Nicholas Denton Protsack's music abounds with spectral delights of various kinds. Our talk today has a particular focus on notation, delving into the strategy behind its presentation. As we study tuning more and more, becoming less rigid with its implementation, it becomes helpful to focus on not just approximating some tunings with others, but also to focus on the broader conceptual ideas behind the tuning labels. In particular, polysystemic tunings tend to hint at the methodology of their compositions. "Firebird" (Sounds Like Things) blends aspects of biological study and music, explores the rich timbre of found objects, relies on reference points, and uses freedom to generate complex music. Music Into this Fracturing Land [31-EDO] - Nicholas Protsack Runaway (from Firebird) - Sounds Like Things 🎧👂🔜🖤💗📛🎲🎰🎮🥇🚴🌫👂👂💘 (track 3) - Stephen Weigel Runaway (from Firebird) - Sounds Like Things Into the Refuge of a Cave (Daniel Gelman) - Nicholas Protsack Into the Refuge of a Cave (Darren Williams) - Nicholas Protsack Into the Refuge of a Cave (Andrew Friedman) - Nicholas Protsack Into this Fracturing Land [31-EDO] - Nicholas Protsack Check out Nicholas's music: https://soundslikethings.bandcamp.com/album/firebird https://nicholasdentonprotsack.bandcamp.com/track/into-this-fracturing-land

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