A. Compositions
“Gonna Make You Stand (Everybody Handel)”
DB – Kitchener, ON, 2013:
meta-remix of:
- Handel’s “Hallelujah” chorus (Messiah 1741; Gardiner recording)
- C + C Music Factory’s “Gonna Make You Sweat” (Everybody Dance Now)” (1990)
“Harlem Andy’s Dyke Squad Nocturne”
DB – Los Angeles, CA, 2008;
meta-remix based on Earle Hagen’s (1919-2008):
- Harlem Nocturne (1939), inspired by Duke Ellington
- “The Fishin’ Hole” – Theme for The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
- Theme for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
- Theme for The Mod Squad (1968)
“Toms Sawyer”
DB – Elora, ON, 2003;
meta-remix based on six versions of Rush’s “Tom Sawyer”:
- Rush (Moving Pictures, 1981)
- Barenaked Ladies (references in “Grade 9”, Gordon, 1992)
- DJ Z-Trip (remix, soundtrack of Small Soldiers, 1998)
- Disarray (cover version, Red Star: Tribute to Rush, 1999)
- Deadsy (cover version, Commencement, 1999-2001)
- cover version, Exit…Stage Right: String Tribute to Rush (2002)
“JSB, der ist tot”
DB – University of Toronto, ca 1991; algorithmic electronic composition,
based on J. S. Bach’s Invention No. 14 in B-flat major, ca 1720-23
B. Rock Songwriting & Performing
“My Pal in (d)Rome”
“Kalsubai” – A Defining Characteristic of Intelligence (“1974”),
inspired by a Facebook album/band-name “game”
“Born to be Wild”
Bil Weber & the Glum Bunch (Elmira, ON, live, ca 1992; DB on lead vocals and keyboard, Brent Klassen on guitar and vocals, Steve Martin on bass, Arnie Wohlgemut on drums): Mars Bonfire (Steppenwolf), 1968
“The Arbiter Song”
DB & choir, etc. (Toronto, live, ca 1994; fundraiser performance):
from Chess, by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Tim Rice, ca 1984-86
C. Vocal/Choral Performing
“My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose”
Menno Singers, conducted by Peter Nikiforuk – Cloths of Heaven (2009):
DB, tenor; Donna Mathies, violin; arranged by Stephanie Martin
“An American Kedusha” (excerpts)
Exultate Chamber Singers (Toronto, live, 2000; DB on tenor solos):
Alice Parker, 2000
“Il bianco e dolce cigno”
Musica Humana (UCLA Collegium, live, 1999; DB on tenor):
Jacques Arcadelt, 1539
See also YouTube
Durrell Bowman 