http://www.travisjmorgan.com/blog Reflections of a Creative Intellectual Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:42:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just finished a new track titled, "Daily Transit," which I composed to demonstrate the art of sound (Concrete Music). It is entirely composed of my field recordings with the exception of the organ and drum beat. If there are some sounds you cannot recognize as being "natural," it is ... http://www.travisjmorgan.com/blog/2008/08/16/daily-transit/ http://www.travisjmorgan.com/blog/2008/08/10/dice-cards/ An icy cold piano feud to chill you in the nude, I present to you my latest track, the "Frozen Interlude." Click play to listen to the Frozen Interlude http://www.travisjmorgan.com/blog/2008/08/04/frozen-interlude/ My latest track, "Dirty flowers," are soiled in the earth, echoing todays vibrations, of what a cello is worth. Click play to listen to Dirty Flowers http://www.travisjmorgan.com/blog/2008/08/03/dirty-flowers/ I created the track "Deer Chaser" using the sound of (you guessed it) a deer chaser I recorded in a Japanese garden. A "deer chaser," also known as a "Shishi odoshi," is a bamboo Japanese water fountain with an upright hollow pivoting arm attached to a water source that when ... http://www.travisjmorgan.com/blog/2008/08/02/deer-chaser/ My "Russell's Teapot" design. I hadn't seen any real good-looking, clean, accurate, designs for Russell's Teapot so I created my own. The teapot is zoomed in for you so you can see it, otherwise it would be too small to see as it is supposed to be, it is in ... http://www.travisjmorgan.com/blog/2008/07/29/russells-teapot/ Without further adieu, I present to you my latest track, the "Planetary Chronicles of New York" Click play to listen to the Planetary Chronicles of New York http://www.travisjmorgan.com/blog/2008/07/26/planetary-chronicles-of-new-york/ I present to you, "Flight of the bumblebee" like you have never heard it before. I orchestrated many different real bee sounds to create this symphonic bee journey. Click play to listen to Flight of the bumblebee http://www.travisjmorgan.com/blog/2008/07/20/flight-of-the-bumblebee/ Laws and penalties are in place to condition us to act a certain way, if one doesn't act that certain way anyways because other conditions have determined them not to, then they are determined to face the penalties. Them having to face the penalties is designed to reinforce and strengthen ... http://www.travisjmorgan.com/blog/2008/07/10/determinism-and-law/ Determinism doesn't give a squat about the meaning of something. It simply acknowledges that the motion of events\actions are due to a perpetual cause and effect relationship. Those who think there is free-will on the other hand, they claim they have control and choices, that they are free from causality, and ... http://www.travisjmorgan.com/blog/2008/07/10/whats-the-point-if-we-have-no-control/