Mark Mosher: Experimental Electronic Musician from Boulder, CO. Synthesis | Synthesist, Composer, Keyboardist, Performer

Two Live Electronic Music Performance Videos for Free Music Friday - "Alone" and "Celebration and Voices"

Here are two videos for you for Free Music Friday.

Watch embedded video of “Alone” by Mark Mosher

This video has an HD version as well so check it out from your home theater using your Tivo or or other streaming box.

In this video I'm playing my original instrumental electronic music song "Alone" from my album REBOOT (http://markmosher.bandcamp.com/album/reboot name your price, enter $0 for FREE). I'm about half way through arranging and programming the synthesizers and controllers so I can add this song to my live set. I'm pretty excited about the progress I'm making on the performance so I thought I'd share a rehearsal video.

It's such an organic and textural piece, I decided to play the entire song from Percussa AudioCubes using only spatial control via hand movement. Ableton Live is playing back the pulsing drone, but almost all other elements are being played live via the AudioCubes. The AudioCubes are in "sensor" mode so placing my hand in front of a cube face plays a note on a virtual synthesizer hosted out of Ableton Live - almost like a Laser harp.

I only use the Novation Launchpad on my right to change which tracks are armed thereby allowing me to switch which synths I'm playing on-the-fly throughout the song.  At the 2:00 minute mark I start playing chords by using multiple faces simultaneously.

Watch embedded video for “Celebration and Voices”.

In this video, I'm rehearsing an original composition "Celebration and Voices" from my album I Hear Your Signals (http://markmosher.bandcamp.com/album/i-hear-your-signals name your price, enter $0 for FREE).

I'm using a Novation Launchpad and Ableton Live 8 to control the session, effects, and I’m playing melodies in real-time from the Launchpad.

Composer Notes
Even though these songs are from two different albums, the are related in that they tell the same story from two points of view.

Enjoy,

Mark Mosher
www.MarkMosherMusic.com

Back from Electro-Music 2010 Festival

I just returned from Electro-Music 2010 in New York and thought I’d share a few pictures. First let me say the festival was absolutely fantastic. My talk and shows went well and I really enjoyed meeting other synth and electronic music enthusiasts. I don’t have any pictures of my performance yet but will do a follow-up post when I get them.

Below are some shots of the event t-shirt front and back.

The event was held at the Greenkill YMCA retreat in  Huguenot, NY. Here is a shot of the main building.

Beautiful scenery (click to enlarge).

Pic from soundcheck at my Sept 10th set at Electro-Music (1/2 of the house lights are still up).

Action shot from Electro-Music 2010 sound check. During performance lights were off so audience didn't see wires :^).

Next is a shot of the merchandise table.

More posts to come…

Mark Mosher
Electronic Musician, Boulder, CO
www.MarkMosherMusic.com

Electronica Tracks from REBOOT Album Now Available for Commercial Licensing

My Music Licensing Store at YouLicense.com is now open. YouLicnese makes it very easy to model, price, and purchase non-exclusive licenses online to match the scope of your commercial project. So for smaller projects the prices are low and reasonable. For larger projects, the pricing scales accordingly.

 
Songs on REBOOT by Mark Mosherare are also licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. If you do end up using one of the tracks, be sure to drop me a line so I can see what fantastic art you've created.

Mark Mosher
Electronic Music Artist, Composer, Sound Designer
Louisville/Denver/Boulder

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Mark Mosher Releases Electronica Album REBOOT

I’m happy to announce the release of my album electronica album REBOOT. The album is being distributed digitally and is available as an immediate digital download via my online store at http://markmosher.bandcamp.com.

The album is currently being offered using the “pay what you will” model. Although the suggested pricing is $6 for the 7 song album + digital booklet and $1 for singles, you  can name their own price including specifying $0 for free downloads. There are future plans to make the album available on iTunes and Amzon’s MP3 store.

For those who are new to this site I’ve included a small summary of the project below:

Two years in the making, REBOOT is an album containing 7 richly layered electronica songs that blend contemporary synthesizer sounds with classical music motifs. The end result is dark electronica for those who love synth "ear candy" with a “dirty” industrial edge.

While the songs on REBOOT stand alone as singles, the collection is an album in the true sense of the word. They share a common palette and when played in sequence conjure an epic and dynamic story for the listener.

Prior to the release of the album, the first three tracks were released as singles. "Midnight" and "Stealth" went to #1 and "They Walk Among Us" went to #2 on the Soundclick.com electronica charts.

------------ License ------------------------
REBOOT and all tracks are (C) (P) Copyright 2007-2009 Mark J. Mosher.
REBOOT by Mark J. Mosher is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Based on a work at www.markmoshermusic.com . Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at www.newecho.com/contact/ .

REBOOT 7 Song Album will be Released on Halloween 2009

Just a quick post to let you know that I've finished mixing and mastering Reboot and will release the album for digital download on Halloween! I will post an announcement here when the EP is online.

Mark Mosher
Electronic Music Artist
Louisville/Boulder/Denver
http://www.markmoshermusic.com
http://www.twitter.com/markmosher
http://www.modulatethis.com

Mark Mosher Single "They Walk Among Us" A Top 10 Electronica Song on SoundClick.com Charts

I posted “They Walk Among us” on SoundClick last Saturday. I’m very excited to report that only 4 days later on May 13th, 2009 the song hit the top of the charts:

• #2 on the overall Electronica chart out of 260,278 songs
• #1 in Electronica>Electronica SubGenre out of 43,850 songs

Thanks so much for everyone who listened to the song and passed the song along to friends. Also, thanks for the all the great comments about the song.

You can help keep the song at the top of the charts by listening to the song in the player below.

If you don’t see the player or want to share the song with others click HERE to launch a player which includes social links.

 

Visit the Reboot page to listen to more of my Electronica singles.

Mark Mosher
http://www.markmoshermusic.com
http://www.twitter.com/markmosher

All songs Copyright Mark J. Mosher 2007-2009.

“They Walk Among Us” and Songs on REBOOT by Mark Mosher are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Permissions beyond the scope of this license and commercial license may be available at www.markmoshermusic.com/contact.htm.

All songs on Reboot are Copyright © 2004-2009 Mark J. Mosher
Published by Newecho Productions, LLC

New Reboot Track Order - Download 256kbs MP3 Sinlges "Midnight" and "Stealth"

I’ve removed the single “I Love Music” from the Reboot album. I just didn’t think it fit with the “Midnight”, “Stealth”,  and the other tracks I’m working on. I’ve therefore changed the track order so “Midnight” is track 1 and “Stealth” is track 2.

If you download these two tracks again, the track order will show correctly in your MP3 software or player. I also want to mention that when you download from the official Mark Mosher Music site you'll recieve high-quality 256kbs MP3s.

Click here to go to download page.

New tracks are coming soon. Subscribe to this blog for notification.

Mark Mosher
www.markmoshermusic.com
www.twitter.com/markmosher

Singles from Album Reboot are Now Available as Free Downloads and For Use in Your Projects Via A Creative Commons License

All songs from the album REBOOT are now available as free downloads for personal use. So jump over to www.markmoshermusic.com/electronica.htm and grab some songs for your MP3 player. If you love these songs and want to support my work as an artist I encourage you to come back and buy songs as digital downloads for $0.99 cents.

I've also made these songs available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. So you or someone you know are free to:

Share — to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work

to Remix — to make derivative works

Under the following conditions:

• Attribution. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).

• Noncommercial. You may not use this work for commercial purposes.

• Share Alike. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.

So grab some songs and get going on YouTube!

Mark Mosher
www.markmoshermusic.com