Thursday, Nov. 6 “Ear Beer” on Free Radio SAIC

Tune in to Ear Beer, a live experiment in radio and sound webcast on Free Radio SAIC, produced and performed by my Introduction To Sound students. When: 2:00 to 3:00 pm [US CST (GMT -6)] Thursday, November 6, 2008 Where: http://freeradiosaic.org We will enjoy hearing your feedback during the show. Please call 312.345.3805 or log-in… Continue reading Thursday, Nov. 6 “Ear Beer” on Free Radio SAIC

Sunday, August 24 @ Elastic with Los Cuatros Demonios

Concluding a busy month of performances, Los Cuatros Demonios opens for Terry Dame’s Electric Junkyard Gamelan, a band from New York who perform original music on invented instruments. 7:00 p.m., Sunday, August 24 at ELASTIC Arts Foundation Los Cuatros Demonios is Tomeka Reid (cello), Carol Genetti (voice), Guillermo Gregorio (clarinet), Eric Leonardson (springboard), and Dan… Continue reading Sunday, August 24 @ Elastic with Los Cuatros Demonios

Sarah’s Sound Script: New Blog on Sound

Have a look at the new blog by Sarah Mann-O’Donnell. “Sarah’s Sound Script” blog is an online venue for her poetic writings on sound. Sarah is a philosopher and poet who writes about sound. She’s a newcomer from Philadelphia. I met Sarah Mann-O’Donnell at two of my concerts last week, and she wrote about: Monday’s… Continue reading Sarah’s Sound Script: New Blog on Sound

Performing with Eric Glick Rieman at AV-aerie

Eric Glick Rieman, from Berkeley with his prepared Rhodes piano, will be performing with me this Friday, 8:00 p.m. at the AV-aerie, 2000 W. Fulton Street, Chicago, IL 60612, (312) 850-4030. $8 suggested donation. This show is a double bill with The Young Equestrians from Brooklyn. (If you know you can attend, please send me… Continue reading Performing with Eric Glick Rieman at AV-aerie

World Listening Project

I’m working on a new project initiated by Dan Godston called the World Listening Project. What is it? The goals of the World Listening Project are to collect field recordings from every country on earth, to create a sonic map of the world, and to archive those recordings on a website. Many of the recordings… Continue reading World Listening Project

4th of July 2008 Fireworks Recording

Here is a download link to a 6-minute 19-second excerpt from my binaural recording of this year’s unofficial 4th of July fireworks displays. These were active all around my home on the west side of Chicago. This link has now moved to archive.org. You may also listen here with the embedded player below. WARNING: Please… Continue reading 4th of July 2008 Fireworks Recording

Monday, June 16, 9 p.m. Chicago Phonography @ Brown Rice

Chicago Phonography with Todd Carter, Chad Clark, Chris Hammes, Michael Hartmann, Eric Leonardson, Joshua Manchester, Robert Pleshar, Patrick Scott, Aaron Zarzutzki, and Philip von Zweck. Brown Rice 4432 N Kedzie Ave Chicago IL 60625 www.brownricemusic.org 9:00 p.m. (Doors open 30 minutes before show) $6 suggested donation, $4 for students 1st Set: screening of Tampico, a… Continue reading Monday, June 16, 9 p.m. Chicago Phonography @ Brown Rice

Video: “CHARLES COHEN AT THE BUCHLA MUSIC EASEL”

This is a wonderful video of CHARLES COHEN at The BUCHLA MUSIC EASEL a new short film by Alex Tyson on Vimeo. Since our first meeting back in 1997, Charles has a way with this synthesizer that’s been nothing but a pleasure for me to hear. This colorful video features sound artist Charles Cohen improvising… Continue reading Video: “CHARLES COHEN AT THE BUCHLA MUSIC EASEL”