Mark Rushton - Ambient Musician and Fine Artist

Thoughts on making music, creating paintings, and advice on marketing it all in a Web 2.0 world.

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

New Mark Rushton Podcast: Live At The Ambient Matyk Cafe with The Buddha Machine

New podcast released: Live At The Ambient Matyk Cafe with The Buddha Machine. 3 pieces of music. 16 minutes long.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Mark Rushton Provides Audio Engineering And Music For The Boundoff.com Short Story Podcast

I did audio engineering and provided four pieces of music for the interludes within the latest Bound Off Short Story podcast, which came out today.

If you have iTunes, go there to subscribe to the podcast.

You can also download the second Bound Off Podcast MP3 from the Bound Off web site. It's about 21 MB in file size. Time is just over 29 minutes. It's a 96kb-encoded MP3.

The music includes "Memory Trigger" - a rhythmic slice of electronica that starts and ends the podcast. It is available as a free MP3 on my web site.

After the first story, "The Seedling Mile", a track from my 2004 CD "The Driver's Companion" - available at iTunes and all other major download services, as well as on CD format at Amazon, numerous record stores, and direct from the artist.

Following the second story is "Drift Higher" - a short orchestral / field recording track from my recent podcast called "What Does An Iowa Winter Sound Like?" (created along with Jon Harnish) and is also available as a free individual MP3 download on my web site.

The last track, after the third story, is "Disappear Now" - a piece of swirling electronica, and is available on my data CD "Florilegium: MP3s 2001-2003" - a 121-track slice of Rushton's early oeuvre. Florilegium is available for purchase via my web site.

Stories in the second Bound Off podcast include: "La Vie du Jour" by Steven Gullion. Read by Dave Robinson (11 minutes). "Twelve Steps Down" by Mark Budman. Read by the author (5 minutes). "The Poet's Head is In My Lap" by Elizabeth Ellen. Read by Ann Rushton (8 minutes). "Yellow Chicken Claw" by Christine Boyka Kluge. Read by the author (2 minutes).

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Ten New Paintings In The Mark Rushton Art Store

Ten New Paintings In The Mark Rushton Art Store.

All prints are custom manufactured using archival inks and acid-free paper. Framed prints are matted and framed in a stylish black frame with plexiglass cover. Frames include complete backing. Frame size: 19" x 15". Image size: 14" x 10".

Here are the latest additions. Click the image to see a larger one. Click the name of the painting to go directly to that particular painting's store:


Angled Scratch


Granite Layer


Ground Level


Red Fire With Granite Sky


Red Green And Yellow Trails


Red Haunt


Swarm and Weave, Blue and Green


The Method, The Madness, The Travel


Under The Sea


Up Against The Red Ledge

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