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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 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.
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.
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 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 4	comment	Music hardware needed to be able to produce the sounds & style in the following video Don't forget a vocalist, a good mic and engineering.
May 1	comment	Dissonance across different octaves If the reference notes are on a piano, then one might take into account the 'bar' like timbre of the piano in the highest octaves vs the string like timbre in the lowest octaves.
Apr 30	comment	How to develop musicianship skills? don't forget ear training.
Apr 30	comment	What factors affect a guitar's ability to sustain a note? Something related: here music.stackexchange.com/questions/5854/…
Apr 27	comment	Is Beethoven's title “Sonata quasi una Fantasia” an oxymoron, and does the title instruct how to perform it? A beautiful moody piece in any century and so very very Beethoven.
Apr 13	comment	Piano tuning just under the absolute pitch Mind reading refers to the piano tuner as no one here knows what he was thinking, what he perceived and why he made his choices.
Apr 12	comment	Different types of grace notes Sorry, I should have just provided a link. Thank you Gilly3 for the nice job of cleaning it up.
Apr 4	comment	Relative Major/Minor keys question Not a problem. Keep those whole steps in mind if you ever need to use the whole tone scale.
Apr 4	comment	Relative Major/Minor keys question Ditto! I agree Matthew.
Apr 2	comment	Is it easier to play “softly” on a grand piano? I have a 1915 model M Steinway medium grand (sometimes called a studio grand) that has the original action, obviously needs restoration. In this present state my Yamaha Synthesizer with semi-weighted keys has better action. This is a rare case of age vs. technology.