Patrick Gleeson TABLE of CONTENTS
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Major Figures in American Music OHV 445 Patrick Gleeson TABLE OF CONTENTS a-h Patrick Gleeson OHV 445 a-h with Gregg Bendian March 16, 2013 Los Angeles, CA Side a: pp. 1-15 Early life in Seattle—Hearing Quincy jones at High School parties—Giving up piano after being restricted by parents from jazz—Getting a PhD in English Literature–Civil rights involvement at San Francisco State Side b: pp. 16-20 Writing and performing musique concrète—Experiementation with LSD—Moving from the Buchla to the Moog—Abandoning academia to set up first electronic music studio, Different Fur–Selling drugs—Collaboration with Bruce Conner—Meeting John Cage, David Tudor, and Steve Reich Side c: pp. 20-33 Collaborating with Bruce Conner and Terry Riley on the film Crossroads— Working with commercials and San Francisco rock and blues groups—First meeting and working with Herbie Hancock—Giving up analog instruments Side d: pp. 33-48 Live Mwandishi band—Nature of collaborative process in the band—Audience confusion on the nature of electronic music —Gleeson’s role within the ensemble Side e: pp. 48-56 Sextant—Break up of band—Regaining ownership of Different Fur— Difficulty of working with early electronic music equipment–Introduction to writing film and television music—Leaving television industry due to age Side f: pp. 56-68 New studio to be set up—Classical music influences— New direction in his music— Apocalypse Now score–Leadership and personnel issues of Apocalypse music team Side g: pp. 68-79 Closing remarks More interview materials with this artist may be available. Please contact our offices for more information. Major Figures in American Music OHV 445 Side h: pp. 64-67 Anecdote of owners club meeting at New England Digital with Oscar Peterson, Vladimir Ussachevsky, and Pat Metheny More interview materials with this artist may be available. Please contact our offices for more information. .