03.18.2010 post on Margaret Noble’s blog, a showcase for recordings of all types from around the world. Visit and listen…

Springboard Solo

Categories: Unusual Instruments & Gear

You can watch it here: http://vimeo.com/10216719

“one of the 87 videos on the accompanying DVD to the second edition of Nicolas Collins’s book, Handmade Electronic Music - The Art of Hardware Hacking, published by Routledge in 2009. This 1-minute video was shot and edited by Gretchen Hasse from the original Gearwire.com video interviews about the Springboard.”

Music performed on traditional and invented instruments with electronics

A rare trio performance of Greg O’Drobinak - invented instruments, electronics; Christopher Preissing - flute, percussion, electronics; Eric Leonardson - springboard, electronics

10 PM Saturday, January 30

Listen an excerpt of Greg O’Drobinak’s music

Here’s a Chicago Reader review of 84 Charlie Mopic, the 8 PM movie screening preceding our performance: www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/MovieTimes?oid=1067859

I have four live appearances on radio and on stage this month, I hope you may be able to attend or listen in…

Saturday, January 16, 5:00AM US CST (GMT -6)

Guest on ITDE (”It’s Too Damn Early”)

I will be a guest on ITDE hosted by DaveX on WDBX 91.1FM.

ITDE features experimental, avant-garde, electroacoustic, improvisational, and other musics. ITDE airs on Saturday mornings from 4 - 6:30 a.m. [US CST / GMT -6]. That’s 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. in Berlin, and 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. in Hong Kong.

Sunday, January 17, 10:00PM–2:00 AM US CST (GMT -6)

Chicago Phonography on Something Else

Hosted by Philip von Zweck on WLUW 88.7FM Listen to the live stream.

Something Else is Chicago’s longest running radio show devoted to seldom-heard and experimental, avant-garde musics, sound art, works of long duration (no excerpts!), and other less classifiable things that just don’t have an outlet. Chicago Phonography is a collective of artists interested in promoting creative activity in listening by broadcasting unprocessed field recordings as an ensemble in a context of live improvisation.

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Nic Collins just informed me that my 2007 article, about my Springboard and piezo contact mics, has topped the list of Leonardo Music Journals “Most Downloaded Articles”.

My article is a free download, please enjoy.

This evening I uploaded a 5-minute video about the springboard to my youtube account. I made it two years ago with Gretchen Hasse. Please use this link to view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id0MDuHX1hY

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Kuro Neko Music has released a recorded live performance of Fred Lonberg-Holm’s “Lightbox Orchestra” at the Elastic Arts Foundation, in Chicago. I performed in the orchestra along with…

Fred Lonberg-Holm - lightbox operator
Todd A. Carter – electronics
Michael Colligan - dry ice and implements
Rob Drinkwater – electronics
Abe Gibson - guitar and electronics
Brian Labycz – electronics
Frank Rosaly - percussion and electronics
Vadim Sprikut – electronics
Aaron Zarzutzki - snare drum

Listen and download the album and others from http://www.kuronekomusic.com/lightbox-at-elastic-arts-3

Nic writes:

The new edition of my book, Handmade Electronic Music – The Art of Hardware Hacking, is out!  Lots of new circuits and illustrations, more examples of artists’ designs, and a DVD with 87 1-minute video clips by hackers from all over the globe, as well as a series of step-by-step video tutorials by me.

Here’s a little reminder: on Saturday, May 2, at 3PM Quimby’s Bookstore (1854 W. North Avenue) is hosting a book release party. I’ll screen some video, sign books, and the Chicago Symphacking Orchestra (CSO) will perform.  See http://www.quimbys.com/.

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Leonardo Music Journal
“The Springboard: The Joy of Piezo Disk Pickups for Amplified Coil Springs” Forthcoming publication, LMJ 17 due out December 2007.

Radio Territories edited by Erik Granly Jensen and Brandon LaBelle, published by Errant Bodies, w/ accompanying CD.