Ifness Music
Royalty Free Creative Commons Music
by Justin Allan Arnold
BIO
As for the questions of who I am and what have I done, I'd rather let my music (or my books) answer. If you must know more, here's a mini-bio that appears on the back-cover of one of my books:"Justin Allan Arnold has worked as a composer, jazz musician, assistant music history professor, salsa dance instructor, English-as-a-Foreign-Language teacher, translator, landscaper, driver, guide, and unreliable narrator."As for who or what is Ifness, here's a perhaps not-brief-enough explanation:
For most of my adult life I have struggled with two repetitive strain injuries (RSI)—cubital tunnel syndrome in my left arm, and thoracic outlet syndrome in my right arm. These injuries extremely influenced and severely curtailed my performing career as a jazz musician. I have adapted to the injuries by (among other things) using foot pedals and a foot-controlled mouse to interact with my computer programs. When I first uploaded some of my original music to YouTube years ago, I presented it as being performed by a fictional jazz group named The Ifness Trio. Ifness is the name of a character in a science fiction trilogy by Jack Vance (one of my favorite authors). Ifness also, in my mind, aptly alludes to the idea of what my music might sound like if I could perform it live, unaffected by my RSI problems.As a final note, I'd like to mention that though I use computers and virtual instruments to create my music, I DO NOT use generative AI. Every note is, and has been, my responsibility.
