Marty Pfeiffer's Music

Welcome to my music website. I started writing music in high school and went to college to study composition. The music on this website spans a period of over a decade--from my earliest attempts to my more recent work. I've recently digitally re-mastered most of my best music.

December 21, 2001 Uploaded Entire Marty the Tortured Genius EP

1. Merry Christmas Intro (MP3 file--84 KB)

2. Crypto Tart (MP3 file--3.3 MB)

3. HazMat7 (MP3 file--520 KB)

4. Booji (MP3 file--1.2 MB)

5. Buckles the Clown (MP3 file--284 KB)

6. Dances for Deena (MP3 file--3.1 MB)

7. Obese Fifths (MP3 file--2.9 MB)

8. Six Eight (MP3 file--2.2 MB)

9. Rain Songs for Sun 1 (MP3 file--1.7 MB)

10. Rain Songs for Sun 2 (MP3 file--2.3 MB)

11. Rain Songs for Sun 3 (MP3 file--2.9 MB)

12. Hurry Zombies (MP3 file--1.5 MB)

13. The Sines (MP3 file--1.4 MKB)

I've categorized my music by time period:

The High School Years

My early work. Mostly music I wrote while learning how to program and play synthesizers. I think one of the most important things I learned in this period was how to choose sounds and how to put them together to make a satisfying aural palate. Most of the music is harmonically simple, but there are the occasional tonal surprises.

The Freshman/Sophomore College Years

In my Freshman year at Whitworth, I didn't have any of my musical equipment until the winter semester. My parents thought I should be "studying" instead of "messing around on keyboards." So I was forced to use the school's equipment. This was my first introduction to music on the Macintosh. I learned how to use "Finale" to notate (and play) my music. I actually played a song for the famous composer, Lucas Foss in the winter of my freshman year! I'll have to find "Bangedout" and record it for this site.

The Junior/Senior College Years

I think that my Junior year was the real turning point as far as my maturity as a composer. I culminated my skill as a "synth-n-drums" man and moved on to composing for human performers. This is some of my best work.

The Post-College Years

For a long time after college, I didn't write a single note. Recently, I started using a program called "Reason" that fits a studio worth of equipment into your computer. It's incredible what you can do--simply by hooking up a keyboard to the computer, you can write any kind of music with all sorts of different instruments and effects. The best part: if you need to use another piece of equipment, no need to pawn your leather jacket, simply select if from a menu and it appears in Reason for you to use. The simplicity eliminates a lot of the hair pulling that ensures when working with music equipment. No wires to go bad, no MIDI cables to buy. Reason has rekindled my interest in making music.

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