{"id":6842,"date":"2021-04-05T19:59:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T23:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomswafford.com\/welcome\/?page_id=6842"},"modified":"2022-07-29T15:11:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T19:11:23","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tomswafford.com\/welcome\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6842\" class=\"elementor elementor-6842\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1d54fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1d54fd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b11ac14\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a66d61\" data-id=\"4a66d61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6e78eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6e78eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><h2>SOLO<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-88dbda2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"88dbda2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e00fa5f\" data-id=\"e00fa5f\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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data-albumArt=\"https:\/\/tomswafford.com\/welcome\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png\"data-trackartists=\"\"data-releasedate=\"\" data-trackTitle=\"A\"><span class=\"store-list\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomswafford.bandcamp.com\/track\/seven\" class=\"song-store\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"BandCamp\"><i class=\"fa fab fa-bandcamp\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/li><li data-audiopath=\"https:\/\/tomswafford.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/B.mp3\"   data-showloading=\"1\"  data-albumTitle=\"12.15.19\" data-albumArt=\"https:\/\/tomswafford.com\/welcome\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png\"data-trackartists=\"Tom Swafford\"data-releasedate=\"\" data-trackTitle=\"B\"><span class=\"store-list\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomswafford.bandcamp.com\/track\/eight\" class=\"song-store\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"BandCamp\"><i class=\"fa fab fa-bandcamp\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/li><li data-audiopath=\"https:\/\/tomswafford.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/C.mp3\"   data-showloading=\"1\"  data-albumTitle=\"12.15.19\" data-albumArt=\"https:\/\/tomswafford.com\/welcome\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png\"data-trackartists=\"Tom Swafford\"data-releasedate=\"\" data-trackTitle=\"C\"><span class=\"store-list\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomswafford.bandcamp.com\/track\/three\" class=\"song-store\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"BandCamp\"><i class=\"fa fab fa-bandcamp\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n              <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            \r\n            <div class=\"\"><\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"\">\r\n            <h1 class=\"track-title text-center\"><\/h1> \r\n                            <div class=\"album-title\"><\/div>\r\n                            <div class=\"player\">\r\n                <div class=\"currentTime\"><\/div>\r\n                <div id=\"arbitrary-instance-6a14e0a5c1f92-wave\" class=\"wave\"><\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"totalTime\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n                    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<\/article>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f62a393\" data-id=\"f62a393\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-569d0e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"569d0e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><h3>Two New Solo Albums<\/h3><h3>The biggest artistic benefit from my 12 years of subway playing has been the development of my sound, which I believe has acquired a maturity and patina that was missing from my earlier music. I wanted to document this in the folk-influenced music of my album, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/tomswafford.bandcamp.com\/album\/bound-to-go-away\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bound to Go Away<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0 The video below is an example of this.\u00a0 The other new album, <em>Rough Spaces<\/em>, will use a wider sonic palette that incorporates extended techniques and elements from the many different genres I&#8217;ve been involved in throughout my life. These more experimental pieces are like musical dramas, with\u00a0 dialogues and arguments that take place as these stylistic elements interact.\u00a0 Listen to the playlist (A, B and C) for examples of this, recorded at a live performance in 2019. Click the diamond symbols to hear the full performance on BandCamp.\u00a0<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-952dcbd elementor-aspect-ratio-43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"952dcbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/T5Pl3ZFnPgk&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;43&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c77278c 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data-albumArt=\"https:\/\/tomswafford.com\/welcome\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png\"data-trackartists=\"Golden Crackers\"data-releasedate=\"\" data-trackTitle=\"Brushed\"><span class=\"store-list\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goldencrackers.bandcamp.com\/track\/get-away-clean\" class=\"song-store\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"BandCamp\"><i class=\"fa fab fa-bandcamp\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n              <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            \r\n            <div class=\"\"><\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"\">\r\n            <h1 class=\"track-title text-center\"><\/h1> \r\n                            <div class=\"album-title\"><\/div>\r\n                            <div class=\"player\">\r\n                <div class=\"currentTime\"><\/div>\r\n                <div id=\"arbitrary-instance-6a14e0a5c63be-wave\" class=\"wave\"><\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"totalTime\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n                                <div 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class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-022b6f0\" data-id=\"022b6f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e51934 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e51934\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><h3>The attack of the bow on the violin string can be as sharp as the stick on the drumhead, and the mallet and brush can be as lyrical as the violin&#8217;s bow.<\/h3><p>These three examples demonstrate the versatility of both instruments.\u00a0 In &#8220;Rachel&#8221; (or &#8220;Monocalcium Phosphate&#8221;), radio interference caused a reading from Sandra Cisneros&#8217;s <em>The House on Mango Street\u00a0<\/em>to end up on our recording &#8211; creating a rather haunting effect.\u00a0 Click\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomswafford.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/rachel_transcription.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span> to view my transcription of this piece.\u00a0<\/p><p>Matt and I started playing in Seattle in 2003. He moved to NYC in 2006 and one of the main reasons I moved there in &#8217;07 was to keep playing with Matt. We are now both in New England and I am looking forward to developing our music further.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a219016 elementor-aspect-ratio-43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"a219016\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/hrSTHyVbF2c&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:65,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;43&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element 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unpremeditated music.&#8221;<\/h3><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/avantmusicnews.com\/2021\/02\/21\/tom-swafford-zachary-swanson-scythe-paths-through-the-nettles-bandcamp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Barbiero, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Avant Music News<\/span><\/a><\/p><p>Zach and I first played together in an old-time\/Americana band around 2013.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>We began playing improvised duos and developed a language that draws on our common background in experimental, classical, jazz and folk music.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We released our album, Scythe Paths Through the Nettles, in early 2021.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dd516e elementor-aspect-ratio-43 elementor-widget 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style=\"letter-spacing: -0.8px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211;<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.8px; text-decoration-line: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkmusicdaily.wordpress.com\/2018\/01\/28\/tomsswafford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Music Daily<\/a><\/span><\/p><p>I started String Power in 2007, recruiting many of my versatile string playing friends to play a wide variety of genres. <em>Wildwood Flower<\/em> is done in the style of Shape Note singing.\u00a0 Our version of <em>Fables of Faubus<\/em> strives to reflect the urgency of Charles Mingus&#8217;s original version. My composition Brutal Fanfare is influenced by a lot of the music in our repertoire.\u00a0 The video is our rendition of <em>Raining Blood<\/em> by Slayer.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dc52ab elementor-aspect-ratio-43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"5dc52ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/0Aye2TWbTTY&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:38,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;43&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div 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I chose a particularly cloying, exaggerated musical theater style to represent the secretly sinister status quo messages.\u00a0 The songs in the playlist are my original demos. Click the cloud on the right to hear more.\u00a0 The photos and video are from a workshop production at the Tank in NYC in 2017. 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