Welcome to my web site. I am a composer of film music and performing artist or original instrumental music. I am a student of the biological sciences which is reflected in my music. I am on a constant search and enthusiastically welcome collaboration with other artists, film producers, directors, writers and musicians for new ideas and projects. Having spent many years in the past studying music composition and jazz improvization, I have honed my musical skills working as a studio musician and "session guy". In the recent past I have enjoyed composing music for film. There is a sampling of my music on the listen page. Please enjoy the site, and contact me if you have an interest in discussing musical projects and ideas.

Latest News
5.11.09 - Distance, released in 1996 and recorded at the famed Paisley Park Studios, is scheduled to be re-mastered in the latest digital formats. The Re-mastering process will take place at the beautiful new Stirling Sound Studios which is filled with all of the latest surround sound 5.1 gadgets to create an incredible product. There is even talk of recording new material. The new material could be used as a supplement to the original recording or released as a separate project.

Welcome to Makata Productions. My name is Stan O'Daffer and this is my web site. I'm a musician, scientist, writer, and visual artist. Please browse through my site for the latest information on my music, CD's, gigs, research, and other interests.

"Shadows of shadows passing. It is now 1831, and as always I am absorbed with a delicate thought. It is how poetry has indefinite sensations, to which end music is inessential. Since the comprehension of sweet sound is our most indefinite conception, music, when combined with a pleasurable idea, is poetry. Music without the idea is simply music. Without music or an intriguing idea, color becomes pallor, man becomes carcass, home becomes catacomb, and the dead are but for a moment motionless." --Edgar Alan Poe