ars antiqua

"unison, fourth and fifth. all other intervals are shit!"

the beginning is a little slow, give it about 90 seconds.

thanks to david ocker at mixed meters

requiem for a high homicide enclave

requeim for a homicide crime enclave from paul bailey on Vimeo.
(trailer)

Requiem for a High Crime Enclave is a deconstruction of Purcell's Funeral Music for Queen Mary (1694) based on excerpts from the from the LA Times Homicide Report which documents every murder that takes place in Los Angeles County using blog posts, comments, and Google Maps.

(this version is probably best viewed full screen)

Saturday May 17th and Sunday May 18th, 8:30pm
Roy and Edna Disney/Calarts Theater (REDCAT)
631 W 2nd St
Los Angeles, CA

la times homicide report

requiem for a high homicide enclave

here is early view of the mockup trailer for my new piece;

requiem for a high crime enclave.
based on a deconstruction of purcell's funeral music for queen mary

(its probably viewed best in full screen)

performance venues and dates should be announced soon.

give a man a fish

ok go with bonerama on david letterman

"that's something, everybody all right?"



Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day.
Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks!
- Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

no you can't

"there is a creed stuck into the founding documents that denied the destiny of a nation"

"now the hopes of the little girl who goes to private school in newport are the same as the dreams of the boy who parties in the clubs of la"

"we are not as divided as our portfolio's suggest"

"we love this nation and together we will stop this nonsense about writing the next great chapter in the american story with three words...

no you can't"

fearless leader

pbe live at csuf 092507
scott mcintosh, clarinet
bruce gallego, electric guitar
matt menaged, electric bass
eric hendrickson, piano
paul bailey, tbone

latest mp3's from the csuf show and lacc show:

lacc, 100207 cheap admiration, fearless leader, eye for optical theory, principal of sufficient irritation, sweater song

csuf, 092507

fearless leader, eye for optical theory, principal of sufficient irritation (with real quiet), les moutons de panurge(with real quiet)

principal of sufficient irritation

pbe with real quiet
meng hall
csuf
september, 25th 2007

download the mp3.

more coming soon...