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               compositions by Gene Wie, a.k.a. Psibelius
                           gwie@owl.csusm.edu

                            June 20th, 1996

  Resurgence began as a personal project during the summer of 1995.  At that
 point in time, my group, Epinicion, was doing quite well.  With plenty of
 music coming in, and lots of free time, I decided to do what marks any
 decent musician: a solo musicdisk.

  Between rehearsals for the San Diego Symphony YMI, studying calculus, and
 preparing for another marching band field show, concentrating on this
 project was difficult.  Inspiration came at terrible times (two hours into
 a nine hour rehearsal, for instance), and there was always another few megs
 of music to upload for the group.

  I did manage to put together a few relatively decent tunes together.  I
 also began reworking some of my better tunes, especially my Music Contest
 3 song.  Now, I am proud to have these five pieces for you.  Three of them
 are revisions of previously released tunes (although one didn't get very
 far in the public view), and two are brand new.

  Why did I use MultiTracker and the .MTM format?  Put it this way: I've
 never known anything else (since early '94 anyway).  MultiTracker is the
 first and only tracker I've ever felt comfortable with, and I will continue
 using it as long as nothing better exists.  In terms of speed, interface,
 and usability, MultiTracker has yet to see a challenger.  Call me an old
 goat. =)  You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

  I'm not a great musician.  I'm one of your average trackers here in the
 community.  Like many of you, I've spent hours laboring over a tracker
 attempting to shape some kind of melody and harmony into an enjoyable
 experience for the listener.  I give you five of my best compositions to
 date today, and I hope you'll enjoy them.

  - starlight.2 (star2.mtm)
    This piece is a sequel to a (terrible) song I entered in the
    Assembly'94 multichannel music compo.  The last pattern is a
    takeoff from Dan Welcher's 'Zion' (1994).

  - memoirs (memoirs.mtm)
    This piece was written for a few friends of mine whom I became
    quite close with at the SDS YMI.  The varying styles reflect a
    broad spectrum of emotional memories.  Forgive my percussion.

  - storming heaven [v2] (storming.mtm)
    An orchestral number that I threw together in one evening.  I
    think it turned out pretty well. =)  Also gave me the opportunity
    to utilize a few old ideas I never got working before.

  - the remembrance [v2] (rembrance.mtm)
    v2 of my Music Contest 3 song, which earned me a place of 33
    in a field of 67 Veteran entries.  This piece represents some of
    my most innovative and creative piano work, with some concerto
    style elements.  Again, forgive my percussion.

  - summer nights [v2] (summer.mtm)
    My personal favorite composition, summer nights is an orchestral
    piece which manifests confidence, excitement, and the enjoyment
    of an excellent season.  I think it's my best...

  I recommend using Cubic Player v1.6+ to play this disk.  Please try to
 avoid using MultiTracker v1.01b for playback.  The tracker itself, while
 excellent, has extremely bad playback quality, and some of the songs get
 corrupted when loaded under a different memory setting.

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  If you have any comments or questions, you can reach me at the following:

  Gene H. Wie                       gwie@owl.csusm.edu
  4921 Amador Drive                 http://www.csusm.edu/public/guests/gwie/
  Oceanside CA 92056
  United States of America

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  And now for a rather lengthy greeting list.

  Flood Myth              Basehead                   Clef
     (Jordan Snodgrass)      (Dan Grandpre)             (Phil Sweeney)
  Island of Reil          Bert                       Zoltar
     (Jesse Rothenberg)      (Bert Van Der Velden)      (Liam Slusser)
  Pulse                   Black Magik                Snowman
     (Jeff Lim)              (Chris Short)              (Chris G. Mann)
  Jase                    Black Aria                 Keys
     (Jason Chong)           (Kyong Kwak)               (Jared Ong)
  Maelcum                 Floss                      Starscream
     (Dan Nicholson)         (George Nowik)             (Daniel Goldstein)
  Khyron                  Daedalus                   Dragon Emperor
     (Paul Schultz)          (Brian Bennetts)           (Brian Eng)


                          Endeavour                  
                             (Eduardo Guevara)             
                Best wishes Ed, wherever you are now.


  Christin Lyons          Jonathan Peske             Stephanie Ahn
  Jennifer Peske          Berta Lyles                Johanna Peske
  Robby Walter            Josh Lovelace              Eric Will
  Megan Phillips          Laura Carpenter            Nick Galieti
  Daniel Lacey            Chris Miller               Will Clevenger
  Scott Rustulka          Varinda Jinatongthai       Patty Nikhomvanh
  Steve Sjobring          Lisa Waters                Sinae Bang
  Genevieve Beach         Joel Phillips              Eric Bowman
  Susan Wilmering         Kelly Hayes                Mark Liu
  Gerry Lambert           Ilyoung Bang               Denise Apostol
  Kristy Borges           Jacob Ong                  Spencer Lowe
  Jason Magsalin          Amy Slansky                Wesley Precourt
  Raul Castillo           Jordan Ferrari             Ella Avolio
  Chibon Cully            John Leyva                 Chris Reba
  Ben Shen                Aaron Beanan               Derek Stucker
  John Lockwood           Gerald Tabas               Nina M. Lee
  Todd Kennemer           Katie Baber                Matthew Zych


                     Civic Youth Orchestra '89-'96
            Rancho Buena Vista High School - Class of 1996
                 Former Epinicion Productions Members
       San Diego Symphony Young Musicians Institute '93, '94, '95
                       ACiD Productions - PHluid
              Rancho Buena Vista Band and Pageantry Corps
                            Mom, Dad, Sis


  All of these people and organizations have played a major role in
  establishing my identity, as well as influencing my composition.  Nearly
  all have been good friends as well as fellow musicians and/or confidants.

        Good luck, and may a bright future be ahead of all of you.

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  'resurgence' is copyright (c)1996 Gene Wie, all rights reserved.

  None of this material may be reproduced in any format for any purpose
  except free distribution.  English translation: my work cannot be copied,
  sold, or otherwise remixed for release without my explicit, written
  permission.  If the music can't be played, I'm sorry, I have no solution.
  Please delete this archive if you can't accept my conditions.  And read
  the disclaimer if you need the buereaucratic b.s.

                                   -/-

             "A man who works with his hands is a laborer;
              a man who works with his hands and his brain
              is a craftsman; but a man who works with his
              hands and his brain and his heart...
                                         ...is an artist."

                                             (Louis Nizer)

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