These are digital sound and image pieces designed to be played through a web browser over the internet. They can either be played through a desktop monitor and sound system or projected and amplified for a concert audience. The music is digitally synthesized and processed. Macromedia Flash was used for graphics and animation. The resulting digital movies are of stereo MP3 quality and the files are small enough to play over the internet on a 56K phone modem without too much download time.
     Psalm 139:13-16 (below) is over 10 minutes long, but it should not take much more than 3 minutes through a 56K modem before it starts. Spring (also below) is shorter--just over 5 minutes, but because it contains many more bitmapped graphics (jpgs) it takes longer to load--up to 6 minutes over a 56K modem. Of course, it is quicker on a faster connection. Any slower and they will keep freezing to allow the download to catch up. Spring has messages to keep the audience inspired during download.
     Under current internet standards video and animation have lower frame rates and graphics are often vector-based. Audio has to be lean, and files have to be quite small. Flash movies work well within these constraints. In the near future, standards for internet audio and video will approach current standards for live recording and playback. In the meantime, technical contraints actually contribute to the characteristics and style of these works. May these pieces be meaningful to you.