My name is Simon Cummings and i?m a composer writer and researcher based in the Cotswolds in the south of England. i began 5:4 in 2008 in part due to the paucity of informed intelligent and meaningful discussion of new music both in the press and online but also as a way to explore and share my passion for contemporary music. You won?t need to read many articles to get a pretty clear idea of the kinds of music to which i?m most drawn; my taste is extremely eclectic but my chief interests lie at the vanguard of classical experimental and electronic musics.