New music by Malcolm Smith

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Music recordings added to this site

The newest web pages and new photos on this website are listed separately.
The newest recordings of my music are, with date uploaded: (+date composed) [+date recorded if different]

Recent music made in my studio: (more coming soon)

2011-07-03 Swimming In Plasma for synthesisers & percussion (2011)

Earlier archive recordings: (more music+scores coming soon)

2011-06-11 Violently Calm Entrancement for piano (1999) [2001]
2011-06-06 Hymn for piano (1998) [2001]
2011-06-04 Homage To Alfred for piano (1998/9) [2001]
2011-05-07 A Time On My Island Of Art for clarinet & cello (2000)
2011-05-02 A Breath of Fresh Air for clarinet, shakers, vibraphone & piano (2000)
2011-04-26 Majestic for synthesiser (1993)
2011-04-26 Deep Space for processed piano & electronics (1992)
2010-12-19 Song Of The Goddesses for sampler & computer (1993)
2010-12-19 She Looked Becalmed for flute & piano (1997) [2000]
2010-12-19 LIV for flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano (1998) [2001]
2010-12-18 Jewels for piano (1999) [2001]
2010-12-17 Message for piano (1994) [2000]

Creative Commons BY-SA-3.0 licensed

My recordings (and indeed most of this website) are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Licence for free download because my music wants to be heard.

Feedback appreciated

It would be nice to get some comments on what you like/dislike, and why. Obviously constructive criticism is better than just saying "I love it!" or "It sux!". Please email me your comments, so that I can better gauge what moves you and where to direct my attentions amidst my vast archives of recordings awaiting processing and uploading. Do you prefer piano pieces or electronic music or my songs? Which are your favourites? We do like to think of The Listeners.

Donations towards hosting costs are welcome if you want to show your appreciation for something you really like, but I'm afraid you can't claim money back for things you hate since there is NO WARRANTY ;-)

Where are the MP3's?

MP3 is a patent-encumbered legacy format which although widely used is not Free. It's way out of date and these days many people are using better formats instead based on open standards like FLAC (uncompressed) and OGG Vorbis. Obviously just like CDs, the ever ubiquitous MP3 isn't going away tomorrow, but (apart from legacy applications) there's no point being stuck with its limitations for new music. Since their patents won't let me legally create MP3's, I won't be prolonging MP3 usage by including any here.

If your computer can't play the audio files on this website, check out Wikipedia's Help pages about OGG sound files, or the easiest option is to just install a decent media player like VLC which is Free and works on almost any operating system. And if someone bought you an iPod for Christmas, then sign this petition and ask Apple why you can't play OGGs (because they obviously want to keep you locked into their iTunes Store). Luckily solutions do exist, or other less-restricted portable media players are available.

"There's no free expression without control of the tools you use." - AGNULA

Almost all of the music on this website was created/edited using Free Software audio tools running on Debian/Aptosid. A big thanks is due to all Linux Audio Developers, some of whom I sponsor with donations whenever possible. These programs rock: