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J. M. Smig
@jmsmig.bsky.social
Obscure composer laureate and Minister of Silly Walks of Salem, MA. New eBooks: Throwing Out Love Notes and Quintet for Vulgarian and Office Drone available at all online booksellers.
http://smig.org
2/2: "Massive Elves" consists of four sections, each using an algorithmic variation on the initial interpretation of "Berklee" using an array to reorder the pitches.

The final ingredient was the sleigh bells and xylophone that instantly turns any piece of music, even atonal, into "holiday" music.
Massive Elves, by J. M. Smig
3 track album
jmsmig.bandcamp.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
That's the Allman Brothers.
December 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
By the way, @bpl.boston.gov is also a great place for Zappaphiles as they have a collection of Zappa scores available in the reading room of the Arts section though “Dupree’s Paradise”, which I skimmed some years ago, no longer appears in the website database.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
So instead of working on “Zappacrite” on the first day of Zappadan, I took a detour and began work on a piece with the working title of “Copley Square Dance”. Still a work in progress, the current revision can be heard as a bonus track on Apostolatus.

Music is the best. Download what thou wilt.
JMS
Apostolatus ( * ), by J. M. Smig
19 track album
jmsmig.bandcamp.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I read the article twice. No backstory on canning.
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
In Utero.
September 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM