Leaving and Returning to Las Vegas
Sarah J. Ritch has painted a rich musical landscape over the last few years whether being a composer or performer. A quick listen to several of her tracks at http://sarahjritch.wordpress.com/sounds/ shows strength in a variety of styles including classical and experimental. Her recent release on Absence of Wax, 16 Days, Ritch has composed a beautiful 10-minute track that explores the meaning of drones. At first listen, 16 Days comes across as a simple drone piece, but upon further listens, one is taken by the layering of dropping of waves that linger between silence and noise.
Sarah J. Ritch’s “!6 Days” (
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I think her blog post describing the epiphany of discovering netlabels is pretty great!
She describes herself as a mostly tonal composer, which is almost exactly what I am not! I’m interested to give her work a spin.
Yes! I love her lines, “Why fight the free downloading of your music? Why not encourage it?! The point of making music is to share it, right? “
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