The Sonic Sky: An Introduction
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Composer Stephen James Taylor describes to the newcomer, the mysterious musical realm of Erv Wilson, and the vast universe of his musical structures.
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Everyone on this project has created something fantastic. This is beautiful, involving, enlightening. I can’t express my delight and gratitude enough for all the work that went into this.
Thank you!!
Chris Vaisvil
This documentary is just amazing! All of the time and effort that went into this project is greatly appreciated; perhaps this will be a turning point in the realm of music. Thanks for all of your work!
Cosmagnifico!! Beautifully explained, liberating and edifying. The implications for music and indeed the art of perception are profound, and playful . Thanks for all your work on this Black and white explodes beyond even the known rainbow.
Stephen,
BRAVO!!!
This is not only a super cool video and a great service for the development of music composition and performance in the West and beyond, but also a spiritual cosmological perspective on music making.
Pythagoras is proud of you, Gary and Marcus.
I am delighted to see and hear this wonderful fruit of your efforts, and my Oud and I are looking forward to sing along.
HUgs
Yuval
Yuval,
I was just about to send you this link of Stephen’s (my cousin), but you beat me to it! Isn’t it incredible! Fascinating! Very proud!
-Nina Bunche Pierce
What a delightful eye, ear and mind-opening work of Art! You have taken an almost unfathomably dense and infinitely complex universe and made it accessible, perhaps a bit beyond one’s reach but within one’s grasp. There is love between the intervals here, Love between Souls. Please continue the adventure. Compose, decompose and compose again… let the waveforms collapse!
Congratulations on an inspired and inspiring presentation. A sense of deep devotion comes through all of it. The sounds are beautiful and ideas intriguing. Thank you.
In reply to:
“I’d love it if everyone receiving this email would do me a
favor and go to the site, leaving your comments under the different films
and mp3′s. You input will largely influence how we proceed with all this” -
I’d love to see more about the instrument. Particularly, I’d like to see it being played by a number of different artists, or even better by somebody who can really crank on it. That’d be awesome. I’d love to watch some brilliant mad musician go all spider fingers over this thing while some amazing singer belted out a soul-inspired counterpart. That’d be awesome, in fact.
So awesome as to be viral, which in turn gets everyone talking micro-tonal and, then, boom – the future is here.
Really, this is quite fascinating and well done. As with many of the ascribed explorers mentioned in the video, this opens up even more questions and endless possibilities. A true conundrum!
Fascinating, brilliant! Stephen, the 810 key piano has come a long way since I last saw it 7 years ago at your music studio with my twins. Great video, I have posted it on my FB wall, and will forward your email to friends and family. Very proud! Great work! -Nina Bunche Pierce
Such a fascinating and provocative presentation, Stephen. The clarity with which you have presented this new sound world is not only satisfying and infectious but, quite frankly, amazing! Please keep me informed of your continuing creativeness, exploration and development. Carl Matthes
I’ve been interested in microtonality for some years but your video opens up a whole new world for me. Thanks for the Sonic Sky introduction. Extremely well done. And thanks for introducing me to Erv Wilson.
Very, very interesting!!! Thank you for all the time and effort that went into the production of this site!
I would love to see a brief clip of each of the major instruments Erv has created with a sample of what they sound like. Does anything like that currently exist?
Thanks again,
Kent
This is really impressive. As a novice with no music training and no understanding of music theory……I could easily understand the basic concept and appreciate the depth and complexity of Ervin’s work and it’s possibilities.
It is obvious, by navigating the site and watching the videos, the passion and dedication you put in to this project. Your gratitude and respect for Ervin also clearly comes across.
I hope and believe that this will become inspiration to musicians/composers who dare venture from the second floor to the third and peer thru the skylight.
What a cogent explanation of such a complex topic. The use of visuals and analogies to explain these sonic variations is really smart. Particularly for those of us who can’t hear much of the microtonal nuances. I would have liked to see a bit more about the math side, not because I like or understand complex math, but because again, it can at least be processed by us non-musically inclined folks.
Really excellent work, Steve. And your narrative voice is first-class.
Wilson Papers are found here http://anaphoria.com/wilson.html for those who want to dive directly into the math behind the scales
Hi!
I stumbled upon Irv’s work about 10 months ago. I was blown away as a musician, composer and human being. So strangely beautiful. Infinite. Borderless.
I was hungry to learn more and suddenly I find The Sonic Sky. Truly amazing work!!!
I compose, mix and produce everything on my iPhone and used the hexanyscale in three more extensive pieces. And I’m not going back to the way I did music before. This is the way I want to work.
New horizons and a brand new universe to explore for the rest of my life.
So again, this site is truly amazing and the work to put it all together for others to explore, be amazed and intrigued, deserves an infinite number of kudos.
Cheers and take care!