Phillip Miles Bryson

Musical Background
I studied music composition at Arizona State University, as a graduate student. My teachers were Chinary Ung and Randal Shinn. I do not teach or even have a degree in music composition, however, but in Computer Information Systems, and I work full-time as a computer operator/programmer.

What Type of Music I Make
The type of music I have been making has been derived from live improvisations, found sounds and field recordings, all assembled into sound pieces, "musique concrete" if you prefer. Though I have collaborated with people in the past, composed for ensembles, orchestra, etc., all my recent CDR projects have been solo efforts.

Musical Tastes (and possible influences on my own style of composition)
Eclectic. I like just about anything unusual in just about any category, though these days I've been listening mostly to people like: Hands To, id battery, Ned Bhoulassa, Thomas Dimuzio, Aube, Nurse With Wound, Dead Voices on Air, (and DVOA related - Rapoon, Propeller, zoviet france, etc.), Ellen Fullman, Deep Listening, David Hykes, Asmus Tietchens, John Hudak, Robert Ruttman … and those are just a very few.
Others (perhaps a little better known) I admire: Toru Takemitsu, George Crumb, John Zorn, Jaco Pastorius, Glenn Branca, Arvo Part, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Hildegard von Bingen, Donald Fagen, Steely Dan, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Sergei Rachmaninov, Igor Stravinsky (of course!), Pink Floyd, Primus, Mr. Bungle, Ned Rorem, Aaron Copeland, Paul Bowles, Jon Hassel, LaMonte Young, … and I could name many more, but I think you probably get the idea. My tastes are diverse.