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Thank you for visiting this blog – DT
NB: If you’d like to listen to some of my music, click this link
TPP track extracts on SOUND CLOUD
David Tolley, SELF PORTAIT, 2011, 1550h X 1110w acrylic on canvas
This blog is a way for me to gather and publish a range of stuff that has to do with my life and work. I’ll soon hit 77 and the spectre of mortality hovers. Time left relative to my relationship with art and music and time left to organise the things I have amassed in my daily life, becomes crucial
The idea of a blog insinuated itself. Naivety perhaps but the ‘blog’ seems to me to have developed into a real-time, real-world document as distinct from the, static, indelible forms – audio recording, video and DVD, film and the literary and photographic tomb (just a thought!).
So over time I’ll post various aspects of my work hopefully striking a balance between the needs of my current work and working processes and the documentation of past and present as creatively as this blog format permits.
ABOUT MY WORK:
For many years image, object, and sound making have all competed for a fair share of attention. Among these, interactive improvisation with other performance composers has been particularly insistent. All these elements have supported each other, and sustained me, throughout my life and there has been no conflict, just limited time.
My considerations and decision-making in painting, my current favoured art process, are indistinguishable from those in sounding or anything else in fact. Regardless of media, methodology and style, I am always concerned with the dynamic and interactive, with processes of inter-relationship and inter-dependence. Media and procedure are inter-determined and all of it is an expression of mind energy interactions and of the frailty and impermanence of everything.
Teaching has reflected my concerns as an artist in these realms, functioning as another art process and I have been blessed with a number of very special individuals as students. Many have been at a basic level of art and music investigation – nonetheless stimulating for me – and many have been at the ‘turning point’, that indecipherable stage where ‘student’ becomes ‘artist’ and ‘teacher’ or ‘guru’ becomes colleague. Suffice to say it is a difficult period, if not an illusion, often sticky with emotive confusion. I won’t discuss them in this context though I am often blessed with their declarations of my place in their creative energy and often feel pride in their achievements. This blog is dedicated to them all.
DT, © 2010, revised © 2013
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As always you set the standard of dedication in an artist: one completely devoted to authentic self expression in a pure stream of creativity. By the way, who’s your cook? Your site is most erudite, colouful and informative. I particularly enjoyed Geoffrey Smith’s opening speech for the MARS gallery solo show. What a joyous tribute in rollicking laugh form!
I look forward to watching your site unRAAP as time goes by……if you can…we haven’t seen you for days!
David, I think the blog is great! It seems to me to be an elegant and effective way to introduce yourself as a person to those who perhaps know you only through your work, whether painting or music. Love, Bruce.
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You are very kind.
Hello David,
I want to know more about your record “you know you know” from 1981.
Can you tell me something specific and interesting about that record production?
For example how many copies had been pressed.
Dear C Solo
Sorry I can’t help a lot re You Know You Know. I’ve got no idea how many were pressed. Can you explain how come you’re interested?
regards DT
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Thank you. DT
Will you write a “Part 2″ ?
Yes i do intend to continue writing Carmelo. DT
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Thank you for the complement of following. DT
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i’m glad you liked what you read, saw and heard (the latter particularly, I hope)
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Thank you Breanna. DT
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I offer a virtual hug but over specificallY what?
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Colourful speech fir a business woman but thanks for your enthusism. DT
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love the site david, the six string violin stuff is great!!! i was wondering a few things… where i can get (buy??) a copy of “Beneath that crack in the door” love that piece, had it on a cassette taped of the ABC from late 90′s…on of those things that really got me into this kinda music (thanks for that david!!!)
also, i am wondering if you would be interested in doing some sort of collaboration with myself, be it in person or via the internerd… im based in newcastle but i guess i could travel??
Cheers,
Luke
http://www.noisemachine.info is my site if you want to have a look at some of what i do….
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Thanks for your comments. I do have a facebook page. DT
Hi there! Quick question that’s totally off topic. Do you know how to make your site mobile friendly? My site looks weird when viewing from my iphone4. I’m trying to find a template or plugin that might be able to correct this issue. If you have any recommendations, please share. Cheers!
Can’t help. Sorry DT
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Thank you Clayton. But tell me how come courage. Tell me more about your responses. Best DT
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