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ALCUNE CARATTERISTICHE DI LMSO p.3 - Knead and Fold Read More...

Tecnologia e Sistemi di Accordatura p.11

18 March 2012 Filed in: Personal | Tuning Theory

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ALCUNE CARATTERISTICHE DI LMSO p.2 - Interactive Quantize Read More...

Tecnologia e Sistemi di Accordatura p.10

18 March 2012 Filed in: Personal | Tuning Theory

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ALCUNE CARATTERISTICHE DI LMSO p.1 - Waffle Iron Appliance Read More...

Tecnologia e Sistemi di Accordatura p.9

18 March 2012 Filed in: Personal | Tuning Theory

TECNOLOGIA E SISTEMI DI ACCORDATURA: Risorse hardware, software e online per la musica microtonale
LMSO e X.J.Scott Read More...

Tecnologia e Sistemi di Accordatura p.8

16 March 2012 Filed in: Personal | Tuning Theory

TECNOLOGIA E SISTEMI DI ACCORDATURA: Risorse hardware, software e online per la musica microtonale
IL PROBLEMA DELL’ACCORDATURA - UN ESPERIMENTO Read More...

Tecnologia e Sistemi di Accordatura p.7

14 March 2012 Filed in: Personal | Tuning Theory

TECNOLOGIA E SISTEMI DI ACCORDATURA: Risorse hardware, software e online per la musica microtonale
12tET etc. Read More...

Tecnologia e Sistemi di Accordatura p.6

14 March 2012 Filed in: Personal | Tuning Theory

TECNOLOGIA E SISTEMI DI ACCORDATURA: Risorse hardware, software e online per la musica microtonale
UNA BREVE STORIA DEI SISTEMI DI ACCORDATURA p.4 - Considerazioni finali Read More...

Tecnologia e Sistemi di Accordatura p.5

13 March 2012 Filed in: Personal | Tuning Theory

TECNOLOGIA E SISTEMI DI ACCORDATURA: Risorse hardware, software e online per la musica microtonale
UNA BREVE STORIA DEI SISTEMI DI ACCORDATURA p.3 - Esploratori microtonali del XIX e XX secolo Read More...

Tecnologia e Sistemi di Accordatura p.4

12 March 2012 Filed in: Personal | Tuning Theory

TECNOLOGIA E SISTEMI DI ACCORDATURA: Risorse hardware, software e online per la musica microtonale
UNA BREVE STORIA DEI SISTEMI DI ACCORDATURA p.2 - Dal medioevo al XVIII secolo Read More...

Tecnologia e Sistemi di Accordatura p.3

09 March 2012 Filed in: Personal | Tuning Theory

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UNA BREVE STORIA DEI SISTEMI DI ACCORDATURA p.1 - Antichità Read More...

Tecnologia e Sistemi di Accordatura p.2

07 March 2012 Filed in: Personal | Tuning Theory

TECNOLOGIA E SISTEMI DI ACCORDATURA: Risorse hardware, software e online per la musica microtonale
CONSIDERAZIONI PRELIMINARI Read More...

Tecnologia e Sistemi di Accordatura p.1

05 March 2012 Filed in: Personal | Tuning Theory

TECNOLOGIA E SISTEMI DI ACCORDATURA: Risorse hardware, software e online per la musica microtonale
INTRODUZIONE Read More...

Tecnologia e Sistemi di Accordatura

03 March 2012 Filed in: Personal | Tuning Theory

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Alpha seems to be the hardest world

01 March 2012 Filed in: Music | Video

Another vocal experiment with Melodyne Read More...

Alpha Choir

01 February 2012 Filed in: Music | Video

A short “a cappella” composition for four voices at a moderate tempo tuned to a dodecatonic mode of Carlos Alpha. Read More...

Alpha El Din

15 January 2012 Filed in: Music

This song is the natural evolution of my experiments with Melodyne Editor 2.0. Read More...

Melodyning

02 January 2012 Filed in: Music | Video

A few experiments done while learning Melodyne 2 by Celemony. Read More...

Gadudyne

18 December 2011 Filed in: Music

This is an experiment following the upgrade to version 2 of Celemony Melodyne. Read More...

Adagio KV540 - 55ED2

14 December 2011 Filed in: Music

I used to play this piece, when I considered myself a pianist... Read More...

DisMLosphere

01 December 2011 Filed in: Music | Video

This video shows an experiment using my Opal Chameleon sending MIDI data, through Disarray, to M and, from there, to Spectrasonics Omnisphere, through Logic Pro. Read More...

In ricordo di Mauro Crocetti

18 November 2011 Filed in: Personal

Mauro fu il mio migliore amico ai tempi del liceo, poi, come spesso accade, le nostre strade si separarono e ci perdemmo di vista.
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Cubana Al Cubana Pha

03 November 2011 Filed in: Music

This piece is a study in the use of different user interfaces. Read More...

Transnotating Carlos Alpha 2

08 October 2011 Filed in: Alternate controllers | Tuning Theory

This is a follow-up to my previous articles AlphaTherem Waltz and Transnotating Carlos Alpha. Read More...

AlphaTherem Waltz

07 October 2011 Filed in: Music | Tuning Theory

This lyrical piece is the second one featuring Carlos Alpha tuning system played with my Opal Chameleon. Read More...

Alpha Dulcimer

01 October 2011 Filed in: Music

This is my first piece composed using Carlos Alpha with my Chameleon Read More...

Transnotating Carlos Alpha

26 September 2011 Filed in: Alternate controllers | Tuning Theory

Third episode of the transnotating saga Read More...

Alpha Compressed Octave

24 September 2011 Filed in: Alternate controllers | Tuning Theory

A further development of my previous posts (Alpha15 note layout and Alpha15 update) was the creation of a fifteen note version of Carlos Alpha. Read More...

Spectral Mappings for CARLOS BETA

19 September 2011 Filed in: Tuning Theory

This article is a follow-up to my article Spectral Mappings for CARLOS GAMMA. Read More...

Alpha15 update

19 September 2011 Filed in: Alternate controllers | Tuning Theory

Contrariwise to what I had stated in my previous article, I ended up choosing another note layout to play Carlos Alpha and 15ED2 tuning systems with my Chameleon. Read More...

Alpha15 note layout

11 September 2011 Filed in: Alternate controllers | Tuning Theory

A note layout for my Opal Chameleon suitable for both Carlos Alpha and 15ED2 Read More...

Austrian Fantasy

05 September 2011 Filed in: Music | Video

This movie was filmed in and around Salzburg during a recent vacation me and my family spent in Austria. Read More...

23 Laments

02 August 2011 Filed in: Music | Tuning Theory

This is a follow-up to my previous piece Desert Winds Read More...

Desert Winds in 23EDO

23 July 2011 Filed in: Music | Tuning Theory

This is an improvisation I recorded in a single take playing an Omnisphere’s sound. Read More...

Spectra Trio

11 July 2011 Filed in: Music

These 3 pieces are studies I recorded while learning how to interact with the Spectrasonics trio of softsynths Read More...

Possible Worlds

10 July 2011 Filed in: Music

I am very pleased and honored to be part of this xenharmonic compilation released by Spectropol Records Read More...

UGDoLA

19 June 2011 Filed in: Music | Video | Alternate controllers

This song is the Carlos Beta version of Un Giorno Dopo L’Altro (1966) by Luigi Tenco Read More...

Angela B.

01 June 2011 Filed in: Music

Angela is a song originally written by Italian songwriter Luigi Tenco in 1966. Read More...

Peter Davies and my Chameleon

12 May 2011 Filed in: Video | Personal

This is the collection of videos filmed by Peter Davies playing my Opal Chameleon before it was shipped to me and/or when I sent it back to him for repairs. Read More...

tiBETAn Dreams

08 May 2011 Filed in: Music

A virtual ethnic piece played in Carlos Beta PIANO1 mode. Read More...

Modes of Beta

08 May 2011 Filed in: Tuning Theory

Every once in a while I wonder about how to use my Halberstadt keyboard for xenharmonic music. Now it’s the time to adapt Carlos Beta to it. Read More...

Beta Easter(n)

23 April 2011 Filed in: Music | Video

This is the first video recording of myself playing in Carlos Beta. Read More...

Retuning Reason 5 with LMSO

14 April 2011 Filed in: Music | Video

Reason is not a microtonal-friendly application so you have to force it into it and LMSO does it beautifully. Read More...

Tribalism #2

02 April 2011 Filed in: Music

This is a follow-up to Tribalism #1 because part of the material used this time had been recorded for the previous song and then split off. Read More...

Five years ago I got LMSO!

24 March 2011 Filed in: Music | Personal

I received the installation CD from X.J.Scott at the end of March 2006... Read More...

Tribalism #1

13 March 2011 Filed in: Music

Virtual tribal music for the XXI° century! Read More...

Over The Beta Rainbow

01 March 2011 Filed in: Music

“Over The Rainbow” after receiving a “Beta treatment” Read More...

Yasser, Fibonacci and Carlos

25 February 2011 Filed in: Tuning Theory

A follow-up to my previous article: 19edo vs. Carlos Beta Read More...

Gammatar

06 February 2011 Filed in: Music

The definitive collection of my Carlos Gamma guitar songs! Read More...

19edo vs. Carlos Beta

18 January 2011 Filed in: Tuning Theory

My recent decision of adopting Carlos Beta as a tuning system to investigate prompted some considerations. Read More...

Lonely Beta Woman

02 January 2011 Filed in: Music

A Carlos Beta version of “Lonely Woman” by Ornette Coleman Read More...

The Dawn Of Beta

01 January 2011 Filed in: Music | Alternate controllers | Tuning Theory

Creating a set-up to play Carlos Beta Read More...

Jingle Gamma Bells

20 December 2010 Filed in: Music | Alternate controllers | Video

A Christmas classic tuned to Carlos Gamma Read More...

Gamma major scales, a major labyrinth

04 December 2010 Filed in: Alternate controllers | Tuning Theory

Diatonic scales with Carlos Gamma Read More...

KYMI Exercise #1

14 November 2010 Filed in: Music | Video | Alternate controllers

Knowing your music interface: exercise #1 Read More...

Invocation

07 November 2010 Filed in: Music | Video | Alternate controllers

A video recording of a free improvisation Read More...

Reverse Engineering Transnotated Carlos Gamma Scores

01 November 2010 Filed in: Alternate controllers | Tuning Theory

This article explains how to edit MIDI notes (recorded playing my Opal Chameleon through Disarray) when starting from a transnotated score in Carlos Gamma. Read More...

Autumnal Modulations

25 October 2010 Filed in: Music | Alternate controllers | Video

extensive modulations with Carlos Gamma Read More...

“C central” note layout Version 2

11 October 2010 Filed in: Alternate controllers | Tuning Theory | Video

A new version of my Carlos Gamma note layout for the Opal Chameleon Read More...

Linus, Lucy and Halberstadt

06 October 2010 Filed in: Music | Video | Personal

Two years after “Goodbye Halberstadt” and more than one after ”Will I ever bid farewell to Halberstadt?” I still play the piano, once in awhile! Read More...

Transnotating Carlos Gamma

01 October 2010 Filed in: Alternate controllers | Tuning Theory | Video | Apple

This is a follow-up to “C central note layout” Read More...

Double Trouble

21 September 2010 Filed in: Music | Video

As promised at the end of my previous article, I am posting a couple of video examples employing the note layouts presented there Read More...

"C central" note layout

18 September 2010 Filed in: Alternate controllers | Tuning Theory

This is one more chapter of the saga about my search for the ultimate Chameleon note layout with Carlos Gamma tuning system Read More...

Elba Gamma

01 September 2010 Filed in: Music | Video

An audio-video recording inspired by my recent vacation on the Elba island Read More...

A review of “Musical Mathematics” by Cris Forster

22 August 2010 Filed in: Music | Tuning Theory

My review of a great book Read More...

Bicycles and Bowls

21 August 2010 Filed in: Music

This piece is a free improvisation featuring 3 Spectrasonics Omnisphere’s sounds Read More...

Bad Henkings

29 July 2010 Filed in: Music

A collaboration among Alister Flint, Chris Vaisvil and me. Read More...

Edonoists Of The World Unite!

17 July 2010 Filed in: Music | Personal

I think I coined the term EDONOI in July 2009 when I created the group “Equal Division of Non-Octave Intervals” at Xenharmonic Alliance Read More...

Conference of Flutes

15 July 2010 Filed in: Music

This piece is a demo of MOTU’s Ethno2 Read More...

Crack My Pitch Up

12 July 2010 Filed in: Music

I am very pleased and honored to be part of this microtonal compilation released by Split Notes Microtonal Netlabel Read More...

Gamma Breezin'

01 July 2010 Filed in: Music

The title says it all: I play Gamma “in a casual or lighthearted manner”. Read More...

The Solstice Song

20 June 2010 Filed in: Music

The premiere of this song was broadcasted June 19th, 2010 as part of the Summer Solstice 2010 Online Streaming Concert Read More...

The Summer Solstice Online Streaming Concert

09 June 2010 Filed in: Music | Personal

16 hours of live music streamed online: 23 artists from UK, USA, Italy, Netherlands, Croatia, China and Sweden Read More...

Gamma Raga

01 June 2010 Filed in: Music | Video

MOTU Ethno2 violins, a Nord G2 drone sound and a few percussion loops for an Indian setting. Read More...

Talking Gamma In Your Sleep

11 May 2010 Filed in: Music | Video

...a xenharmonic remake! Read More...

Hal Trumpetti

01 May 2010 Filed in: Music | Video

a XenoRomantic song! Read More...

Delta Gamma Blues - Version 2

25 April 2010 Filed in: Music | Video

This song was created as my entry to the “AEH Ethno2 microtonal demos competition” Read More...

Delta Gamma Blues...

13 April 2010 Filed in: Music | Video

... or How to retune MOTU Ethno2 sounds without having to deal with Scala files! Read More...

Dynamic modulation vs. static retuning techniques - part two

01 April 2010 Filed in: Music | Tuning Theory | Video

Dynamic Modulation “enables you to instantly change the anchor settings of your scale, to move the note that the tonic note of the scale appears on to a new anchor key, and to transpose the anchor frequency of the scale accordingly so that things line up.” Read More...

Dynamic modulation vs. static retuning techniques - part one

24 March 2010 Filed in: Music | Tuning Theory

This is the first installment of a two-part article about “dynamic modulation vs. static retuning techniques” Read More...

"A central" note layout

11 March 2010 Filed in: Alternate controllers | Tuning Theory

...for Opal Chameleon and Carlos Gamma Read More...

MicroVocoder I

01 March 2010 Filed in: Music | Alternate controllers | Video

Live microtonal vocoding performance! Read More...

The Singing Alchemist

14 February 2010 Filed in: Music | Alternate controllers

This is a song born from a couple of recent updates to my setup: Camel Audio Alchemy BigTone sound library and Spectral Vocoder, a Nord G2 patch by Swiss synthesist Tim Kleinert Read More...

MacBook Pro: Distorted video or no video issues?

23 January 2010 Filed in: Apple

Does the desktop of your MacBook Pro look distorted? Read on... Read More...

East Of The Moon

19 January 2010 Filed in: Music | Alternate controllers | Video

3 Controllers for 1 Note! Read More...

Breath of the Chameleon

12 January 2010 Filed in: Music | Alternate controllers | Video

Chameleon + breath controller + VL70m + Carlos Gamma... Read More...

Chameleon and me - a short video

23 December 2009 Filed in: Music | Alternate controllers | Video

First attempt at filming myself playing the Opal Chameleon... Read More...

Glorious 60

17 December 2009 Filed in: Music | Alternate controllers

My submission to the 2010 60x60 project. Read More...

Gamma Monk and The Semitones

10 December 2009 Filed in: Music | Alternate controllers

One night I had a dream of myself playing B*** M*** by T********* M*** on my Opal Chameleon... Read More...

Chameleons in the sun

01 December 2009 Filed in: Music | Alternate controllers

Another song inspired by my Chameleon! Read More...

Tetrachordal Gamma

24 November 2009 Filed in: Music | Alternate controllers | Tuning Theory

A new visual layout for the Opal Chameleon Read More...

Gamma Elegy

13 November 2009 Filed in: Music | Alternate controllers | Tuning Theory

A song featuring a new note layout for an isomorphic keyboard and Carlos Gamma tuning system Read More...

Adagio Gamma Revisited

21 October 2009 Filed in: Alternate controllers | Tuning Theory | Video

Following my previous blog entry I proceded to experiment with “Gamma Chameleon Notation”. Read More...

Gamma Chameleon Notation

12 October 2009 Filed in: Alternate controllers | Tuning Theory

This is my first attempt at solving the notation problem playing with Carlos Gamma tuning system and Opal Chameleon isomorphic keyboard Read More...

Chameleons in the dark

07 October 2009 Filed in: Music | Alternate controllers

First piece playing the Chameleon Read More...

Quasiton

26 September 2009 Filed in: Music

The ultimate example of post-jazz bebop-o-tronics! Read More...

An Irishman in Guangdong

23 September 2009 Filed in: Music

A Sino-Irish song, if ever there was one! Read More...

Bix in the sky with Gamma

13 September 2009 Filed in: Music

...My jazz background keeps haunting me... Read More...

MetaSynth5 experiments

30 August 2009 Filed in: Music

I recently upgraded to MetaSynth 5... Read More...

It's all Wendy Carlos' fault...

21 August 2009 Filed in: Tuning Theory | Personal

What's the reason of my fascination with Carlos Gamma tuning system?
Read More...

Spectral Mappings for CARLOS GAMMA

15 August 2009 Filed in: Tuning Theory

“Spectral mapping is a transformation from a “source” spectrum to a “destination” spectrum...it can be used to create inharmonic instruments that retain much of the tonal quality of familiar (harmonic) instruments” - William A. Sethares Read More...

RibboMan And The Maniacs

26 July 2009 Filed in: Music | Alternate controllers

RibboMan and the Maniacs, a “ribbon extravaganza” Read More...

If partials are inharmonic

22 July 2009 Filed in: Tuning Theory | Video

A simple experiment with Camel Audio Alchemy...

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Soprano RibbonSax

13 July 2009 Filed in: Music | Alternate controllers

Soprano RibbonSax is another experiment using the Doepfer R2M ribbon controller. Read More...

R2M and CC#1

09 July 2009 Filed in: Music | Alternate controllers

How to create timbral variety with CC#1 using a R2M as note generator. Read More...

Studio Pictures

06 July 2009 Filed in: Music | Personal | Alternate controllers

Pictures of Seraph Sound Studios - July 2009 Read More...

Moonlight Gamma Serenade

01 July 2009 Filed in: Music | Video

Moonlight Gamma Serenade is the third piece I compose using the same mode of Carlos Gamma after Adagio Gamma (see it for explanations about this tuning system and the related mode I use) and Gammalan... Read More...

Ribbon Flute

27 June 2009 Filed in: Music | Alternate controllers

...featuring a Doepfer R2M ribbon controller... Read More...

Today I received 2 CDs...

25 June 2009 Filed in: Music

...featuring my musical contributions Read More...

Will I ever bid farewell to Halberstadt?

20 June 2009 Filed in: Music | Personal

I don’t think so but I am going to start experimenting with alternative musical user interfaces, soon! Read More...

Tim's Flutes

11 June 2009 Filed in: Music

In Memory of Tim Conrardy Read More...

Two At Once

01 June 2009 Filed in: Music

A 12tET jazzy modal improvisation with a microtonal twist! Read More...

Gammalan

01 May 2009 Filed in: Music

Gammalan, as the title implies, is a composition based on Carlos Gamma tuning system (the same I used for Adagio Gamma) using a gamelan inspired virtual orchestra. Read More...

Adagio Gamma

19 April 2009 Filed in: Music

This piece is called Adagio Gamma because it is a slow piece using Carlos Gamma tuning system. Read More...

Let's get our hands dirty with JND!

03 April 2009 Filed in: Tuning Theory | Video

Seemingly not relevant and unnoticeable pitch variations can make a big difference Read More...

Spirals and Wolves

01 April 2009 Filed in: Tuning Theory | Video

More spirals of fifths and howling wolves Read More...

The Spiral of Fifths

27 March 2009 Filed in: Tuning Theory | Video

I am preparing for an upcoming lecture, at NYU in Florence, about the "Evolution of Tuning Systems", so, I am trying to figure out a way to demonstrate some tuning techniques in a comprehensible and "entertaining" manner Read More...

Apple loops, Logic Pro 8 and MOTU 828MK3

13 February 2009 Filed in: Apple

How to preview Apple loops with Logic Pro 8 and a MOTU 828 MK3 Read More...

Underwater Dreaming

01 February 2009 Filed in: Music

Underwater Dreaming started out as an experiment while browsing the new sounds of Spectrasonics Omnisphere 1.0.3 update... Read More...

Neutral Steel

25 January 2009 Filed in: Music

Neutral Steel is a song for lap steel guitar and drums. It reminds me of the style of Ry Cooder or Bill Frisell but with a twist... Read More...

88 Jingle Bells

20 December 2008 Filed in: Music

I have arranged this version of Jingle Bells in 88cET just in time for the Holidays!
Happy Xenharmonic Season's Greetings! Read More...

Carlos Glass 1

11 December 2008 Filed in: Music | Video

Carlos Glass 1 is a short example demonstrating DYNAMIC MODULATION. It means live modulation changes during performance transposing the anchor to the pitch and key of a note in the original scale. Read More...

88 Bulgarians

04 December 2008 Filed in: Music | Video

An Omnisphere choir sound tuned to 88cET (equal division of the perfect fifth into 8 equal parts) for a pseudo-Bulgarian folk song Read More...

Goodbye Halberstadt

01 November 2008 Filed in: Music | Personal

The reason to present this collection of tunes is to show my skill as piano player and arranger in the environment of 12 tone equal tempered (12tET) tuning system using an "Halberstadt keyboard". Read More...

MoonSuite

01 October 2008 Filed in: Music

"Moonsuite" is an experiment using an "empirical" tuning I made up while studying LMSO's new tuning latch function Read More...

X.J.Scott and CC #90

29 September 2008 Filed in: Apple

LMSO version 3 includes a new feature: Tuning Latch Controller... Read More...

7EDO Dance

01 September 2008 Filed in: Music

7EDO Dance is a simple study of "7 steps Equal Division of the Octave" tuning system Read More...

Qablitum

01 August 2008 Filed in: Music

Qablitum is a piece inspired by listening to a lecture of February 1971 by Lou Harrison about "The Tuning of the Babylonian Harp". The piece features a violin and a harp using an ancient Mesopotamian scale Read More...

Carlo for President

05 July 2008 Filed in: Personal | Video

Seriously, I am running for President of the U.S.A.
You don't believe me?
Watch the movie...
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Alphadesert

01 July 2008 Filed in: Music

Alphadesert is again a piece featuring Carlos Alpha, a non-octave scale based on the division of a perfect fifth into 9 equal parts (each step 77.995 cents) Read More...

Alphapanther

01 June 2008 Filed in: Music

Alphapanther is an electronic rendition of the famous "Pink Panther Theme" by Henry Mancini... Read More...

Hijaz the Charmer

01 May 2008 Filed in: Music | Video

A piece composed using a dodecatonic mode of 53 EDO based on the traditional Arabic mode called Maqam Hijaz... Read More...

Switching from iWeb to RapidWeaver

11 April 2008 Filed in: Apple

When you will see this entry it will mean I have switched from iWeb to RapidWeaver Read More...

Bohlen-Pierce minus 1

01 April 2008 Filed in: Music

This post refers to my song “Bohl-en Roll”... Read More...

Retuning Logic Videos

31 March 2008 Filed in: Music | Video

2 videos showing the environment page of Logic Pro 8 configured for retuning incoming midi data thru LMSO... Read More...

A Snow Airport and a Leopard

30 March 2008 Filed in: Apple

I have had an Airport base for a few years and, since upgrading to Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard)... Read More...

The positive side of bad things

27 March 2008 Filed in: Personal

My accident of few days ago, when I broke my right elbow, reminded me of the teachings of Roberto Assagioli... Read More...

The day I broke my elbow

12 March 2008 Filed in: Personal | Video

Today I have fallen down some stairs hitting each of the 9 steps with my right elbow... Read More...

Carlo Serafini

Futurist composer