Budd began his musical life as a drummer, and his early musical education included a music theory course at Los Angeles Community College, playing drums in an army band and eventually studying under Schoenberg protegé Gerald Strange at Cal State Northridge, per a bio on his website. An early breakthrough was Budd’s orchestral piece, “Rothko” (named for and inspired by the painter Mark Rothko), and soon Budd was part of an influential group of composers that also included Terry Riley, John Cage and Morton Feldman.
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