DVD notes

'Visions' is now released, a DVD which blends beautifully crafted natural imagery
with the music of several artists from Spotted Peccary Music. The project was the creation
of gifted videographer Bill Francis who worked over a period of years with the label,
combining just the right images for each piece. 'Moment Alone' from Painting Twilight
is featured in the 'tracks section', and 'Shimmers' from Convergence is featured
with a film by Paul Naton in the 'Special features' section. The final audio track of Visions
is the track 'Earthbody Spiritbody' from Painting Twilight.
click here for more info

An additional project currently in the works, is an upcoming DVD of the 'Convergence'
concert at Shulman Auditorium in Carlsbad, CA. Bill Francis and crew filmed the event,
which included the live performance of Greg Klamt, Deborah Martin, Mark Rownd, and guest
artist Tom Griesgrabber on chapman stick, as well as multimedia graphics by Greg Klamt.
we look forward to sharing more info on this soon.

ART notes

In addition to the completion and release of 'Convergence', recent inspiration has included
much new artwork - Drawing, Photography, Digital/Mixed Media. Two juried
art competitions in Southern California selected several recent 'Rownd' artworks for exhibition.
'Woman of Light' was awarded 2nd place in Digital media by the San Dieguito Artists Guild,
and  additional figurative works were shown in the 4th annual juried competition at Canon
Art Gallery in Carlsbad, CA. New work is currently being shown at the Sedona Art Center, and Hillside Prints, both located in Sedona Arizona.

Update: New artwork currently showing at Goldenstein Art in uptown Sedona.

See the 'Gallery' section for recent images.

CONVERGENCE notes

Why 'Convergence'? As we contemplated the music we were creating, and how we got there,
we realized first it was the crossing of our three paths, at an opportune moment in time,
that brought us together and made the project possible. But also, we had instruments
literally from all corners of the earth to play, improvise, perform with....
Native American Taos drums, Australian didgeridoos, Tibetan bells,
African tongue drums and djembes, Russian ocarinas, Chinese and Native American flutes, Turkish cymbals, and of course a garden weasel from Home Depot. So with that panoply of instruments,
and all the diverse cultural and musical forms which influenced our music,
'Convergence' seemed a worthy title.

Hope you enjoy it! There are some audio samples up now in the 'listen'ing room.


PAINTING TWILIGHT NOTES:

The final touches have been made and after much labor, painting twilight is now a finished work! Much like a painting, one never quite knows when first touching a blank canvas, what final form, color, and light will ultimately take shape. Painting Twilight became something very different from what I had originally anticipated. Expecting a few textural pieces to create light and space between large polyrhythmic structures, the color and shape of the textural pieces kept expanding, and ultimately became the album. Very much a departure in many ways from the previous work, desert waves, yet ultimately in the same spirit, I hope you enjoy 'Painting Twilight' as much as we enjoyed creating it. 

One difficulty in completing an album such as this is to assign titles, with associated meanings, to works which are inherently nonverbal communications of feeling and spirit. Some pieces begin as a clear idea of an expression of something, and some do not. And how numerous pieces, created over a period of time, will ultimately relate to each other is a another mystery of the process. In choosing titles, I came to understand that each piece was a reflection of the spiritual house I inhabited at the moment of its writing. That house may have been a presence of the moment, or the dwelling of a deeply rooted memory residing in that moment. In developing the sequence of the pieces, I came to understand the 'connectedness' of the works, my spiritual path through them, and the perspective of the whole creative work in relation to each of its parts. As I have understood it, both from within myself and from relating to other composers, the completion of a piece of music and its presentation to the world is very much a release, if you will, of the music from within. But it is in your listening that the work is finally complete, and becomes fully realized. 

Recorded and mixed at Spotted Peccary Studios, Encinitas, CA. Engineered and mastered by Howard Givens Graphic design by Greg Klamt Photograph "Evening in Anza Borrego" by Mark Rownd Additional Production Assistance / Jon Jenkins Additional Technical Support / Ira Rubnitz, Tony Dimito Vocal sample recording / M. J. Denton, Rockangel Productions, Los Angeles, CA. 

Studio modifications by Tim Spencer, Tucson, AZ All hard drives courtesy of Doug Hecht, Pacific Coast Technologies, San Diego, CA Studio monitoring on Hafler Amplifiers. MIDI sequencing and editing on Performer & Digital Performer software courtesy of Mark Of The Unicorn, Cambridge, MA. Native American drums by TAOS DRUMS, Taos, NM.