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Indeterminate Improvisation3 comments

howsthatsound wrote 11 months ago: One of the issues with improvisation that i have been (and doubtless will be) grappling with, is the … more →

Tags: Music, aleatoric music, Avant Garde, contact microphones, DXing, EAI, experimental music, exploratory music, field recordings

Dictaphone cassette collage part 23 comments

howsthatsound wrote 1 year ago: So, it’s been nearly a year since I first mentioned this technique, and since then, I’ve … more →

Tags: Music, Recordings, aleatoric music, Avant Garde, Cassette Tape, >DRO)))NE, drumming music, ethnic music, experimental music

Everyday field recording with baby monitors7 comments

howsthatsound wrote 1 year ago:   I have been working a lot with field recordings lately, especially the idea of sampling the space … more →

Tags: devices, Music, aleatoric music, Avant Garde, circuit bending, electronics for music, experimental music, field recordings, found objects as instruments

While my ipod gently weeps4 comments

howsthatsound wrote 1 year ago: I’m travelling and don’t have time for a full post, but I recorded this a couple days ag … more →

Tags: devices, Music, Avant Garde, experimental music, field recordings, found objects as instruments, Found sounds, generative music, home made instruments

Music for four performers and four laptops6 comments

howsthatsound wrote 1 year ago: All performers should be male, and should be selected because they have completed Mario Brothers pre … more →

Tags: Music, sound experiments, experimental music, Avant Garde, generative music, found objects as instruments, aleatoric music, Percussion, sound installation

It's been a while, but many interesting things are going on

howsthatsound wrote 1 year ago: Yes I’m still alive and kicking. I’ve been quite busy still, lots of things going on. So … more →

Tags: Music, field recordings, sound experiments, experimental music, home recording, improvisation, home made instruments, ethnic music, found objects as instruments

So Do You Think the Future of Music is Dead?11 comments

howsthatsound wrote 1 year ago: Hahaha, made you groan! Ok, so this is kind of ridiculous, but I had to do it for the sake of… … more →

Tags: Found sound, Music, Reviews, Found sounds, music commentary, sound experiments, experimental music, Avant Garde, Minimalism

Season's Holidays! Happy Greetings! A Gift for you and yours!9 comments

howsthatsound wrote 1 year ago: Holiday madness being what it is (work’s no party either) I figured I probably wouldn’t … more →

Tags: Music, My Music, sound experiments, experimental music, circuit bending, home recording, >DRO)))NE, Avant Garde, improvisation

Noise Removal Music2 comments

howsthatsound wrote 2 years ago: I have found through the course of my musical explorations, that one of my favorite musical experien … more →

Tags: Music, devices, Found sounds, My Music, sound experiments, experimental music, home recording, Avant Garde, Minimalism

I'm not dead (I'm just moving extremely slow)6 comments

howsthatsound wrote 2 years ago: Some of you may have noticed I have not been posting with the usual frequency. I appologize and by n … more →

Tags: Music, aleatoric music, Avant Garde, Cassette Tape, CDR, >DRO)))NE, electronics for music, experimental music, exploratory music

LATRALMAGOG Sessions IV & V and some philosophical rambling.7 comments

howsthatsound wrote 2 years ago: I think about music a lot as you can (i’m sure) imagine. While thinking about my recent activi … more →

Tags: Music, aleatoric music, Avant Garde, Cassette Tape, circuit bending, >DRO)))NE, drumming music, electronics for music, experimental music

Enter LATRALMAGOG!!!7 comments

howsthatsound wrote 2 years ago: So my partner in musical debauchery Al and I decided to make our collaborative efforts offical by br … more →

Tags: Music, aleatoric music, Avant Garde, Cassette Tape, circuit bending, >DRO)))NE, experimental music, exploratory music, found objects as instruments

Taking Chance.

howsthatsound wrote 2 years ago: (Though the following is not directly related to music, I think it has some relevance in it’s … more →

Tags: Music, "john cage", Life Hacking, i ching, Philosophy

Indeterminate composition techniques6 comments

howsthatsound wrote 2 years ago: In the music I make, for some reason, I am always persuaded to incorporate a certain amount of chanc … more →

Tags: Music, Avant Garde, Cassette Tape, >DRO)))NE, experimental music, exploratory music, field recordings, Folk music, found objects as instruments

Ideas on location specific sound exploration3 comments

howsthatsound wrote 2 years ago: Edit: My original title sucked, so I made it (if only slightly) better Recently I have been download … more →

Tags: Music, music commentary, field recordings, sound experiments, experimental music, Avant Garde, improvisation, noise, Location Recording

More drone to be done.12 comments

howsthatsound wrote 2 years ago: Edit: This drone was recorded as a playalong for Ignacio Gonzalez’ “IgBlog”, a blo … more →

Tags: Music, My Music, sound experiments, experimental music, Guitar, home recording, >DRO)))NE, Avant Garde, improvisation

Fun with sound manipulation and the freedom of chance.

howsthatsound wrote 2 years ago: Mary Did you Know? My wife and I have a sort of tradition of going to her parent’s house on ch … more →

Tags: Music, music commentary, My Music, field recordings, sound experiments, experimental music, home recording, >DRO)))NE, Avant Garde

Harmonic Drone Study; Overtones as Generative Music1 comment

howsthatsound wrote 2 years ago: I have been a fan of drones for a long time. There is something about the fixedness of certain aspec … more →

Tags: Music, music commentary, My Music, experimental music, Guitar, home recording, >DRO)))NE, Avant Garde, improvisation

More four-track cassette looping4 comments

howsthatsound wrote 2 years ago: As had been my plan this weekend, I made a new loop cassette with the intent of once and for all fig … more →

Tags: devices, Music, Avant Garde, Cassette Tape, experimental music, four-track, generative music, Guitar, home made instruments


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