August 19, 2010

I was recently invited to be part of an article on electronic instruments and microtonality in the German language publication Virtuos, released by GEMA, a European society for music performance and mechanical reproduction rights similar to ASCAP or BMI. With a circulation of 60,000, GEMA reaches a wide audience of composers, songwrites, and music publishers around the world.

Editor Kristina Balbach interviewed me by email, giving me an opportunity to talk a bit about the importance of expanded pitch resources and the inspiration behind Tonal Plexus keyboards. I was excited and pleased to see the final article begin with some paraphrases of things I had submitted. References to the h-pi website and a photo of a TPX2 also appear further into the article.

Technical director of GEMA, composer, and TPX owner Markus Dieck is featured in the article, discussing his many years of experience working with microtones and the inspiration that the latest musical technology is bringing to his work.

I'm struck once again by what a small world we live in, and yet how colorful and full of possibilities it is. Interconnected individuals bring about fortuitous developments like this. Thanks to Markus Dieck, Kristina Balbach, the team at Virtuos, and GEMA.