The 2017 Grammy Awards ballots have gone out. Presented for your Grammy voting consideration: Tower Music / Musique de la Tour in the following categories: – #2 Album of the Year – #73 Best engineered album, Classical – #74 Producer of the year, Classical – #79 Best Classical instrumental solo – #82 Best Contemporary Classical Composition IRRESISTIBLE – The San Francisco… Read more →
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BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE REVIEW OF TOWER MUSIC
TOWER MUSIC @VASSAR COLLEGE
“A Photographic Diary of Joseph Bertolozzi’s Tower Music/Musique de la Tour” will be on view June 14-July 28, 2016 at the James W. Palmer III Gallery, Main Building, Vassar College. The exhibition is free and open to the public. The exhibition kicks-off with an opening reception on Tuesday June 14, 4:30-6:30pm. Palaia’s Tower Music book and Bertolozzi’s Tower Music CD will be available for… Read more →
RAIN WHEEL – DESCRIPTION & DEMONSTRATION
A short description of the Rain Wheel I developed for Tower Music followed by a scene of it in action. Since there were no interior structures within which to drop beads for a “rain stick” effect (like I did for Bridge Music, Tower Music’s sister project in New York), I had to find a way to sustain the sound effect… Read more →
POSITIONING PLAYERS FOR TOWER MUSIC LIVE
This video demonstrates strategy behind the mic positioning and consequently the live player positions. Read more →
INITIAL REVIEWS OF TOWER MUSIC: SO FAR SO GOOD!
Here are some of the initial reviews of Tower Music / Musique de la Tour SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE “…irresistable…buoyant, resonant rhythmic entertainment….a witty and often beautiful array of rhythmic grooves and harmonic rhapsodies as if Steve Reich had been set loose on a giant Erector set. …the piece’s allure really comes from the vigor and inventiveness of Bertolozzi’s musical imagination…”… Read more →
BBC WORLD SERVICE COVERS TOWER MUSIC
BBC Weekend’s Anu Anand interviews composer Joseph Bertolozzi. Listen here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03vbbb3 Read more →
NICE TOWER MUSIC STORY FROM NPR
Melissa Block reported a nice Tower Music / Musique de la Tour story on National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition. Here it is: http://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2016/05/08/477040062/how-one-man-made-the-eiffel-tower-sing Read more →
RAPPING THE EIFFEL TOWER w/FLAWS ACCEPTED & JOSEPH BERTOLOZZI
A spontaneous rap session on the Eiffel Tower with FLAWS ACCEPTED featuring Liberty Jordan and Hannah Powell with Joseph Bertolozzi during his #TowerMusic recording sessions. A closer view of Liberty & Hannah in this same performance can be viewed at the 1:02 mark in a video story from The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/jun/08/eiffel-tower-instrument-video Read more →
IT’S NOT ONLY ABOUT THE BANGING!
For those of you who insist I am “banging, smashing, attacking, beating,” etc., the Eiffel Tower when I make my music, I hope this video gives you some perspective! Read more →