Free MP3: Memory Trigger by Mark Rushton

Memory Trigger
(128MP3, 3.2 MB)

Here's a track I've never really put on a proper album - yet. It has such a nice SomaFM "Groove Salad" feel to it, if you know what I'm talking about. Very laidback rhythms and keyboard sustains. Nice flow and very subtle. I even stuck timpani in a couple of places and it works. If you learn anything from grade school band classes it's when to properly throw in a timpani! From a composition point I'm very proud of this one and I think you will like it too. Very accessible.

File under: groovy electronica

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New Free MP3: It's Time To Get Green by Mark Rushton

It's Time To Get Green
(192 MP3, 4.3MB)

When musicians do a track with their kids it's usually not a good idea, but this is a really sweet one. It is, really! At the time I created It's Time To Get Green I was listening to a lot of stuff by Minneapolis drummer/Rhodes player Dosh, and he incorporates kid sounds into his music quite well. Some of the voice loops in this piece were actually recorded before I got into Dosh's music and I was sort of waiting around for the right song to place them.

File under: electronica, kids, pop

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Black And Yellow Fade

Black And Yellow Fade by Mark Rushton

It's acrylic on spun-bonded olefin. Completed on August 7, 2005.

You can see a larger version of this image here.

If you want to buy a framed print of it for under $50, here's the direct link to my art store.

If you're interested in acquiring the original, email me at mark@markrushton.com.

Mark Rushton Podcast #3

Podcast #3: Anoka-Hennepin, New Untitled Track, 3 Ambient Matyk live songs, and 3 field recordings

Released August 1, 2005, 20 minutes and 45 seconds, 128kb-encoded MP3, 19.9MB

Mark Rushton starts off with an excerpt of the track "Anoka-Hennepin" a drifty piece of ambience from his latest CD, Hum and Drift - after that is a new untilted downtempo groove piece. There's also 3 pieces featuring a side group Mark plays live with in Cedar Rapids, Iowa called Ambient Matyk, and finally 3 brief field recordings of birdsong, road noise, and arrange real industrial outdoor ambience.

Throughout the podcast are three brief ads. One is for EcoLips.com, a natural and organic lip balm; another is for ScrapItOut.com, a business and government recycler of computers and e-waste, and LinkertonPublishing.com, an e-book publisher.

To download the podcast:

• Visit Mark's Podcast page
  
• Or go directly to iTunes, visit the Podcast page there, and search for Mark's podcast.
• Or get the MP3 directly by using this link.