When you have performers, there's the uniqueness of live performance and what performers do in concerts.

I never thought that I would write orchestra music, but in fact I did write a group of orchestra pieces.

My perspective on the academic world is very favorable. I did certain kinds of things that I could never have done otherwise.

I didn't want my music to be seen as examples of an electronic culture; I just wanted them to be thought of as pieces of music.

I think of myself as experimenting with different ways of structuring pieces. A lot of it has to do with the computer, of course.

I can't say that there's a common practice that has to do with pitch language or with the way pieces are put together because today, anything is fair game. As far as I'm concerned, my own common practice is a piece that engages the attention of listeners from beginning to end, and doesn't rely on or expect the listener to zone out.

I wrote a lot of software to do various kinds of special things, and I loved the idea of composing pieces in an electronic studio.