How Long Is A Piece Of String Theory? Listen to VARIATIONS for the answer, and more...

David Cain, award-winning musician/composer/producer in the trio Wertico Cain and Gray, continues expanding his musical composition 'worlds' on 'VARIATIONS'. "I feel the need to express myself without any reservation, to tell the truth in my music, using old forms and new sounds and ideas..." 

David follows honors his composition mentor with a new project, VARIATIONS. "Variations embodies the excitement of musical exploration, taking listeners beyond conventional destinations to immerse themselves in unique and often rare sonic worlds. It’s characterized by tracks that push boundaries, such as a string quartet, a sax quartet, jam band burning, and uncommon acapella moods. This type of music honors the past, but welcomes the future, fostering a deep homage to Yes, Todd, Mahavishnu, Beethoven… while imagining new worlds of possibilities...” This album is dedicated to the memory of a brilliant composer, and David's dear friend, Dr. Roque Cordero. Ear candy with headphones. David proudly uses Waves Audio plugins. Music link available on request.

BONUS - True Story: The making of the "woodpecker" snare drum track video. https://youtu.be/sCJQHSPNWyA?feature=shared
"I'm in my treehouse studio composing. My sonic awareness takes me to my sound zone window. A woodpecker was jamming in time with my music! Quickly grabbed my phone, ran to the window to capture the audio. And through the miracle of technology, the Woodpecker drumming on my treehouse becomes a snare drum in the "Woodpecker" variation."

Wertico Cain and Gray features multimedia artist and composer David Cain (sax, vocals, keys), 7-time Grammy winner Paul Wertico (drums - Pat Metheny), and Larry Gray (bass). Chicago-based, this spontaneous trio composes and orchestrates everything in real-time, melting acoustic and electronic sounds with new-tech and word-tech, in-sync with an inner muse that connects to the universe of possibilities, and musically conversing to the point of sheer telepathy.  (www.wcg.band)

David Cain: composer, musician, artist, filmmaker, author
Resident Artist, Hoogland Center for the Arts
www.davidjamescain.com
Email: dc@umedia.net