Experiments & Personal Projects

Swaying

A 1-minute piece for 4-part chorus (sung by Emma Zakes Green) and 2 synths (overdubbed OB-6 and Super 6). This ongoing, multi-year experiment involves iterating on the same material for as many different ensembles as possible. It’s based on this original idea.

Taxi Cab

I had a blast concocting the dense and lightning-fast audio for this beautiful animation by Benjamin Anders.

Animation by Benjamin Anders
Composited by W. Scott Forbes
Music & Sound Design by Paul Fraser

Shoegaze Tracks: Mexico & Stay Inside All Day

My songwriting partner Emma and I focused on layering our vocals in an effort to create an androgynous sound for these shoegaze tracks.

Written by Paul Fraser (ASCAP) and Emma Zakes Green (ASCAP)
Mixing consult by Louis Lopez of Toltec Sound
Mastered by Daniel Eaton of Little Castle Mastering

Sunset 2B - Leftover Animation Cue

I have so many leftover musical ideas that don’t get used for one reason or another. This particular theme was meant for an animated scene in which the main characters are witnessing a sunrise. I really like how these textures combine in the mix.

Nightbears

An EP of densely composed, uptempo electronic tracks based on my nightmares at the time.

Odd Duck Theme Song

This theme song features the perfect blend of “mouth” and “real” instruments, featuring vocalist and “mouth trumpeter” Emma Zakes Green.

Eddie’s CTK

In 2018, my neighbor’s brother-in-law Eddie passed away. More recently I inherited his Casio CTK-431. So, I wrote him a tiny piece with it.

GIF-JAM

GIF-JAM! is a 5-minute montage of GIFs created by 40 artists. The music is essentially 5 minutes of variations on a theme, which was composed first before it was set to video.

GIFs curating by Kevin Sukho Lee
Music by Paul Fraser
Mastered by Justin Asher

Weekly Splice

Weekly Splice was a series where I collected one recorded sound or other fair-use sound per day of the week. On Sundays, I had less than 2 hours to splice the 7 sounds together to create short songs & soundscapes. Above are my favorites.

Gatecrasher for Solo Piano

This piece was inspired by rhythms and drum patterns found in electronic music.

Performed by Richard Valitutto, Engineered by Steve Rusch