Posted 15 May 2012, 21:00
The folks at StillStream, having unexpectedly and very kindly chosen me as their Artist of the Month for May, have also given me the opportunity to put together an hour-long mix for broadcast on Sunday May 27 at 8:30PM EDT (7:30PM CDT). It will play over their internet radio stream, and I will make it available afterwards for streaming and download. I don’t know exactly what it will contain yet, but you can expect a mixture of live-recorded/analog/improv and generated/digital/composed work and perhaps a few words.
Posted 1 May 2012, 06:58
I am honored and pleased to be the featured artist for May 2012 on StillStream. Many thanks to Shane Morris, Joel Sutton and all at StillStream. They have invited me to perform a live concert over their airwaves this month, and I have gratefully agreed. We will announce a date once I have worked out the logistics.
Posted 1 February 2012, 20:48
I have several interesting and fun live things coming up in February.
Posted 10 January 2012, 20:01
I’m pleased to announce that Stomoxine Records has released Common Misconceptions by Doug Seidel and yours truly. Doug (who is my brother) came up to visit me in NH with his homemade modular synths, effects boxes and other stuff, and we spent a weekend playing and recording. We hope you enjoy the result. Also, make sure to go check out Doug’s music on SoundCloud.
Posted 29 December 2011, 12:18
Some musical goals for the coming year, in no particular order:
Posted 27 December 2011, 12:59
It’s been a very productive year. In fact, I’m pretty surprised at what how much got done, mainly by accepting opportunities as they arose.
I did a lot of live shows playing improvised electronics with no keyboard or laptop. Friendly venues, particularly The House Of Goings On in Manchester (NH) and 119 Gallery in Lowell (MA), provided playing opportunities and many new friends, allies and collaborators. In the end I played 18 shows over the course of the year at a great set of venues (in chronological order): Toadstool Books, BUOY, The House Of Goings On, 119 Gallery, Flywheel, The Stone, The Purple Barn, Opensound, Albany Sonic Arts Collective, The Red Door, The Zoloft, Chailey Mansion, and The Flopera House.
A performance high point of the year: Mary Jane Leach was nice enough to invite me to share her gig at The Stone on June 12, which happens to be both her birthday and mine.
I made a practice of recording as many shows as possible. All the recordings that I’m happy with have been posted to SoundCloud where they are available as individual tracks and also collected in the following set:
The Left-Hand Path by mysterybear
I also made several improvised pieces at home, several of which I submitted to various sessions of the great ImprovFriday project:
At Home: 2011 by mysterybear
I also wrote and/or published a number of composed (as opposed to improvised) works, which I make using Csound (usually with blue) on a laptop. These pieces are collected in the following set:
Composed: 2011 by mysterybear
Only one netlabel release this year (on someone else’s netlabel, that is), but it’s one I’m very pleased with: Complex Silence 12. I’m flattered that Complex Silence 12 was listed as a notable release for the year by both David Nemeth and C. Reider. Track one (Gyre II) was also accepted into the Disruptive Stillness exhibition at University of Michigan in January.
I participated in two other netlabel releases/projects:
I dipped my toe into the ocean of netlabel publishing with the first two releases on my own netlabel:
I decided to re-release Sublimation (originally a CD-R, then a NetNewMusic netlabel release) on Bandcamp and actually sold a few copies.
I collaborated, actively and passively, with several people in the course of the year:
Bill Bacon, Greg Kowalsky and I formed a band called Ouroboros and played our first few gigs. I’m really looking forward to bringing this project further into fruition in the new year.
I was fortunate to have gotten a few very nice reviews around the web:
Finally, it was very nice to be selected as SoundClouder of the Day on August 25. Thanks, guys!
All in all, it was a very gratifying year, and I’m hoping for another one in 2012. I hope that I didn’t forget anyone or anything, but if I did, I’ll revise this post as necessary.
Posted 23 December 2011, 11:47
I am happy to note that Complex Silence 12 was included in 100 Notable Netlabel Releases of 2011 on the acts of silence blog. Also great to see many friends and allies here such as Alan Morse Davies, Auzel, C. Reider, Le Berger, and Mystified, among others.
I’m also delighted to have been involved in two other entries on this list:
Thanks to David Nemeth for all the work he does to promote netlabels!
Updated on 2011-12-23 to include a mention of Fan Fiction.
Posted 8 October 2011, 09:26
Marc Weidenbaum just published a very nice essay on Disquiet in which he reviews my latest track on SoundCloud.
Posted 25 August 2011, 17:33
I’m thrilled that I was selected as today’s SoundClouder Of The Day — it’s quite an honor. Welcome to new visitors to this site. I haven’t been updating very often, mainly because it’s been so convenient to use my SoundCloud page. But I plan to start posting here more often as well, and am also beginning to think about a re-design (it’s been quite a while).
Thanks, SoundCloud!!
Posted 11 April 2011, 18:22
This is my live set from Saturday April 9, 2011 at the House Of Goings-On in Manchester, NH. I was fortunate to accompanied by live video projections from Greg Kowalski, whose work is wonderful and unique — thanks, Greg! And big thanks to Marc Bisson and Dei Xhrist for being great hosts.
In Cetacea (live at HOGO, 2011-04-09) by mysterybear
Equipment used:
1 made by Doug Seidel