Instrumentation: solo snare drum and electronics
Duration: 11:30
Year composed: 2019
Commissioner and Acknowledgments:
Commissioned by and written for Michael Compitello as part of his Unsnared Drum Project.
World Premiere:
February 14, 2019 - Lawrence, KS
Score:
Purchase performance materials here.
Max patch (Mac only)
Program Note:
military marching bands,
drumcore parades,
sharp, staccato rudiments:
The obvious story
of the snare drum.
delicate contrast,
precision and care,
passionate nuance:
A secret love story
of warm resonance cradled by tension-coupled heads.
With simple technological mediation, the percussionist, our valiant heartthrob, pulses life into the membranes. The drummer reveals interior whispers - resuscitated, amplified, filtered. The drum reveals the drummer.
Duration: 11:30
Year composed: 2019
Commissioner and Acknowledgments:
Commissioned by and written for Michael Compitello as part of his Unsnared Drum Project.
World Premiere:
February 14, 2019 - Lawrence, KS
Score:
Purchase performance materials here.
Max patch (Mac only)
Program Note:
military marching bands,
drumcore parades,
sharp, staccato rudiments:
The obvious story
of the snare drum.
delicate contrast,
precision and care,
passionate nuance:
A secret love story
of warm resonance cradled by tension-coupled heads.
With simple technological mediation, the percussionist, our valiant heartthrob, pulses life into the membranes. The drummer reveals interior whispers - resuscitated, amplified, filtered. The drum reveals the drummer.
Unsnared Drum | Michael Compitello | New Focus Recordings
Informational / Instructional Video:
Required materials:
To perform this piece, it is recommended that you use the following materials and configurations. Please contact me for any questions!
This piece can be performed on various types of snare drums. The smaller, taller, more resonant drums work best. The drum should be unevenly tuned with fairly slackened tension.
To perform this piece, it is recommended that you use the following materials and configurations. Please contact me for any questions!
This piece can be performed on various types of snare drums. The smaller, taller, more resonant drums work best. The drum should be unevenly tuned with fairly slackened tension.
Mallets:
- 2x wooden drum sticks
- 2x hard, spun felt ball
- 1x dreadlocks (Vic Firth)
- 2x metal brushes
- Mac computer running Max 8 software package (see max patch for installation instructions)
- 1 audio interface (minimum 1 input with pre-amp, 1 output) connected to computer
- 1 USB Midi Pedal (and method of connecting it to the computer)
- 1 microphone (recommended: balanced buffered contact microphone to be attached to side of drum with gaff tape such as Cortado MK!! Available at zeppelindesignlabs.com // or DPA microphone can work, too)
- 1 XLR cable to connected mic to audio interface via Input 1
- 1 Class T Amplifier (1 in, 1 out) - recommended; Dayton Audio DTA-1 Class T Digital Audio Amplifier available at Parts Express
- 1 8 Ohm Transducer (to be attached to bottom head of snare drum) - recommended Dayton Audio DAEX25 Sound Exciter available at Parts Express
- Speaker cable (16 AWG) to connect transducer to amplifier
- 1 cable to connect amplifier to audio interface Output 1
- Power Supply (for amplifier, laptop, audio interface).
