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piezo element wired to small Fender amp
- rolled wound guitar string + vinyl LP
- slack wound guitar string
- small AM radio
- metal table
- plucked bicycle wheel
- bowed bicycle wheel
- percussive bicycle
- rolled wound guitar string + vinyl LP
- slack wound guitar string
- small AM radio
- metal table
- plucked bicycle wheel
- bowed bicycle wheel
- percussive bicycle
Small 9-volt powered Electrobrand AM radio recorded on Sony DSC-W50
- interference with camera itself
- interference with eee netbook
- interference with floor fan
- interference with Dell flatscreen
- interference with TV
- interference with microwave
- interference with electric toothbrush and beard trimmer
- interference with electric toothbrush and electric razor
- interference with small shop fan
- interference with camera itself
- interference with eee netbook
- interference with floor fan
- interference with Dell flatscreen
- interference with TV
- interference with microwave
- interference with electric toothbrush and beard trimmer
- interference with electric toothbrush and electric razor
- interference with small shop fan
(with AnneMarie Balogh - not recorded, Sun Nov 1)
soldered a piezo element and a 1/4 plug to a shielded cable...plugged into a small battery Fender amp
-taped the piezo element to an eee netbook and a USB DVD drive
-clamped the element to a bicycle wheel/spoke and plucked and strummed other spokes and bicycle frame and bowed spokes with violin bow
-clamped the element to a toolbox's cover and bowed the toolbox cover
-clamped the element to a terminal block and strung a wound guitar string to it - left the unwound "top" of string extended from one side and left the other side wrapped as packed out the other side - scraped against various materials
soldered a piezo element and a 1/4 plug to a shielded cable...plugged into a small battery Fender amp
-taped the piezo element to an eee netbook and a USB DVD drive
-clamped the element to a bicycle wheel/spoke and plucked and strummed other spokes and bicycle frame and bowed spokes with violin bow
-clamped the element to a toolbox's cover and bowed the toolbox cover
-clamped the element to a terminal block and strung a wound guitar string to it - left the unwound "top" of string extended from one side and left the other side wrapped as packed out the other side - scraped against various materials
New album released - by Manhattan Rubber (renamed to "On")
3:34pm on May 11, 2009
The album is free for download.
This first "real" Manhattan Rubber album comprises pieces composed between 2005-2009 and includes samples of Gary P (keyboard), Tom B (electric guitar) (from the early 90's) and Paul C (drums) on the first track "Rubber 001"
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3:34pm on May 11, 2009
The album is free for download.
This first "real" Manhattan Rubber album comprises pieces composed between 2005-2009 and includes samples of Gary P (keyboard), Tom B (electric guitar) (from the early 90's) and Paul C (drums) on the first track "Rubber 001"
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Anyone who wants to record a solo performance of original (not cover) dicking around on any instrument or noise and send it to me, it can be considered to add to my songs. I'd never use anyone else's ideas as main hooks but have enough electronic means to get almost any sound into my arrangements as supporting sounds (and credit as such).
It's true - with computers and the internet and the world getting smaller and all this information and software freely available, we are just beginning the best music era ever, with more possibilities than ever before.
There are those of us who'd argue that the best times are behind us - but these people have always been and will always be. They'd prefer to put process (how something is made) over product (the end result), form over function, superficiality over the music, really, pretense over reality. They'd prefer to put their own limitations into definitions.
No matter how you slice it, in the end there is a listener listening to a full experience and all the emotions around that. Analog, digital, real, virtual, old, new - all different flavors of the same thing - and all meaningless without creativity.
There are those of us who'd argue that the best times are behind us - but these people have always been and will always be. They'd prefer to put process (how something is made) over product (the end result), form over function, superficiality over the music, really, pretense over reality. They'd prefer to put their own limitations into definitions.
No matter how you slice it, in the end there is a listener listening to a full experience and all the emotions around that. Analog, digital, real, virtual, old, new - all different flavors of the same thing - and all meaningless without creativity.
I got a new "free" DVD recorder by using my American Express card points.
It took me something like 3 tries to get the June 2002 CFHD music-improv-to-movie, (with Gary, Sandy and I), over to DVD. The main feature had been protected and the DVD recorder knew it. Also the tape would get ejected and not finish copying. Because official CFHD policy is to use non-copyrighted movies, this should be a rare thing.
* I'm sure you guys have seen it - the picture gets all wobbly.
* This only happened on the main feature and not two cartoons we did as an "intermission" - we came back to the main feature, though.
* My "video clarifier" that used to work well for tape-to-tape copy was useless.
* I also tried to make a tape copy of the tape through the clarifier but that did not work either.
Eventually, I sat there and watched it enough to see that the DVD recorder would pop up a box about an hour and ten minutes into the tape and stop the recording process.
I unplugged the video feed and made a full copy of our improvisation. Considering only the owner of a work has the right to make a derivative work, I guess it is fair if inconvenient.
Apparently, I need one of these - http://ping.fm/wIwRC (5/27/07)
It took me something like 3 tries to get the June 2002 CFHD music-improv-to-movie, (with Gary, Sandy and I), over to DVD. The main feature had been protected and the DVD recorder knew it. Also the tape would get ejected and not finish copying. Because official CFHD policy is to use non-copyrighted movies, this should be a rare thing.
* I'm sure you guys have seen it - the picture gets all wobbly.
* This only happened on the main feature and not two cartoons we did as an "intermission" - we came back to the main feature, though.
* My "video clarifier" that used to work well for tape-to-tape copy was useless.
* I also tried to make a tape copy of the tape through the clarifier but that did not work either.
Eventually, I sat there and watched it enough to see that the DVD recorder would pop up a box about an hour and ten minutes into the tape and stop the recording process.
I unplugged the video feed and made a full copy of our improvisation. Considering only the owner of a work has the right to make a derivative work, I guess it is fair if inconvenient.
Apparently, I need one of these - http://ping.fm/wIwRC (5/27/07)
Download it for free at - http://blisterpop.com/noun
Feel free to record any solo performance (guitar, flute, squeaky toys, whatever) at any sound quality that is convenient - get it on a cassette, CDR, MP3 or WAV/AIFF and send it me.
Let me know and I can try to arrange for an FTP or web upload if that is easier.
My original idea is descended from the ads I would read in Sound Choice or Op magazine - people would mail 4-track cassettes to each other & collaborate. I can do something similar by soliciting solo instrument performances from people and cutting them up into loops - even mining old radio performances for material. I totally reserve the right to mutilate and destroy any submission.
My release intentions are modest, if not possibly non-existent - maybe a cheap little page on my site for instance with invitation-only listeners.
I could probably be good about sending no-frills CDR's to people if...if...I actually ever get the time to do this...if...if...I can hobble together at least 45 minutes of it.
Credit would be as honest as possible. If there were any commercial gains to be made, I would get permission first from all involved, all over again. I can say right now that it would be a tremendous fluke of pure luck if it somehow went to market. I have no intentions of going that route nor can I even commit to finishing anything.
Actually, I request right now your permission to use anything I might have of you on tape already...
Let me know and I can try to arrange for an FTP or web upload if that is easier.
My original idea is descended from the ads I would read in Sound Choice or Op magazine - people would mail 4-track cassettes to each other & collaborate. I can do something similar by soliciting solo instrument performances from people and cutting them up into loops - even mining old radio performances for material. I totally reserve the right to mutilate and destroy any submission.
My release intentions are modest, if not possibly non-existent - maybe a cheap little page on my site for instance with invitation-only listeners.
I could probably be good about sending no-frills CDR's to people if...if...I actually ever get the time to do this...if...if...I can hobble together at least 45 minutes of it.
Credit would be as honest as possible. If there were any commercial gains to be made, I would get permission first from all involved, all over again. I can say right now that it would be a tremendous fluke of pure luck if it somehow went to market. I have no intentions of going that route nor can I even commit to finishing anything.
Actually, I request right now your permission to use anything I might have of you on tape already...
1. Don't play or quote any song by another artist, no cover songs
2. Stay in the moment - try not to laugh or talk
3. We have no idea what is going to happen - when in doubt, go with the flow
4. Don't blow up anyone else's stuff - watch your levels
5. This is not a regular band - this is supposed to be fun
6. Nothing will be 'perfect' - don't let that stop you
7. Anyone can play any instrument that they like - works better if a single session has fairly consistent instrumentation
8. Any part that you make up on your own is yours to use freely later - feel free to brainstorm ideas in real time
9. It is OK to use another work for inspiration only - bring outside material but don't just read it out loud
10. After copyright registration, the recordings themselves are open for anyone playing on the piece to package non-commercially in any way - commercial recordings should be approved, financed and prepared for sale and/or waived by everyone on the recording
11. Try to wait until the tape is rolling to actually start creating
12. Copying and preparing tapes and printed packaging is a great deal of work - be patient and don't lose or destroy your copies or masters without realizing the consequences
2. Stay in the moment - try not to laugh or talk
3. We have no idea what is going to happen - when in doubt, go with the flow
4. Don't blow up anyone else's stuff - watch your levels
5. This is not a regular band - this is supposed to be fun
6. Nothing will be 'perfect' - don't let that stop you
7. Anyone can play any instrument that they like - works better if a single session has fairly consistent instrumentation
8. Any part that you make up on your own is yours to use freely later - feel free to brainstorm ideas in real time
9. It is OK to use another work for inspiration only - bring outside material but don't just read it out loud
10. After copyright registration, the recordings themselves are open for anyone playing on the piece to package non-commercially in any way - commercial recordings should be approved, financed and prepared for sale and/or waived by everyone on the recording
11. Try to wait until the tape is rolling to actually start creating
12. Copying and preparing tapes and printed packaging is a great deal of work - be patient and don't lose or destroy your copies or masters without realizing the consequences
