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I work as a Systems Administrator and a Technical Consultant to the Helpdesk for the EECS (Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences) Department at the University of California, Berkeley Campus. This has been my career for the last 24 years which began as an electronics technician. I worked my way to principal electronic tech and then crossed over to systems administration about 12 years ago. My strongest experience is with computer hardware and I am usually the go to guy when laptops and desktops start smoken or won't power up.

One of my most interesting assignments at Berkeley was in 1992. I was put on a special team with NASA trained techs to fabricate an assembly bound for the Arecibo radio telescope. This was a special 4 million FFT based spectrum analyzer for SETI project SERENDIP III under the direction of UC Berkeley physicist Dan Werthimer. I got to build hardware to listen for ET!

In my off hours since 1977 I have been working with music, still photography, and small scale sculptures some involving digital electronics. However in 2008 after a 35 year hiatus I have returned to my own independent cinematic (video) and music productions.

Presently I use a Sony camcorder (HDR-CX500v) and I use Sony Vegas Pro 10 as my main video and music editing suite. I have experience with both Windows Movie Maker and Windows Live Movie Maker, and I am a tiny bit familiar with iMovie. My main instrument is electric guitar while I use my Steinway grand piano and Yamaha S08 synthesizer for composing. I do have a B.S. in Cinematography from SIU-Carbondale, 1974 and a M.F.A. in Electronic Music and Recording Media from Mills College, 1977.

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Jun 8	comment	Can I easily defret a normal guitar to play it as a fretless guitar, or do I need to alter it further? Love the reference to Jaco, very sweet.
Jun 5	comment	What's the difference between sixteenth century counterpoint and eighteenth century counterpoint? "In C" and "Rainbow in Curved Air"--both are excellent examples of his early work.
Jun 1	comment	What's the difference between sixteenth century counterpoint and eighteenth century counterpoint? Another thought comes to mind. I once sat in on one of Terry Riley's classes while I was at Mills College in the 1970s. Terry has a traditional western music composition background including a MA in composition from UC Berkeley as well as becoming a professor of music at Mills College. However, along the way Terry studied Indian Classical Music under Pandit Pran Nath for many years and performed with this master on numerous occasions. I was at a number of these concerts in the 1970s and can tell you they were absolutely enchanting. I suggest you study Terry's music as it has the best of both.
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Jun 1	comment	What's the difference between sixteenth century counterpoint and eighteenth century counterpoint? Since you are applying this to Indian music, and judging by the number of questions you have posted on this, I suggest that you take both a Species Counterpoint and Harmony Counterpoint classes in two semesters so you can gain the understanding of western music that you seek.
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May 31	answered	What's the difference between sixteenth century counterpoint and eighteenth century counterpoint?
May 29	comment	Appreciating the music of J. S. Bach David, Thank you for all of that and your effort. I hope I didn't confuse anyone by using the term tone cluster and not meaning micro tonal, just meaning in general a bunch of close intervals played together.
May 25	comment	Appreciating the music of J. S. Bach I appreciate your very candid and honest answer but I would like to add that you didn't mention the one fluke of Bach where his use of dissonant tone clusters are clearly 300 years into the future: The Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
May 25	comment	Appreciating the music of J. S. Bach Suggestion on BACH appreciation: Listen and study the following (basic Bach to mind blowing Bach): The two part inventions, The 48 Preludes and Fugues, The Brandenburg concertos, and finally The Toccata and Fugue in D minor. Bach is all about canon and fugue form at its most pristine. He is the master of harmony of the Baroque music period. Beethoven's work would have never crossed the river without Bach's bridge.
May 24	comment	Andy Timmons Carpe Diem fast vibration I watched three different Andy Timmons videos while he is playing "Carpe Diem" and there is nothing at 0:36 or 0:42 that he is not already doing with his hands. It's all in his hands.
May 23	comment	Rhythm/Drum exercises without drums Keeping time is good and integrating time keeping with running, biking, etc should help this but it won't be as good as using your hand with sticks or brushes on real drums. Drumming is more than feeling the beat, like other instruments you need to train your whole body to respond. Think performance muscles: hands, arms, upper body, your hips, your feet tapping the bass drum or Hi-Hat.
May 22	answered	Recording hard rock guitar riffs with a mic
May 21	revised	Is there a color code for notes? added 61 characters in body
May 21	answered	Is there a color code for notes?
May 17	comment	How to predict the loudness of an amp based on description It's great to try when you can no longer lift your vintage 1965 Super Reverb and have confined to it to your bedroom. :>
May 16	comment	How to predict the loudness of an amp based on description Don't forget that with tube amps you need to take into account the actual power tubes and preamp tubes and if the output tubes are optimally biased. e.g. if you substitute a 12au7 for the 12ax7 in the preamp section, suddenly your screaming amp is a bedroom practice amp.
May 10	answered	Using an amp-simulation pedal with a real guitar amp
May 8	revised	Is this disco/funk guitar effect a wah-wah pedal or something different? added 1 characters in body
May 8	answered	Is this disco/funk guitar effect a wah-wah pedal or something different?