i met andrew via myspace hook ups about a year ago. back and forth emails led to meeting him at his mainstay, the lorimer and bedford stations of the L train. during the time i was totally addicted to his songs: witty lyrical songwriting, the twang and twee, lofi folk antics. we've been pals since, and he even did a cameo in the new dollboy video. he calls himself the lovechild of bowie and dylan. he's been thrown into the antifolk club without [...]
the last day of the bent festival . oh, sadness you are a mad ticking clock. i couldn't help but feel a little down. i've been lost in a dream of geekdom since tuesday, and now i must return to reality. when i arrived most of the exhibits were already deconstructed. a half life of the hopping scene the day before. i brought anthony and hektor to preach the digital way, but could only harp fantasy into the shell that remained. [...]
today's bent festival was the best one yet. tons of people came out for the workshops and to explore. most of the audio exhibits were up and running. i attended a workshop hosted by table beast . in this workshop we modded the casio sk-1 and added a patchbay system. table beast was so helpful and friendly and his ardous knowledge of the casio keyboard line is astounding. his whole career is dedicated to modding casio's [...]
today, sandro and i snuck out of work early to check out the bent festival again. sandro's never been exposed to circuit bending, so we immediately took to some toys and i showed him how putting a pot in parallel with the toy's resistor can tweak the sound. every day there are more and more exhibits available. i'm guessing the final day will be the most complete exhibit presentation. [...]
today, took off early from work to make it to the bent festival open workshop. last night's intro had settled in, and i was eager to approach circuit bending with more predetermined intent. i attended a workshop hosted by justin jordan . in this workshop we built in house an lfo circuit which can easily be integrated into any instrument for bending effects. the soldering was tedious and everyone was scrambling like ants for parts and tools. i think over half of the class got their circuits to work. after taking this circuit home and [...]
yesterday i went with chia to the starting day for the bent festival . circuit-bending is the creative short-circuiting of low voltage, battery-powered electronic audio devices such as guitar effects, children's toys and small synthesizers to create new musical instruments and sound generators. yesterday was the kickoff lecture by george lazenbleep . what is inspiring is how elemental and simple circuit bending is. anyone with a curious mind can do it. as an EE, i guess i was just in denial about ever [...]
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