joe's last (re)mix

FREE download: joe's last mix by Tanner Menard

We are pleased to offer for download, free of charge, score and parts to joe's last mix, by Tanner Menard.  The downloads are PDF files, and are offered under the Creative Commons license below.

Click here to download the full score, suitable for printing at 11x17

Click here to download a set of parts, suitable for printing at 8.5x11

joe's last mix by Tanner Menard is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

The REMIX composition contest

Central to our free Creative Commons release of joe's last mix is an invitation for composers of all backgrounds to remix the score of this innovative piece. We are hoping to receive remixes made electronically from performance recordings, as well as recompositions of the original work.

Composed remixes of the original score may be for any combination of the original instrumentation and require submission of both score and parts as PDF files, and must include an mp3 file of a midi performance of the score.

Electronic remixes should be submitted as mp3 files via email (for larger files, an FTP site is available upon request), along with a short written statement about your remix.

This is an ongoing invitation but participants who submit composed remixes by March 1, 2010 will be considered for a performance and recording by the Arizona State University Wind Ensemble on April 15, 2010.  Winning electronic remixes will be featured on this concert as well.  All selected submissions will be posted and featured on this site, the Loose Filter Project home page, and Tanner Menard's web page.

All submissions and any questions should be directed to Stuart Sims here.  Terms of remix agreement after the fold.

Audio: CSU Stanislaus Wind Ensemble - Sims

California State University-Stanislaus Wind Ensemble (Turlock, CA)

Stuart Sims, conductor (May 2007)

joe's last mix - CSUS

Audio: ASU Wind Symphony - Hill

Arizona State University Wind Symphony (Tempe, AZ)

Gary W. Hill, conductor (May 2004)

joe's last mix - ASU

About joe's last mix

Joe's last mix was begun in the summer of 1999 and completed early in the year 2000. It was commissioned by a great friend, Stuart Sims, in memory of his stepfather Joe Sullivan. At the time, Stuart and I spent many hours listening a variety of music, especially the minimalistic orchestral works of John Adams, he a graduate student the University of Michigan and I a 19 year old undergraduate at Louisiana State. We decided that i would compose a work that would be a celebration of Joe's life rather than a requiem in his memory.

At the time, I was highly involved in the electronic dance scene that was rapidly reaching its peak in the U.S. It seemed fitting to combine my infatuation with minimalism with the thumping music that had taken over the underground night life of cities all across America.

About Tanner Menard

Tanner Menard was born on September 20th, 1978 – the same month that Brian Eno published his essay titled “Ambient Music”. At the age of 11, Menard composed his first works for piano and has since explored minimal sound worlds in myriad contexts that are bound by a central poetic understanding of sound. For nearly 20 years he has composed and curated experimental sound works and installations both for electronic media and orchestral ensembles. Menard’s music is released on Install Records, Archaic Horizon Net Label, Friendly Virus Net Label, Kafua Records and will soon be released on Tokyo Droning, Experimedia, Slow Flow Rec and Mandorla. His orchestral music has been published by Loose Filter Music.

Menard’s work has also appeared on the radio, on tv, in plays, at art galleries, festivals, spiritual centers and in major concert halls across the world. In 2005 Menard served as an artist in residence at Arizona State University where he collaborated with Jeph Jerman, Gary Hill, and Daniel Bernard Romain for his installation, “Envyronie”. Menard is rapidly becoming known for recreation of Robert Rich's Sleep Concert with Chika Iijima and Jeremy Bible and has lulled audiences to sleep with sounds from over 100 artists from all over the globe.

Ask Tanner

This thread is for YOU to ask composer Tanner Menard anything you might be curious about in joe's last mix, performances, influences, or anything really.  Use the comments to ask away!

Audio: James Logan HS Wind Symphony - Sims

James Logan High School Wind Symphony, Ramiro Barrera, Director (Union City, CA)

Stuart Sims, guest conductor

in concert at the Mid-West Clinic, December 2003

joe's last mix - Logan HS