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BENJAMIN K. SHISLER
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Welcome to my "Virtual Album." These midi files represent my very first midi musical explorations and, as such, they may sound awkward, off-rhythm, and otherwise cacophonous. My influences range from Bach to early Pink Floyd, but note that my purpose is not necessarily to sound like "real" music. I find composing and improvising pleasurable and therapeutic, and I share this "Virtual Album" because
  1. I want to demonstrate the web's potential to revolutionize the distribution of music.
  2. I find some of the tracks nostalgic-- that is they trigger memories within me of when I first created them.
  3. Who knows? Somebody else might find some of these tracks interesting too.
The tracks are arranged in approximately chronological order and thus show a certain evolution-- or perhaps a refinement of the "real me." My eventual goal is to someday unite the spontaneity of the improvisations with the order of the compositions. The named tracks are probably the most interesting.

Virtual Side 1

Virtual Side 2