Aliens

Here's a musique concrete piece of mine, constructed in iMovie. The whole thing is based on a few samples of me bowing a note on orchestra bells. Not Hallowe'en music, but it does have an eerie feel to it.

Orchestra Bell Fireworks (music concrete) by Michel Plourde I'd like to think this piece sits right on the division line between music and art. The entire piece is constructed from just five bowed orchestra bell notes...

Here's one of my more popular videos . . . a two part look at graphic notation.

How to Read & Write Graphic Notation (part 1) - Music Stuff With Spock #8 Music Stuff With Spock #8 is part one of a two part look at graphic notation and how it works: how notes are represented by symbols, shapes and lines and a f...

My concept of "punk avant-garde" explained

Punk Avant Garde - Music Stuff With Spock #18 Music Stuff With Spock #18 looks at a concept of mine called "punk avant garde music", which is a type of free microtonality using a form of graphic notation...

Here's a link to a great general guide for putting together a musical score:
https://mostlymodernfestival.org/music-preparation-guidelines-for-composers #:~:text=Odd%2Dnumbered%20pages%20are%20on,the%20music%20starts)%20in%20music.

Music for a late Sunday morning (5AM and I can't sleep. Too much crap on my mind). I always thought this was a neat piece but it never has been recognized. Maybe I need a performance video where you can see me playing and singing the parts. It's a meditative, almost medieval style piece for male choir and drone.

Sterope: Ta**us for vocals & drone by Michel Plourde Sterope: for male choir and ad lib drone. All the parts were played and sung by me; part of my ongoing cycle called "the Stars of the Constellations". Stero...

Somehow, I have to start making my scores available for purchase this year. Maybe someone would play my pieces if they were cheap and easily available.