from Norman Beede
"mde 2 differs from mde 1. while keeping the concept of long cuts we enjoyed setting or composing more of the pieces on mde 2. chords, number of bars per section and entrances were more likely to be set before recording. tempos stay the same throughout the tracks just like mde 1 but there are more distinct sections with improvisation set apart from the rest of the ensemble similar to a jazz or rock tune as opposed to it being the essence of the piece as on many of the mde 1 tracks. almost all of the compositions on mde 2 were written and performed live in dance concerts before being recorded. there are more musicians added to our ensemble as well. steve grom: 12 string guitar, electric guitar and composer (seascape), bob mehren: guitars, bob ose: tom toms, bass drum, percussion, percussion toys, treble trombone and conga. also kenny sawhill appears on "music for slit drum" on bass trombone and bass synth and rolan tripp plays the slit drum. i have to mention geoff cooper who was involved in the recording of both mde cd's. geoff was sound man at nbc-tv channel 4 in burbank and ran dbcoopers (vinyl) . recording credits also go to craig kupka and bob ose. all tracks were originally recorded on a teac four track between 1980 and 1983 and originally offered in vinyl."You can now find this record in the asimplesound.com main library
