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Jon Forshee's music is informed by his conception of music-making as both a public activity capable of increasing social awareness, and as a personal statement of individual liberty and choice : listening to music, performing music, theorizing about music, and composing music can be, simultaneously, an exhibitionist spectacle with the power to create social “togetherness” and a private proposition concerning the ways in which individuals interact with the world, and with each other.
From within this perspective, Jon seeks to create new, novel musical experiences that reflect not only the time we live in (by way of computer-synthesized instruments and timbres, for example), but also the way we live in time (by way of non-traditional musical forms which emphasize change and transience over structure and 'stasis', for example).
The musical surface of much of Jon's music could be described as “angular”, mercurial, and sometimes hectic. Much of his music also demonstrates his affinity for traditional Chinese music aesthetics, early Western contrapuntal practices, and contemplative practices in general. Jon writes for both acoustic and electronic forces.
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