I think of myself as an experimentalist even though much of my music sounds logical and normal, in a sense.

I've had a lot of fun writing percussion music. It feels quite similar to writing computer music. But I found myself in the role of choreographer in a way, worrying about physical movement and such.

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.

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

I don't think there's something that you have to 'get' with my music. It tends toward the dramatic side rather than the narrative.

I think of myself as an experimentalist even though much of my music sounds logical and normal, in a sense.

I noticed things in my computer music that were getting old, and I started to figure out that this has to do with the way the listener interacts with music.