Erik Carlson
@rkcrlsn.bsky.social
violinist and composer
https://midnightsledding.net
https://midnightsledding.net
Scott Robertson recorded and transcribed 50 of his yawns
November 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Scott Robertson recorded and transcribed 50 of his yawns
I bounced my last album to masonry
October 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I bounced my last album to masonry
Transcription by Élie Poirée of a 3rd-century(!) palindromic melody that consists of every permutation of 3 pitches. (original: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale Suppl. grec 574)
May 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Transcription by Élie Poirée of a 3rd-century(!) palindromic melody that consists of every permutation of 3 pitches. (original: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale Suppl. grec 574)
John Taylor is the Richard Serra of change ringing.
April 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
John Taylor is the Richard Serra of change ringing.
Spending the day finding Gregorian chant phrases that have the same pitch content
April 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Spending the day finding Gregorian chant phrases that have the same pitch content
Spent the day listening to frequencies with the same wavelength as various repetitive structural elements nearby.
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midnightsledding.net/carlson/patt...
April 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Spent the day listening to frequencies with the same wavelength as various repetitive structural elements nearby.
midnightsledding.net/carlson/patt...
midnightsledding.net/carlson/patt...
Today's meditation, a prolation canon for solo violin.
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March 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Today's meditation, a prolation canon for solo violin.
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midnightsledding.net/carlson/patt...
UCSD joining the nationwide protest tomorrow against the disgusting and enormous cuts to science and medical research.
March 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
UCSD joining the nationwide protest tomorrow against the disgusting and enormous cuts to science and medical research.
Second century Greek pitch permutations transcribed from the manuscript Venetus Marcianus IV 10
March 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Second century Greek pitch permutations transcribed from the manuscript Venetus Marcianus IV 10
I'm working on a set of very short self-descriptive songs.
February 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I'm working on a set of very short self-descriptive songs.
My new favorite 1-star review
February 10, 2025 at 5:09 AM
My new favorite 1-star review
Gioseffo Zarlino in rehearsal: Sorry bruh just gimme like 80 more minutes to get tuned up.
February 4, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Gioseffo Zarlino in rehearsal: Sorry bruh just gimme like 80 more minutes to get tuned up.
Today's performance: four tones defining the points of a 1 Day X 1 Octave diamond
February 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Today's performance: four tones defining the points of a 1 Day X 1 Octave diamond
An 11th century systematic chord catalogue by Guido d'Arezzo
(from this document: epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/10929/1/Cim....)
(from this document: epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/10929/1/Cim....)
January 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
An 11th century systematic chord catalogue by Guido d'Arezzo
(from this document: epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/10929/1/Cim....)
(from this document: epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/10929/1/Cim....)
Spent the afternoon biking around my neighborhood, taking pictures of buildings with multiple address numbers, so tonight I can listen to some just intervals and chords based on those frequency ratios.
November 18, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Spent the afternoon biking around my neighborhood, taking pictures of buildings with multiple address numbers, so tonight I can listen to some just intervals and chords based on those frequency ratios.
“Introduction to the Decline of Music and its Cause” Johann Mattheson (1713)
January 13, 2024 at 4:39 AM
“Introduction to the Decline of Music and its Cause” Johann Mattheson (1713)
I’m sad that the NYTimes Best Classical Performances of 2023 did not wait for my performance tomorrow in my living room of 1000+ variations of a melodic C major triad as catalogued by Christian Ziegler in 1739.
midnightsledding.net/images/Ziegl...
midnightsledding.net/images/Ziegl...
December 19, 2023 at 12:59 AM
I’m sad that the NYTimes Best Classical Performances of 2023 did not wait for my performance tomorrow in my living room of 1000+ variations of a melodic C major triad as catalogued by Christian Ziegler in 1739.
midnightsledding.net/images/Ziegl...
midnightsledding.net/images/Ziegl...
Went to the grocery store and someone left their list on a post-it on the cart I got… and it sounded better than my own list… so I just got this stuff.
November 17, 2023 at 6:10 AM
Went to the grocery store and someone left their list on a post-it on the cart I got… and it sounded better than my own list… so I just got this stuff.