Author: cory

The ambient sounds are lush, shimmering, and alive (the recording and mixing on this makes for a fully immersive listening experience), reminding you of the sheer amount of life and biodiversity that exists on this wonderful planet.

Footprint was originally conceived by Cory Cullinan as an undergrad at Stanford University in the late 1980s taking famed composer and electronic music legend John Chowning’s 220A course. He started working on it only to find it was too time-consuming for his undergraduate course load — at the time, digital audio workstations didn’t exist, and creating all the field recordings and somehow putting them together in a multitrack mix would’ve taken months or years of work. So he never finished it. But he always wanted to.

As an audio piece, it was premiered to Cory’s Recording Arts students at Stanford in the summer of 2024. When surveyed as to what the piece was about and its message, the students fell into three distinct groups with different but strongly specific answers. This is exactly what the composer had hoped — an immersive emotional experience, yet one open to intellectual interpretation based on your own experience.

Fascinating new art and noise piece…

Cory Cullinan’s Footprint is a dynamic and multifaceted artistic experience that bridges decades of creative ambition. Conceived during Cory’s undergraduate years at Stanford under the tutelage of John Chowning, the legendary inventor of FM synthesis, Footprint is both a tribute to his mentor and a bold exploration of audience perception and interpretation.Cory’s goal: to create an experience that invites listeners to engage emotionally and intellectually, shaped by their own perspectives.

Discover the meditative journey of Cory Cullinan’s Footprint… an experimental release that redefines soundscapes.

This is fantastic, especially considering the backstory. I was a classmate of Tracey’s in junior high and high school. He was definitely hero quality.