John Morton Sound Artist
I am fortunate to have known a music artist/composer his name is John Morton, he specializes in experimental digital sounds. I interviewed him and this is a summary of his reflections on the subject. I asked him to tell me about himself and how he came to digital sound. John was born in 1954 in Los Angeles, he attended the California Institute of the Arts . While there, he studied electronic music and used MIDI which allows multiple instruments to be played from a single controlle r , Sounds can be synthesized and music compositions can be shared between computers. He was influenced by the work of other artists such as John Cage who described music as "a purposeless play" which is "an affirmation of life. ( 1) John moved to New York City where wrote chamber music, he then became interested in mechanical music boxes. He started manipulating these boxes to make new sounds. To alter the sound he used g uitar effects s uch as WAWA and d elay peddles. At this p
