Larry Nardi
For me, music has always been more than notes and melodies. It's a way of expressing what words sometimes cannot.
My musical journey has taken me through performing, composing, and approximately ten years at Warner Music Group. My earlier positions included music production and coordinating the release of artists' music.
During my final four years, I worked as an Audio Master QC Engineer, critically evaluating releases across many genres to ensure they met the company's sonic quality standards. That work exposed me to music I might never have chosen on my own, transforming how I listen and deepening my appreciation for the craft of music production.
Where Frequency Becomes Music
My creative journey often starts with a collection of tuning forks, each with its own distinctive frequency and resonance. Early on, I explored these frequencies through their traditional associations. But as my relationship with sound deepened, my approach became increasingly intuitive. Sometimes I simply feel drawn to a particular tuning fork.
I meditate on its tone and begin to improvise, allowing melodies, harmonies, and emotions to emerge naturally. Rather than deciding in advance what a composition should express, I allow the music to reveal its own character.
Over time, I've also developed a personal theory about resonance. I wonder whether the frequencies we connect with most deeply are as individual as we are. Just as no two people experience music in exactly the same way, perhaps our individual physical and emotional responses to sound influence which frequencies feel especially meaningful or harmonious to us. It's a possibility I find fascinating, rather than something I claim to have scientifically proven.
As my compositions develop, I weave the distinctive tones of tuning forks into arrangements featuring guitars, ukulele, and other musical textures, allowing their resonance to become an integral part of the music itself.
My hope is not to tell listeners what they should feel, but to create a space where they can discover their own connection.
Music doesn't have to move everyone in the same way to move us deeply.
Listen to the music