Curtis Roads

Curtis Roads (born May 9, 1951) is an American composer, author, and computer programmer. He composes electronic and electroacoustic music, specializing in granular and pulsar synthesis. Career and music Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Roads studied composition at the California Institute of the Arts, the University of California, San Diego, and Paris 8 University. He is the former chair and vice chair of the Media Arts and Technology Program and former associate director of the Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He had previously taught at the University of Naples Federico II, Publications * Roads, Curtis (2015). Composing Electronic Music. Oxford University Press. * Roads, Curtis (2001). Microsound. Cambridge: MIT Press. * Roads, Curtis (1996). The Computer Music Tutorial. MIT Press. * Roads, Curtis, Pope, Stephen Travis, Piccialli, Aldo and De Poli, Giovanni, eds (1997). Musical Signal Processing. Routledge. * Roads, Curtis and Strawn, John, eds (1987). Foundations of Computer Music. MIT Press. Compositions *POINT LINE CLOUD (2005) @Asphodel (Excerpt @ youtube) *Half-life (1998–1999) *Clang-Tint (1991–1994) *nscor (1980) Ref