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JD Fuller (b. 2004) is a sound artist, composer, & student from Houston, Texas interested in computer / electroacoustic music, improvisation, and experimental composition. He is currently a third year Bachelor’s student at the University of North Texas in Denton, TX, USA studying Music with a concentration in Electronics. JD is an avid electronics-performer and is part of electronics sextet Just The TRS! , electronics duo Octothorpe with Nolen Liu, and Club Akirat. Recently JD performed with the JD Fuller Electro-Acoustic Doomjazz Ensemble, with which he will be working frequently with in the near future.
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As of early 2023, JD is working on a series of projects exploring mixed media composition & improvisational structures: spelen :: for two-player games & electronics, three :: for trio & tape, four :: for courageous chamber groups, combos, & computer, five :: for quintet & creative cartography, six :: for solo performer & synthesized sound, seven/eight :: for solo electronics… , nine :: for nimb & other noises, & ten :: for electronics sextet; these projects are set to release between March and December 2023, with scores available on this website and recorded albums on Bandcamp. After these projects, JD will be working on a large work for The JDFEADJE.
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jd founded braes records, and this website explores many of his creative endeavors, including work with Club Akirat, SD’s Sine Demonstrations, all of his compositions and all of his recordings for others.
feel free to explore, and check out the links below for the music, as well as “activities” at the bottom of the page!
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select compositions (work in progress!!; january 2022 on, all works list):
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Fuller, J. – brays :: for electric guitar and a man-made body of water, 5/2021, fixed media piece using bayou field recordings to represent Houston as submission for CIME 2021
Fuller, J. – Doppler Shift Compensation, 6/2021, fixed media exploring electroacoustic techniques to represent DSC in specific Bats for Oberlin SAW Link at 15:25 ; Paper Referenced
Fuller, J. – dot :: for three improvising musicians, with at least one polyphonic and one monophonic, 1/2022, interpretive score with the use of “dots” to represent measures of action
Fuller, J. / Hopeton, D – the hope-tones :: for no input mixing board and granular drums, 6/2022, learning how to give instructions for noise music, google doc score ; bandcamp link
Fuller, J. / Kilmarnock, Y – gold mist metallic tea :: for microsound, microphones, & multiple musicians, 11/2022, one of the biggest projects i’ve worked on to-date using color-based indeterminate scores and lots of microsound. google doc score ; bandcamp link ; webpage
Fuller, J. / Hopeton, S – sd’s resynthesis, 1/2023, (tape) SD’s second full length project recorded using SuperCollider, VCV Rack, & CEMI’s modular synth and exploring working only with electronic sounds, as well as exploring how SD makes compositional decisions. bandcamp link
Fuller, J. / Kilmarnock, Y – ys’s merry cure, 2/2023, (tape) YS Kilmarnock’s first full length project exploring Musique concrète, found percussion, and poetry. The narrative for the project is based on YS’s experience with a COVID-19esque disease affecting his family back home on Mercury. bandcamp link
Fuller, J. – static :: for electric guitar & electronics, 12/22-5/23, the first piece from one of the 3-10 series that will happen next spring- this is a piece written for Jacob Elibol and exploring scale based improvisation; new score
Fuller, J. – three :: for trio & tape, 3/23, three pieces for instrumental trios with fixed media including wound :: for duo prepared banjo & angular feedback, clipping by proximity :: for trio tbn & tape, and sterren sleutel :: for pf, tpt, ds, & tape. Scores available on Works page and on ajbrysonmusic.com
Fuller, J. – the depths of which i no longer know :: for sax quartet & fixed media, 4/23, written for the Pyxis quartet. available on ajbrysonmusic.com
Fuller, J. – five :: for quintet & creative cartography, 5/23, a set of 5 improvisational maps based on the highways and public transportation systems of several US cities. Each map can be performed several different ways, or several maps could be performed together. five is mostly used as a system of “free” improvisation for jazz or electronic quintets. available at ajbrysonmusic.com
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select performances (also work in progress, all performances mentioned in activities at bottom of page):
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4.2.22 at Contemporary Art Museum Houston – Video Link
4.8.22 at Braes Records LIVE – Video Link
6.24.22 at Braes Records Pride Show – Video Link
8.10.22 at Braes Records LIVE – Video Link
9.21.2022 at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios // (w/ UNT Composers Forum, No-Input-Mixer & Live Electronics) // – Video Link
10.31.2022 at Music Now // (w/ E^2 Ensemble, playing Theremin & Live Electronics performing Spiegal im Spiegal and Mycenae Alpha) //
12.2.2022 at E^2 Ensemble Concert // performing on No-Input-Mixer, Lap Steel, Theremin, & Live Electronics // performed pieces by E^2 peers (including a NIMB Quartet!) & my own Bank G //
12.20.2022 at Braes Records // (as JD Fuller & Friends) playing Lap Steel with Live Electronics // – Video Link
3.9.2023 at E^2 Ensemble Concert // performing on Lap Steel & Sampler for The Beginning and End of the Universe with Just The TRS!, Lap Steel and Ableton for Tic-Tac-Toe (eight fields) by Octothorpe, and general electronics for drip. by C-U-L8R
4.2.2023 at 24/24 // performing Kory Reeder’s Conditional Notes on Electromagnetism on Lap Steel; Ryan Giraldi also performed a piece of mine, Aspen’s Cruel Pen :: for bass voice & electronics. [ no tech difficulties ! ]
4.15.2023 at Bruce Hall // conducted, performed live electronics, and live mixed+recorded the JD Fuller Electro-Acoustic Doomjazz Ensemble. – Video Link
4.28.2023 in Music Commons, Movimento
4.28.2023 at E^2 Ensemble Concert // Just The TRS! performing infinite deserts (on OSC/VCV Rack Patch), Octothorpe performing field test (on Bespoke and with percussive sounds), & C-U-L8R performing with stochasticity! (on VCV Rack and with Lap Steel) – TRS! Video
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Below is gallery, activities is further down
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Activities
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2023
May 4, 2023 – DENSITY / WEIGHT [ live ] by the JD Fuller Electro-Acoustic Doomjazz Ensemble is made available on bandcamp. It will be available elsewhere in mid-May. Personnel: Mari Ortiz, Caro Martinez, Ryan Yumang, Joey Zapp, Jonathan Arcangel, Sabren Espinoza, Aidan Schwarz, Al Lesieutre, Brenin Coin, Jacob Elibol, Marques Pruitt, Sean DeCoursey, Kyle Leonard, Henry Peyrebrune, Alan Sanchez, & Spencer Paulsen.
April 29, 2023 – Three :: for Trio & Tape made available online. featuring Josh Garrison, Al Lesieutre, Alex Parker, Sean DeCoursey, Luke Bielfeldt, Brenin Coin, Marques Pruitt, & Jack Starkey. Videos have been made for each of the three pieces and will be released in May and June.
April 28, 2023 – E2 Concert, Just The TRS! performing infinite deserts, Octothorpe performing field test, & C-U-L8R performing with stochasticity!
April 28, 2023 – Music at Noon, performing Movimento
April 27, 2023 – Bruce Hallapalooza, performing with Henry Peyrebrune & Will Bender
April 18, 2023 – Octothorpe ft. Mak E, Just The TRS! to perform at Rubber Gloves. Pieces: a quiet evening & finite waters
April 15, 2023 – The JDFE-ADJE (JD Fuller Electro-Acoustic Doomjazz Ensemble) performed at Bruce Hall pieces Density and Weight. First large ensemble piece performance success!
April 15, 2023 – Performed as a pedestrian in a performance of Dr. Joseph Klein’s Outdoor Music IV at the corner of Eagle and Avenue C.
April 12, 2023 – SD’s Resynthesis was played to accompany silent video projection art by the New Media Cooperative at UNT CVAD’s (College of Visual Arts and Design) Night Art Market, Nocturnum. CVAD Courtyard
April 2, 2023 – Participated in 24/24 with UNT’s Composer’s Forum. Composers had 24 hours to compose a piece and performers had 24 hours to learn it. Kory Reeder wrote a Lap Steel & Fixed Media piece that I performed “Conditional Notes on Electromagnetism” and I wrote a piece for bass voice and live electronics “Aspen’s cruel pen” that was performed by Ryan Giraldi.
April 1, 2023 – Live At Bruce! Recording, Mixing, Mastering, & Uploading of Spencer Paulsen’s house set – The Spencer Paulsen Birthday Bash at Bruce Hall.
March 25, 2023 – Live At Bruce! Recording, Mixing, Mastering, & Uploading of Alex Siler and The Monk-Keys’ Thelonious Monk Themed house set at Bruce Hall.
March 10, 2023 – Spelen :: for Two Player Games and Electronics is made available online. This project began in December 2022 when I had 10 duos of performers play board games or do a sudoku puzzle together. Over winter break, I used the data from these games to algorithmically generate scores. I had the duos perform the scores and applied some processing. Available everywhere by JD Fuller
March 9, 2023 – Performed with E2 Ensemble with Just The TRS! performing our piece The Beginning and End of the Universe, with C-U-L8r performing our piece drip. , and with Nolen Liu as our duo Octothorpe performing our piece eight fields.
March 6, 2023 – Introducing… by the Jonathan Arcangel Quartet is made available online. I recorded, mixed, mastered, and uploaded on Bandcamp. Available on all platforms by Jonathan Arcangel.
March 4, 2023 – Live At Bruce! Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Uploading of the Aidan Morgan Experience’s house set at Bruce Hall.
February 18, 2023 – Live at Bruce! Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Uploading of Jacob’s Elibol Bachelor’s house set at Bruce Hall. Jacob is usually the cover artist for the live at bruce bandcamp releases.
February 13, 2023 – YS Kilmarnock’s musique concrete and poetry project a merry cure for all is made available online.
February 4, 2023 – Live At Bruce! Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Releasing on Bandcamp of The Sean DeCoursey Conglomerate Remastered 2.0 house set at Bruce Hall. Available on all platforms by Sean DeCoursey.
January 28, 2023 – Live At Bruce! Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Releasing of The Aidan Morgan Experience house set at Bruce Hall.
January 27, 2023 – SD Hopeton’s second solo effort project SD’s Resynthesis is made available. Made with SuperCollider, VCV Rack, & CEMI’s Modular Synth.
January 22, 2023 – The Aidan Morgan Experience’s album Off The Charts! is made available online. Recorded, mixed, mastered, made cover, & uploaded on Bandcamp.
2022 & 2021
December 20, 2022 – Braes Records Live! Performance management, recording. Performed an improvisatory set on Sampler & Lap Steel with Hunntey on Bass and Sam Rachleff on Drumset. Live Hydra visual coding as well.
December 13, 2022 – 3 December Sessions is made available on Bandcamp. This is a composite release of sessions led by Ryan Yumang, Sean DeCoursey, and Aidan Schwarz + Al Lesieutre for various competitions that required recordings. All of their recordings, as well as my final project piece for my Electronics Concentration, are available with this album on Bandcamp. Silverlinings by Sean DeCoursey is available on all platforms.
December 10, 2022 – Live at Bruce! Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Releasing of the Cristian Mojica Big Band Christmas-house set at Bruce Hall.
December 3, 2022 – Soul Night at Bruce! Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Releasing of Ryan Yumang Soul Band house set at Bruce Hall.
December 2, 2022 – Performance with E2 Ensemble / Just The TRS. Performed a piece (Bank G) from Gold Mist Metallic Tea on Granular-Affected Lap Steel with Noah Salem and Andrew Rubio. Also performed on Noah Salem’s piece Losing Control (2022) for No-Input-Mixer Quartet, Pierre Jax’s piece Rise and Fall (2022) in which I played Theremin, and Michael Casiano’s Phoenix (2022) in which I played Lap Steel and Theremin.
November 18, 2022 – Release of Gold Mist Metallic Tea :: for Microsound, Microphones, & Multiple Musicians released, featuring a total of 18 musicians improvising with graphic scores and fixed media tracks. Watchparty at Bruce Hall, Denton, TX.
October 31, 2022 – Performance with E2 Ensemble / Just The TRS. We performed covers of Arvo Part’s Spiegel im Spiegal- in which I performed the violin part on Theremini and played SuperCollider & SuperMassive synth pad- and Xenakis’ Mycenae Alpha, where we each made sounds according to graphic interpretations of the score.
October 22, 2022 – Live at Bruce! Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Releasing of The Marques P LLC house set at Bruce Hall.
October 16, 2022 – Social Call (In Dub) is made available online. This is an EP of electro-acoustic and Chopped & Screwed remixes of 4 recordings from Sean DeCoursey and Spencer Paulsen’s Social Call. On Bandcamp only.
October 15, 2022 – Live at Bruce! Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Releasing of The Aidan Morgan Experience house set at Bruce Hall.
October 14, 2022 – Social Call is made available online. This is an album by Trombonist Sean DeCoursey and Spencer Paulsen. I mixed, mastered, recorded, and released on Bandcamp.
September 26, 2022 – Performance of Hopetone 5 at Rubber Gloves as part of UNT Composer’s Forum.
September 24, 2022 – Live at Bruce! Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Releasing of The Alex Parker Legal Gathering house set at Bruce Hall.
September 23, 2022 – Live in the Bruce Hall Basement! Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Releasing of Michael Morales’ trio at Bruce Hall.
September 17, 2022 – Live at Bruce! Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Releasing of The Aidan Morgan Experience house set at Bruce Hall.
August, 10, 2022 – Braes Records Live! Performance management, recording. Performed improvisatory Granular DJ-Set using SP404a and SP404mkII. Live Hydra visual coding as well.
July 8, 2022 – Braes Records Live! Performance management, recording. Set up show for SendOff Quartet and The Backroom Rumors. Brief performance of Guitar with Electronics beforehand. Live Hydra visual coding as well.
June 24, 2022 – Braes Records Pride Show. Performance management, recording, with Co-Host Lily Pesikoff. Largest performance yet w/ > 150 people and $925 raised for the Montrose Center. Improvisatory experimental performance on Bass Guitar with Sam Rachleff, Evan Loftin, & Grant Eason. Live Hydra visual coding as well.
June 18, 2022 – DW Hopeton’s solo effort work, The Hope-Tones is made available online. This album features DW Hopeton’s compositions for No-Input-Mixer (or NIMB – No Input Mixing Board) and Granular Drums.
May 28, 2022 – Saturn Family releases their first EP as part of the ISFSA’s Summer Sampler Series. This group features all of the Hopeton siblings: DW Hopeton, SD Hopeton, and FD Hopeton.
April 30, 2022 – Memory by Deb Akey Trio is made available on line. This Ethio-jazz inspired album feature Deb Akey on Lap Steel, FD Hopeton on Theremin Bass, and DW Hopeton on granular drums.
April 29, 2022 – My recording of the DeBakey HSHP Orchestra’s spring concert is available online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JETByHRDBZc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JETByHRDBZc) (Some video issues occurred)
April 24, 2022 – Commissioned to create sound for Student-Directed One Act Plays (SOAPs); Used sampler and SuperMassive with guitar to soundtrack SOAPs.
April 8, 2022 – Braes Records Live! Performance management, recording. Performance of Live Sound Manipulation of Physics Lab recording, as well as Improvisatory quartet performance with Hunntey, S4v3b33s, and Z.K. LLoyd. Live Hydra visual coding as well.
April 2, 2022 – Performance of a commissioned Sound Art set at the Contemporary Museum of Art Houston (CAMH) for several hours during a Teen Art event. Performed with Lap Steel with Processing and SuperCollider.
March 5th, 2022 – Won Best Tech Award for UIL OAP Performance of Silent Sky. For the show, I made a fully original soundtrack, including music, of which some was fixed and some was played live, as well as ambient sounds. My other crew members were Noelle Nguyen, Meagan Tran, Hailey Hua, & Mateo Modr. We won Best Tech at our first competition as well, but this award is listed as it was at Bi-District.
February 26, 2022 – SD’s Analysis made available online. This project is a solo effort by SD Hopeton.
January 22, 2022 – Duet For Pitch Shifted Theremin and Bass Guitar made available online. This is an album by FD Hopeton and Brae Woods.
November 21, 2022 – Braes Records Live! Performance management, recording. Performance of Ambient Lap Steel with Hunntey (Bass Guitar), Bass Guitar and Theremin with S4v3b33s (Vocals and Theremin), and Bass Guitar and Drums with Tonehole Trio (Kyle Knightly- Guitar, Sax; Leo Bader- Guitar, Sax). Live Hydra visual coding as well. This performance was also to celebrate the release of my album Tropical Storm.
October 29, 2021 – Sound Installation at DeBakey Theatre for Haunted House. Created a 14 minute looping granular, electro-acoustic fixed media piece, and would increase or decrease volume as Haunted House participants passed by.