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Friday 3/19: South By South Mess @ 21st St. Co-op (707 W. 21st Street) – 5:30 PM
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Saturday 3/20: Hometapes Friend Island @ 815 E. 6th Street – 4:30 PM
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Check It Out

Just a reminder that All Tiny Creatures first album, Segni is out now, and available for purchase.

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All Tiny Creatures
Experiments and Improvisations

Tracks:

Melodica and Keyboard on the Porch:

This was recorded when the power went out one day on a cold winter porch. I used my field recorder to construct the song using a cheap battery powered keyboard (set to “flute”) and my trusty melodica. The field recorder has a “4 track” function, which is how I was able to build up the layers of sound.

Seeds Today

Here I’m slowly building up a single chord, while manipulating an algorithm that randomly cycles through different harmonics in an organ simulation. The cycling gets more rapid and chaotic as the track progresses, until the chord changes and the piece completes.

Motorized Organ And Singing On A Rocking Chair

The title is pretty self-explanatory here. The interesting thing is how the force from rocking of the chair effects the sound of the little motorized reed organ and my voice, while the floor creaks a sort of over-arching rhythm. This was recorded on a 1950s era consumer reel-to-reel recorder with the original ceramic microphone. The warble of the tape matches up with the warble caused by the rocking chair quite nicely.

Strummed Harmonics on Four Acoustic Guitars

Again, pretty self-explanatory. On a guitar tuned to an open chord, I build up layers of sound on my field recorder, only playing the different harmonics of the guitar.

Two Looping Guitars, Out Of Phase

Here Andrew Fitzpatrick and I man two different guitars hooked up to looping devices that are naturally out of phase with each other. One of us is panned right, and one of us is panned left. The pieces starts with recordings of crickets. One from recordings taken by my house, and one from recordings by his.

Here is a link to the full album and cover art. Thanks!
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Highlights documented below:
0:01: Trying out an alternate ending for Segni
0:08 – 1:14: On the road to The District
1:20: Driving in DC, jammin to Miles
2:30: Dashboard solo
2:43 – 5:30: At The National Mall late night
5:35: Picnic time
6:12: Andy can’t take it any more
6:25 – 6:50: Tom’s iPod touche drum solo, then guitar solo, through the van speakers. Glad we grabbed those apps!
6:48: Important Pittsburg numbers
7:21: New Order whistle
7:38: Don’t block the box – OLD school rappin’
7:58: N n n nnonono Yehyeheyhyeah
8:00: Matt’s translation of an NY ambulance.
9:15: Lousiana Shirt Cream
9:36: Hey why are you guys drenched?
10:07: Debbie Doiche tickles Tom
10:30: Tom is SO ANGRY
10:38: Postal Customer
10:57 – 11:40: The amazing Nick Butcher and his friend the bass clarinetist in Chicago
11:52: iPod touche + 303/808/909 app + van speakers = Acid Jam #1
11:57: Acid Jam #2
12:05: Goodbye Les Paul
12:35: Acid Jam #3
12:40 – 13:09: Duluth sounds
13:09 – 14:14: Fehlman
14:17: Purple thing
14:20 – 14:30: Setup sounds
14:32 – 15:04: Pierre Huyghe – Wind Chime (after “Dream”) – At the Walker sculpture garden (best part of the trip)
15:07 – 15:13: Church bells
17:01: You have reached your destination. Now trip out