computer screen, and my instruments exist as raw software and not as raw hardware. About Mp3s: All mp3s on this page are set at 160 kbps, which puts the film sizes somewhere between 4.5 MBs and 10.7 MBs. 160 kbps compression is not perfect by a mile, especially where acoustic instruments display a degree of resonance. This pretty much includes all classical instruments: resonating strings, breathy woodwinds, buzzing brass... You will therefore detect a bit of distortion in the margins on some pieces. These problems are not present on the original uncompressed music. A goodly number of these "films" are not films at all, and mainly because I write music considerably faster than I am able to animate it. I am also half-convinced animation distracts from the listening experience. (Or so I tell myself since I am too lazy to animate.) (If film should hang while loading, hit Replay or Reload button to finish loading film.) BRICOLAGE SUITE (new series in progress) Turing Machine (2010) High Fidelity Stereo Algorithms, Asperger's, and Alan Turing. (4 minutes 44 seconds in length) Serene Potentate (2010) High Fidelity Stereo Shriners' Secret Handshake. (3 minutes 7 seconds in length) TURGID CEREALS SUITE Corn in My Poop (2010) High Fidelity Stereo Dedicated to nearly indigestible corn, and pilgrims. (2 minutes 20 seconds in length) Contemporary Trends in Wallpaper Design (2010) High Fidelity Stereo Several 50's style patterns set to music. We begin with barbiturates and end with amphetamines. (3 minutes 27 seconds in length) Sleep-in-Late Japanese Girlfriend (2010) High Fidelity Stereo Won't budge before noon. No Animation. (2 minutes 47 seconds in length) Fish Magic: A Tribute to Paul Klee (2010) High Fidelity Stereo The Master of Archetypal Imagination. No Animation. (3 minutes 38 seconds in length) Godzilla and The Long Arm of Funk (2010) High Fidelity Stereo The forlorn, otherworldly cry of Godzilla has never been topped in the world of cinema. No Animation. (3 minutes 19 seconds in length) Resplendent Robot (2010) High Fidelity Stereo Before the era of CGI, robots were Japanese men in rubber suits. No Animation. (3 minutes 58 seconds in length) Lite Brite Ponies (2010) High Fidelity Stereo Perhaps the electric dream of a prepubescent girl. No Animation. (4 minutes 48 seconds in length) A musical memorial to my late father can be found at my asperger's site (2/24/10). EARLY PIECES (WITH ANIMATION) Aberrant Star* (2009) High Fidelity Stereo Space music with a heartfelt dedication. A Tribute to Kim Walker. (1 minutes 14 seconds in length) Children's Sex Organs Are Never (2009) High Fidelity Stereo The provocative title of this piece was lifted from a scene in a TV documentary about pornography, where a set of guidelines for broadcasters was briefly glimpsed: only these words were visible. Beyond this strangeness, this is a little homage to salt-and-pepper shakers and chest x-rays. It is a funky tune with a dance groove. In this latest remix I have added a haunting motif on the organ that weirdly weaves this grab bag of melodies together. (1 minutes 47 seconds in length) spukhafte Fernwirkung (2009) High Fidelity Stereo The phrase, in German, I am told, means "spooky at a distance," and was reportedly said by Einstein to describe the voodoo of quantum entangelment. More funk. (2 minutes 10 seconds in length) Merry Christmas, Clowns! (2009) High Fidelity Stereo A children's choir, cathedral bells, demented clowns... This is my over-the-top tribute to Christmas music, which falls somewhere between Nino Rota and Danny Elfman. (2 minutes 48 seconds in length) Loons (2009) High Fidelity Stereo This is the first piece I wrote in Garage Band, and it uses three loops from the Garage Band library, one of birds and two percussion tracks that have been manipulated. A Tribute to Salvador Dali. (2 minutes 35 seconds in length) Cowboy Philosopher (2009) High Fidelity Stereo I seem to have this habit of switching horses in the middle of the stream. This piece being a case in point. This outing has sort of a Esquivel bachelor pad vibe to it. Technically this is the second piece I wrote in Garage Band. (2 minutes 11 seconds in length) Agnus Dei (2009) High Fidelity Stereo This piece is inspired by a five-note motif that begins and ends the Agnus Dei from Cherubini’s *Requiem in C minor.* This motif opens my own Agnus Dei and is repeated throughout the first section in variation. In the remix, I have added a second motif to the first theme, which sneaks in quietly through the strings to marry up with the major key climax that ends the first half of the piece, effectively setting the stage for what comes next. (3 minutes 16 seconds in length) THE HERNIATED NYMPH SUITE Meanwhile, In Coach... (2009) High Fidelity Stereo Evocative of 60's bossa nova. Flying down to Brazil with Astrud. Yes!!! Dedicated to Antonio Carlos Jobim. No Animation. (3 minutes 11 seconds in length) The Green Shade (2009) High Fidelity Stereo Music inspired by Absinthe, the Green Fairy. No Animation. (4 minutes 26 seconds in length) The Blue Bottle Fly (2009) High Fidelity Stereo Flighty then reflective then flighty again. The title could be from the unknown case files of Sherlock Holmes. No Animation. (5 minutes 57 seconds in length) Naiads (2009) High Fidelity Stereo Music inspired by Pre-Raphaelite painter, J. W. Waterhouse, and in particular his Hylas and the Nymphs. A Tribute to J. W. Waterhouse. No Animation. (4 minutes 27 seconds in length) Whirled Peas (2009) High Fidelity Stereo Psychedelic pop/rock with frozen vegetables. No Animation. (3 minutes 40 seconds in length) Infant Kal-El/ Escape Krypton (2009) High Fidelity Stereo Apart from a childhood fascination with the Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer, Superman is the only real superhero I like. I think it is chiefly because of the religious overtones of his infancy and purpose. The concept of redemption, as I discuss in the notes of my online book, has strong transcendental underpinnings, as does the idea of an Ideal. Incidentally, at the halfway point of the piece a female voice can be heard saying, "Now boarding to leave Krypton." The second occurrence of this voice, played backwards and altered to sound male, faintly appears to be saying, "You will fly for a hundred years." This happens in a lull where an eerie echo anticipates the return of the battling guitar theme that began Escape Krypton. I picked up on this bit of unintended backward masking only on subsequent listening, and only after I had, in a late edit, inserted a small fragment of the Baptist hymn, I'll Fly Away, to flesh out the little march that ends Infant Kal-El. In one final strange note, the introductory text appearing above in white was written at the time of the first version of this piece, before both the reverse voice and the melodic fragment were added. (See my note on coincidence at Aspergersdoorknob.) No Animation. (5 minutes 4 seconds in length) Pillows and Pillars (2009) High Fidelity Stereo A tribute to the inscrutable and sublime Parisian painter, Balthus (1908-2001). No Animation. (4 minutes 42 seconds in length)
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