RON SWARNER: QUIET MUSIC CULTIVATION THURSDAY NIGHT >>>

Referred to as quiet music, the work of local composer James R. Cobb III embodies refined aesthetics and intellectual stimulation, thus defying most conventional tags.  Through his specialized synthesizer Cobb generates subtle, animated sounds that change their tonal characteristics â€" thus producing a beautiful noise taken to evocative destinations. A former ‘60s rock drummer turned ‘80s L.A. underground theater soundtrack producer, Cobb’s mind sparks on all cylinders when he creates â€" the musical ideas flowing and gracefully transitioning through themes and contrapuntal ideas.

Cobb performs “Quiet Music Cultivation: 40 Years of Experimental Music” at the Fulcrum Gallery during Third Thursday ArtWalk. With the Modern Cave: Assemblage by Malcom Mclaren exhibit hanging on Fulcrum’s walls, someone’s bound to levitate.

[Fulcrum Gallery, Thursday, Oct. 15, 6-9 p.m., no cover; DJs 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., $5 to benefit Tacoma Contemporary; 1308 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Tacoma, 253.250.0520]

LINK: Tacoma Third Thursday ArtWalk