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What I do (& did)

My Biography

Actually, there is not much new, lately!

Here is what I am doing now!

As of August 28, 2008 I am now Retired from active playing!

• I was Pit Drummer & Music Contractor for California Musical Theaterfor 54 years, doing Broadway Shows.
• I was Timpanist for the Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra
• I was Timpanist for the Sacramento Opera Association
• I was Timpanist for the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra
• I was Principal Timpanist for the Late Sacramento Symphony Orchestra. I had been in this orchestra since the 50's!
• I am sysop and WebMaster for MacNexus, the Sacramento Macintosh User Group
• I continue to compose music, but now with the use of my Mac

Past:

• In the 50's I played Jazz and gave drum lessons............
• In the '60's I was a founding member of The New Music Ensemble (NME) a group that pioneered new music & free group improvisations
• In the late 60's, I started to build "Electronic Sculptures" that were more or less "self modifying" auto-performance units. I still am working in this area today, but not as active as before. Many of these machines have been running without stop since then. They are called "Moosack Machines"
• I was a founding member of AMRA/ARMA a group devoted to performing live-electronic & percussion theatricals (now called performance art?) in the '70's
• I was one of the Composer/Editor/Publishers of SOURCE: Music of the Avant Garde, an international periodical about "new music". We published full scores of the latest in Avant Garde music, & the magazines contained LP Records, slides, fur...........

Current Interests & Activities:

• Composing Songs in collaberation with Poet Kenneth Horton
• Macintosh Computers
• WebPages
• Collecting Old Drums
• Improving my drumset
• Timpani Restorations
• Drumming in the Streets.....

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Get in touch with me at: sTANg@macnexus.org

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