It’s a pleasure to announce publication of the Signal Culture Cook Book, an e-book showcasing media production recipes and tips from 23 artists doing experimental work in video, sound, digital and related media. Edited by Tammy McGovern, with an introduction by Gerar Edizel: “How to Make and Use a Piezoelectric Contact Mic” is my contribution… Continue reading Signal Culture Cook Book
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The Arcade | Chicago Curates Columbia: Audio Arts and Acoustics
I recently helped students in Jesse Seay’s Sound Art Electronics class use piezo disc contact microphones to build amplified sound sculptures and instruments for public interaction at The Arcade, an exhibition space at Columbia College Chicago. Their handmade electroacoustic creations were very fun and effective. The show runs for one month and closes May 2,… Continue reading The Arcade | Chicago Curates Columbia: Audio Arts and Acoustics
November 20, X-Act Sound On Free Radio SAIC
X-Act Sound, a live one-hour radio listening experience created by students of Eric Leonardson’s Introduction To Sound course, at the SAIC Department of Sound. Date: Tuesday, November 20 Time: 2:30 – 3:30 PM (US CST / GMT -6) Listen at Free Radio SAIC What you can expect to hear: sounds made live and recorded in… Continue reading November 20, X-Act Sound On Free Radio SAIC
Springboard for Hardware Hacking DVD
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… Continue reading Springboard for Hardware Hacking DVD
Topping the List of LMJ’s “Most Downloaded Articles”
“The Springboard: The Joy of Piezo Disk Pickups for Amplified Coil Springs” has topped the list of Leonardo Music Journals “Most Downloaded Articles.”