Tag: Springboard

November 7 and 8, Concert and Soundwalk in Marquette, MI

Thursday, November 7, at 7:00 p.m., in the Peter White Public Library’s Community Room I perform at the City of Marquette Arts and Culture Center’s “First Thursdays” Concert Series. My concert will be followed by a lecture-demonstration about the Springboard, including the technical, historical, musical and creative concerns that inspired its invention and performance. Friday,… Continue reading November 7 and 8, Concert and Soundwalk in Marquette, MI

New video from 2013 MEGAPOLIS Fest with Anna Friz

New video from 2013 MEGAPOLIS Audio Festival, just in from Justin Groteleuschen, shows Anna Friz and me performing and talking about our work with 100 radios as “breathing instruments” and “players,” accompanied by Springboard, reeds, and electronics. This performance and talk happened at Union Docs in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday, April 13. Anna Friz +… Continue reading New video from 2013 MEGAPOLIS Fest with Anna Friz

Springboard – New Video by Josh Baum and Eric Leonardson

Springboard – Eric Leonardson from Joshua Baum on Vimeo. An intimate performance demonstration of Eric Leonardson’s Springboard, a self-built instrument made from coil springs, wood, and other everyday objects, amplified by a single piezo-electric contact microphone. Its diverse and unusual sounds belie its humble origins. Leonardson built the Springboard in 1994 and has since performed… Continue reading Springboard – New Video by Josh Baum and Eric Leonardson

April 13, 2013 Megapolis Audio Fest With Anna Friz at Union Docs

MEGAPOLIS Pre-festival – Saturday, April 13 at 7:30pm @ Union Docs 322 Union Avenue, Brooklyn, New York Suggested Donation: $9 My transmission art performance with good friend Anna Friz is a prelude to the following weekend’s MEGAPOLIS Audio Festival, a celebration of sound art. On Friday, April 12 Anna and I will visit and talk… Continue reading April 13, 2013 Megapolis Audio Fest With Anna Friz at Union Docs

November 19 at Myopic With Albert Wildeman (bass)

7:30 PM, Monday, November 19 Myopic Bookstore 1564 N. Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60622 Find us up on the second floor. Albert Wildeman (bass) and Eric Leonardson (springboard, electronics) perform in the weekly Myopic Improvised/Experimental Music Series, curated by Fred Lonberg-Holm, Brian Labycz and Aaron Zarzutzki. More info the Myopic Improvised/Experimental Music Series: www.myopicbookstore.com/music.html Find us… Continue reading November 19 at Myopic With Albert Wildeman (bass)

Show us your . . . springboard | Chicago Reader

Kevin Warwick wrote this short and sweet feature on the Springboard and me for the Chicago Reader. Published on January 19, 2012 in its “Show us your [____]” series, I feel surprised I’ve been playing it for 18 years. Thanks to Kevin and Andrea Bauer, who took the photos.

Respire: Performance with Anna Friz at ESS on SoundCloud

ESS posted my performance with Anna Friz for the opening of Respire at Audible on its SoundCloud profile. What you hear, amongst a roomful of radios receiving the sounds of breathing and other bodily exclamations typically absent from regular radio programming, is Anna playing amplified sruti, mbira, and electronics. I performed on the Springboard and… Continue reading Respire: Performance with Anna Friz at ESS on SoundCloud

Sharing sounds with springboard | Daily Egyptian

Untitled from Daily Egyptian on Vimeo. An online article about my springboard just posted on April 4 in the Daily Egyptian, the newspaper of Southern Illinois University. I was interviewed by Pat Sutphin when I performed in the Outside the Box Music Festival, on Saturday, April 2. You can look and listen to it in… Continue reading Sharing sounds with springboard | Daily Egyptian