You Know My Name
Mood:  cool
Now Playing: Sir Paul McCartney's wonderful new record
OK----
For those of you who question the pronunciation of my moniker (and all of you who think you're pronouncing it right but maybe aren't),
I give you the proper one:

MooT (anyone can pronounce this)
BooXLe (Boo (like a ghost)ks- Lee)

NOT Boox-el, as is the usual mistake.

I just felt that I should clear this up. I'd like for everyone to say it like I do. ;0)

Everything's cool. No worries. I'm not mad at you, honest. :-)

M o o T B o o X L e

PS - Normally I use an accent (windows character map Alt+0233) on the e like this: e
But that doesn't always show up in a lot of fonts.
Little known fact: There were once umlauts (sp?) over all of the O's, but I dropped them after a high school German teacher pronounced it with them and I realised how dumb that sounded.

Tied to a tree and hanging off the edge of a cliff
Mood:  bright
Now Playing: The Who - 905
Topic: Works In Progress
I'm almost finished with the recording phase of my new experimental record. I would feel more of a sense of completion if I had adhered to my usual method of mixing as I complete tracking, but I've left most of it until last this time.
I'm about 90% finished recording, and about 40% finished mixing.
I created a very interesting piece the other night, a freely improvised modular synth-fest which is mostly aleatory/atonal in nature. I was very pleased with the end product. It's now completely finished.
Another thing that I normally do that I haven't done this time is naming the pieces. I sometimes come up with a clever name and a whimsical theme just springs forth from that name. I'm very big on titles. Anyway, this time I wanted the music to come forth on its own, with nothing to really lead it in one direction or another. I'll probably come up with titles last.

**MORE TO COME**

MooT BooXLe

Experiments in the Audio Nebula
Mood:  not sure
Now Playing: The Beatles - Past Masters, vol. 2
Topic: Works In Progress
You know, I'm beginning to rediscover what made me like the Beatles in the first place. Sure, it's the songs, it's the moods, but really, for me, the engineering of those records is what grabs me. When I read The Beatles Recording Sessions I was changed forever in my working habits in the studio. I think of those sessions often when I'm recording.
About recording. My new experimental project is nearing completion. Instead of making this big potpourri/conglomeration type of record, I've really been concentrating on a particular set of parameters.
-No vocals
-as few digital sound sources as possible (only on a couple of tracks)
-All new recordings (no unreleased backlog stuff)
-Trying to use the modular synthesizer as much as possible

There are a couple of things that defy these rules, but I've been fairly consistent so far. Some of the tracks consist of solo synthesizer performances or tape playbacks which are later manipulated with the .com modular and/or the Space Echo.

**STAY TUNED**
MooT

Where it's at now
Mood:  cool
Now Playing: 800MhZ radio chatter
Topic: Building a Synthesizer
Well, I survived Hurricane Wilma completely intact, and I'm here to tell you about it. Actually, there's not that much to tell that I feel like sharing so I'll just talk about my Modular Synthesizer. The cabinet is about 85% full now, and the rest is on the way. I actually bought a second VCA from a guy named Chuck that I know from the Synthesizers.com user forum, so when everything arrives I'll have to put the MIDI interface on the back panel for the time being. I really want to get a Kenton Pro-2000 anyway, so that's not really a big deal. Running out of space in a modular cabinet is a great problem to have. It's an incentive to start building another! :-)

MooT

What's Happening Now
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: John Frusciante - The Will To Death
Topic: Building a Synthesizer
Well, it's been a while since my last post...I guess I'm just destined to be intermittent with this thing. Actually the blog hasn't been working. I'm gonna fix it.

My Synthesizers.com system first consisted of a cabinet, power stuff, and a Q116 Ring Modulator. Then there was the Q106 VCO, which was a birthday present from my friends Kathy and Chris, and then the Q108 Amplifier.

Fast forward. Now it consists of the aforementioned stuff, plus a Q104 MIDI interface and a Q109 Envelope Generator. So yes, I can actally make music with it now. Well, at least I can make chromatically pitched tones...but my Moogerfooger CP-251 does a lot of things that make it more musical. I like to use the LFO to do PWM.
There are so many more modules that are in the mail, or at least in queue to be in the mail...
More to come.

Also, my other new toy is the grand and glorious Roland Space Echo. It goes on every recording now.
Bye...
Matt

This Is
Mood:  not sure
Now Playing: ELP - Pictures at an Exhibition
Topic: Reason for Being
Well, here I am again, living in cyberspace. Or at least hanging out here. It's been a few years since I've done any kind of website stuff, so it may take me a while to get back up to speed. I thought I'd start some sort of blog-type thing first, to sort of ease into it.
So why am I here? Well, I would like to use this website to share insights on my recording/writing/sound experiment endeavors as they happen, as well as offering detailed track notes and/or lyrics to my available albums. I'd also like to share some music that will probably never see album release for one reason or another.
Hopefully I'll be keeping this thing up to date so it doesn't just float out to cyber-sea like my last site did five years ago...sta tuned.
MooT