About the Music
Hi there, and welcome to the place of alchemy...
The place where ideas expressed as sound, combine to form an image.
This is the basis of our world -the substance of each composition presented here today.
Thank you for your continued support-
It is your contribution that enables me to bring these works to fruition without considering labels, dead-lines, or profits.
This guarantees each piece will be a unique cymatic "painting" - a vision made real, the substance of a living dream.
Enjoy.
-Adam.
From Then to Now...
The Transition from "Grey Garden" to "The Infinite Echo"
Grey Garden-
It was December 24th of 2004
- I had just been equipped with a Yamaha DX-7, and a Boss BR-864 with a built-in microphone.
Lacking any formal training, the sole ability to write lyrics and sing served as the basis for the construction of each piece.
I pushed forward blindly, guided by the inspiration drawn from the Post-Punk, Ambient and Dark-Wave bands played on 92.7 WLIR throughout my childhood.
Production techniques were innovated to compensate for a gross lack of skill and equipment constraints.
Similar to the Rap genre, beds of sound were created to provide support for the stories that had waited 23 years to break through the surface.
...It was a dark period in my life that came across in 10 volumes released under the name, "Grey Garden".
The Infinite Echo-
As perspective shifted, new opportunities arose. My first son was born, I'd thoroughly cleansed by body using natural methods, and there was no longer such a heavy burden to expel.
Looking forward and creating images through sound that reflected growth, progress, and the magic of the natural world that dwarfs all our temporal concerns became the prime directive.
In addition, the decision was made to attempt the above solely through instrumentation and sound design, leaving behind the only strengths I felt I had -the written word and my voice.
That began the musical transition that brings us here, 13 years later.
I still have little to no technical idea of what I'm doing musically, but am somehow getting better at doing it.
Though I have become modestly more proficient when it comes to playing different instruments, the wild production techniques and heavy use of effects processing developed and refined through the early period have remained, and are still very much a part of this music.
The question, "Are you a musician?" is still a very tough one for me to answer, and I'd rather not.
(Especially with guys like Midge Ure, Mark Burgess, Wes Montgomery, Ted Green, Pat Metheny, and J.S. Bach being able to answer swiftly -and without reservation..., "Yes, I am". )
At this point, it doesn't matter-
-If you find a connection with what you hear and experience on these pages, we've found each other.
That's the magic of this work-
-A stream of wonder in this brilliant life, of which I am grateful to be just a single drop.