Radio Without Boundaries 2008, post-conference notes

The conference was a wonderful experience. Highlights, moments of curiosity, and conviviality: conversations with Trademark G, who performed on Saturday; capturing a spontaneous conversation about listening and the conference on my DAT with Amber and Andrea from Union Docs in Brooklyn; meeting Chantal Dumas; hanging out with Anna Friz, Peter Courtemanche, Glen Gear, who performed… Continue reading Radio Without Boundaries 2008, post-conference notes

Radio Without Boundaries 2008

This weekend I’m attending the 7th annual Radio Without Boundaries conference on Radio & Transmission Art in Toronto. Among the participating artists and producers are Tetsuo Kogawa (Japan), Chris Brookes (Can), Jared Weissbrot (USA), Trademark G (USA), Chantal Dumas (Can), Anna Friz (Can), Andreas Kahre (Can), Peter Courtemanche (Can), Damiano Pietropaolo, and Neil Sandell (Can).… Continue reading Radio Without Boundaries 2008

Shapes of Sound exhibition online

Hal Rammel inspired me to make my own instruments in 1990. Tonight, I learned from him that a web page about the wonderful exhibition of experimental musical instruments and their inventors, The Shapes of Sound: Musical Instruments and the Imagination in the Midwest, curated by Hal is now online. I was honored to be among… Continue reading Shapes of Sound exhibition online

New Interviews on Gearwire

More video interviews with students from my 2008 Instrument Construction course at SAIC have been uploaded. SAIC Student Rob Martens: Evil Brother Of Snap, Crackle and Pop Martens? http://www.gearwire.com/theramin-instrument-construction.html (Part 1) SAIC Student Bethany Childs Tempts The Fury Of Neptune http://www.gearwire.com/conchshell-instrument-construction-001.html (Part 2) SAIC Student Bethany Childs And Playing An Interfaced Conch Shell http://www.gearwire.com/conchshell-instrument-construction-002.html Stuart… Continue reading New Interviews on Gearwire

Newly invented instrument videos on Gearwire

On Friday, May 2 SAIC’s Waveforms presented videos and performances by students from the Sound Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Gretchen Hasse from Gearwire came and interviewed many of the students in my Instrument Construction course, who opened the evening with an ensemble performance on their new instruments. The video… Continue reading Newly invented instrument videos on Gearwire

Tune in to White Noise Phantom Room Hour

Tune in and listen to White Noise Phantom Room Hour, a special live radio experiment on Free Radio SAIC. When: 2:00 to 3:00 pm [US CST (GMT -6)] Thursday, April 17, 2008 Where: http://freeradiosaic.org (QuickTime required) Produced and performed by students of Eric Leonardson’s Introduction To Sound course. Travel through space while staying in one… Continue reading Tune in to White Noise Phantom Room Hour

Solo Concert for Bridges

Bridges, Arts at Large new music series 7:00 pm Wednesday, February 20 Lincoln Park Cultural Center, 2045 N. Lincoln Park West Chicago, IL 60614 Tel: 773.248.1667 Admission: Free (seating is limited to only 50 people) Arts at Large http://www.aalchicago.org/ I will be performing on the Springboard, my self-built instrument pictured above, with electronics. To learn… Continue reading Solo Concert for Bridges

Triage: duo with experimental vocalist Carol Genetti

Carol Genetti (vocals) and I will be performing a duo set at the final show in the Triage Sound Series: 8PM Tuesday, December 18 Elastic Arts 2830 N Milwaukee, 2nd Fl Chicago, IL 60618 suggested donation There will also be performances by Series founders, Mykel Boyd, and Neil Jendon.