The great work for Torrance Art Museum show continues!

We are well into the process preparing for the Torrance Art Museum Show (7-3-2010).

I rehearsed with Eric Strauss and William Almas today. Video is being filmed and edited. Audio is being rehearsed. Circuitry is being tested and refined.

The process is being respected.

I am enjoying 9 beet stretch as I type. It is an enduring classic! I strongly recommend it!

NWEAMO App in, Work Continues on TAM show

Well lets see, today I put in an app for NWEAMO 2010.

Work is continuing on the Torrance Art Museum show. Save the date 7-3-2010. It should be an interesting event!

Upcoming work. Looks like fun!

I met today with other sound artists at the Torrance Art Museum (TAM) to see the space and consider the possibilities for collaboration. It was an exciting discussion. I am looking forward to seeing what comes of the collaboration. Some great ideas were batted around.

The event is curated by FLOOD who orchestrate the spectacular Soundwalk in Long Beach.

The Date for the event is July 3, 2010. Mark your calendar!

Monday night, in Long Beach!

The phog masheeen experience is returning to the Puka Bar in Long Beach. This coming Monday Night (1-25-10) 8:00 PM. FREE!!!

We are rolling out mad new audio and visuals for this show!

It is a great line-up with a rare appearance of or-fun-aany!

Fun & FREE!!!

2010 Oh! My!

Onward ever onward. A new year with a blue moon. I don't know what it signifies.

I was cruising around and found a great page on Sound Is Art referencing a field recording of a slide scanner. It sounds pretty cool. Other cool stuff on that site as well.

I completed my six night gig playing x-mas music. It was an instructive experience. Playing wind instruments in a cold, un-amplified, outdoor setting is a great teachable moment. I have an increased appreciation of the Salvation Army Bands now. The Salvation army can just ring bells between songs, we had to tell family friendly x-mas jokes. The jokes evolved to quiz questions with sugar products for prizes. We damaged alot of teeth this year with all that sugar.

On a different tip, a friend pointed me in the direction of Mnozil Brass they are a gifted lot. I am unsure of their history or whereabouts. But they do have that eastern european look and vibe.

I celebrated the winter holiday by preparing for taxes. With my nose in an excel spreadsheet. No "It's a wonderful life" for me.

But now we are onto 2010! A fresh start with a new decade! Cool!

An entertainment value!

This is too good to not share.

phog

UEM at Redcat.

I went to see UEM play the Redcat theater in LA last night.
They scored the gig I had been angling for. It was an interesting evening. This was the "Fall Studio" show. It is the Redcats quarterly outreach to the locals to present what they are working on. There were 6 different performers with a fifteen minute slot. The material presented stretched from far eastern traditional dance styles, to vaudville, to UEM.
For their slot Bill, Andy and Jasmine titled their piece The Typhoon, the rope and the slippers. It dealt with the events and aftermath of a receint typhoon. It was in three parts. Bill played the soprano sax in the third movement. Andy had a proliforation of Gongs in play and Jasmine gave a stirring performance of keeping your head above water and sucking in air. The loops looped. The gongs, gonged. It worked for me. Then I stardted looking at the crowd.
This was a different group than I am used to. With parking at $9.00 and the entrance at $12.00.
This was a different level of arts consumer. A bit more well heeled than I was used to. I am glad I went. I have a better idea of how to pitch this gig.
It was a cool show.
Uem is playing again tonight!