I still make CD’s.

Yes, it is behind the times, but I am not ready to give them up yet. Many people still use them. It is a kind of currency amongst musicians and other creatives.

Most of them entail me making the covers, and using watercolor and/or printing techniques ! So instead of printing them and gluing them/printing onto stickers and putting them on the CD covers, I am putting all my information on the website. Half “historical”/half modern.

CDS

METAPHORSISIS. Solo Piano. recorded the autumn of 2016, at Wild Sound Studio.

WINTER SURVIVAL. Piano Drum Bass Trio. recorded mostly on the solstice of 2016, at Wild Sound Studio. The beginning of a frightening time. Eric Coursen, drum/ Keith Yanes, bass.

BEFORE DAWN. recorded 2017. with Jun Miyake, flute/tenor saxophone/noh flute, Nathan Hanson, soprano and tenor saxophone, Eric Coursen, Drums, Todd Harper, piano/composition, Sean Egan, clarinet. Recorded at Wild Sound Studio

TREES recorded 2018 with “Musical Ecology”- Jun Miyake, flute/tenor saxophone: Aaron Kerr, cello, arrangement: Eric Coursen, drums, Todd Harper, piano/composer/words& oration. Recorded at Wild Sound Studio

MORE RIVERS AND TREES recorded in 2019 at Studio Z. ” Musical Ecology “, with Jun Miyake, flute/tenor saxophone: Aaron Kerr, cello, arrangement: Eric Coursen, drums, Todd Harper, piano/composer/words& oration.

Earth Day. recorded Wild Sound Sound Studio 2019 “Musical Ecology “Jun Miyake, flute/tenor saxophone: Aaron Kerr, cello, arrangement: Eric Coursen, drums, Todd Harper, piano/composer/words& oration.

GO tHERE. Recorded at Wild Sound Studio. The piano bits were mostly recorded before Covid: When it subsided, Aaron, Gary and Todd met, and recorded one winter. about 2021? Later that summer, Colter came to town to visit, and he had a session with us. Later on, Bill Emery came to town, and I had a session with Matty Harris, Bill Grenke, and Jackson Kerr. I asked my nephew Colter to add some tasty little itemson guitar! This could have been 4 different CD’s! Instead, you got it all on one.

Todd Harper piano, oration, composer: Aaron Kerr, cello: Gary Schulte, violin: Jun Miyake, flute: Colter Harper, guitar, gimbri: Tim O’Keefe, percussion: Matty Harris, bass clarinet:Bill Emery, trombone: Jackson Kerr, drums: Bill Grenke, bass.

Order of tunes 1. Under the ice, the river still speaks. 2 January New Moon 3. What kind of sparrow is that? ( for my father) 4.The Bear within.( a real song !) 5.Birch leaves, wind ( Aaron Kerr, cellos) Gary Schulte violin, 1-4. Todd Harper, piano and voice

6. a last breeze. 7.Anthem of Dada 8.Goodbye, little woods 9. Crows, pine. ( piano inventions)

10. Between the Mountains ( for Don Cherry) 11. Aaron’s Dance 12 Desert Dreams of Jun.(studio mash !) Colter Harper, gimbri: Aaron Kerr, cello; Tim O’Keefe, percussion; Todd Harper, piano. These were all invented.

13. Go tHERE. a whole mashup of folks, including Colter Harper overdubbing guitar. Todd says things, and plays the riff on piano.

14. Even if I was blind, I will still watch birds. Personal folk song of Todd Harper, which lives in his hands. It could die if it was captured and notated. He would teach it to you in person if you really wanted.