composer's note: We normally hear the dripping of a faucet or the
ticking of a clock in relative isolation. What happens when many variants of
these sounds, joined with others from the household, combine to create a dense
musical texture? Driptick orchestrates the clash of multiple, incompatible
speeds projected by these sounds, and plays on our sense of musical timing.
What makes music sound fast "” is it surface rhythm, the rate of pitch change,
or pure energy? In its three-part form, Driptick searches for answers.