

When writing and recording his own albums, Story spends months carefully working and refining the shape ofeach composition until he achieves the desired emotional effect. This deadline-ridden business is balanced nicely by his scrupulous compositional process. The careful juxtaposition of acoustic instruments with electronic textures, and an inventive approach to composition are common threads running through most of Story's work.įrom his base in Maumee, a small town near Toledo, Ohio, Story works as a recording engineer and is also a partner in a commercial music production company. Story's intensely personal style as a pianist, synthesist and composer developed from years of experimentation in his home studio, and a love of composition.


His seemingly simple pieces distill harmonic and melodic ideas that are often quite complex. When writing and recording, he often spends months carefully working and refining the shape of each composition until he achieves the desired emotional and intellectual effect. Tim Story's work has come to be known for its haunting elegance and meticulous compositional detail.
