2008-2009 february-march

list of performers/instruments:

voices by- me, fred frith, agnes szelag, heike liss, ellen fullman, varun kejriwal; me whistling; leah mittelmeier on piano; me on champagne, wine, & beer bottles; me on piano; ellen fullman & david gamper on long string instrument & electronics; oaxacan; the atomic bomb audition; damon waitkus on wineglasses, ukelin, dulcimer, & banjo; emily packard on violin, piano, musical saw, psaltery; me on bass/electric guitars; mikey c (preshish moments) on synthesizer (reaktor); gregg kowalsky on electric tanpura; marielle jakobsons on fender rhodes; me on microkorg; sample stolen from "conspiracy of the gods" by trans am; sample stolen from "the stones speak through the fire" by barn owl; sample stolen from "sitopul/zdirnaita in doi/rogojana" by ensemble tulnicarese

2008-2009 january-february

here's the longest one for this year (probably), weighing in at 20 seconds!

list of performers/instruments:

me on kazoo, singing, humming, ebowed bass, ukulele, toy melodica, piano (fazioli!!!), philicordia, pianoforte, brouilly wine bottle, chimes, internal microphone feedback; sarah palmer singing; matthias bossi singing; quentin sirjacq on the piano; the atomic bomb audition singing, in rehearsal (bass, guitar, drums); barn owl (voices, electric guitars, acoustic guitars, bass, harmonica, harmonium); jordan glenn (vibraphonette, marimba, 2 glockenspiels, bell set, lap steel); leah rae mittelmeier on piano; sylvie and deborah from the quentin sessions on violin and cello

2008-2009 december-january

this one is ridiculously short, sure to be the shortest this year. tune in again on feb. 12th for a 20 second one!

list of performers/instruments:

cosa brava singing; me singing; wine bottle; the atomic bomb audition in rehearsal; kate pierce singing; carla kihlstedt on violin (red witch fuzz pedal- thanks laura!); phoebe humming; me humming; shayna dunkelman/preshish moment's piano; me on electric guitar, koolshades guitar, accordions; wine bottle from carly and jason; brian gleeson singing; rachel kast singing; andy strain on trombone; jason hoopes on double bass; noah phillips on electric guitar

2008-2009 november-december

list of performers/instruments:

zachary watkins singing; me singing; ava mendoza singing; theresa wong singing; barn owl (evan caminiti & jon porras) singing; luciano/troy/ellen/theresa singing; nathan snider singing; nathan fritz singing; me humming; varun kejriwal singing; fred frith/carla kihlstedt/matthias bossi/zeena parkins/blixa bargeld singing; the atomic bomb audition singing; theresa wong on cello/piano; ava mendoza on electric & acoustic guitars; mike guarino on glockenspiel & melodica; champagne bottle; matthias bossi on piano; kanoko nishi on koto & bass koto; dx21 synth (borrowed from brian gleeson); me on toy piano; theresa wong on tonkori; me on electric & acoustic guitars, chord organ, wine bottle

2008-2009 october-november

list of performers/instruments:

phoebe singing; me singing; sierra nevada wheat beer bottle; erik larson singing; supercollider formant oscillators; marielle jakobsons (toy piano, violin, voice); agnes szelag (psaltery, cello, voice); upright piano and harpsichord from matt jury's house; daniel feese singing (the day before his wedding!); patrick allen and heath thacker singing; toy xylophone from kb toys in jefferson mall in louisville; ky; airplane taking off; shayna dunkelman (marimba); me (electric guitar); me (whistling); barn owl; aba in rehearsal; marques de caceres wine bottle; dial tone from phone; internal feedback (filtered); microphone feedback (filtered); dulcimer (borrowed from phoebe); ukulele (borrowed from phoebe); noah phillips (acoustic/electric guitars, voice); sarah palmer (acoustic/electric guitars, voice); zachary watkins (bass/electric guitars)

2008-2009 september-october

list of performers/instruments:

phoebe singing; mike guarino on prepared guitar and paia analog synth; aba tuning; me singing; agnes szelag on bass/myself on acoustic guitar; shayna dunkelman singing; aba singing in the car on the way to the high mayhem festival; les paul and sitar from alee's friend mark's house in prescott, arizona; guild acoustic guitar from yozo's (from the late severa wires) house; aba singing in the motel 6 in kingman, arizona; 110/220/440/880/1760 sine/square/sawtooth oscillators from the iphone app "oscillator"; ava mendoza singing; cocina wine bottle; theresa wong on cello and voice; wine bottle from phoebe's house; iphone app "crazy harp" with harp/choir sounds; phoebe and myself singing at laney college; wine bottle from jason and adam (469 40th st); me humming; phoebe and myself singing in a cabin in big sur, california

2008-2009 august-september

here's the list of performers/instruments for august through september:

reference pitch from the internet; wine bottle from phoebe's house; aba singing in the van on our northwestern tour; jason hoopes' friend shiloh's melodica; phoebe/me singing; me singing solo; me humming; wine bottle; aba singing/tuning; zachary watkins country western ensemble (shayna dunkelman, aram shelton, dennis somera, emily packard, theresa wong, andy strain, kanoko nishi, noah philips); theresa wong singing; shayna dunkelman singing and playing piano; zachary watkins, leif shackelford, myself singing; iphone kazoo

2008-2009 july-august

here's this past month's A (all 31 days combined into one):



and here's the rundown of performers/instruments:

singing at norman teale's funeral (shayna dunkelman, mikey c, brian gleeson, amir shirani, rachel cast, jason hoopes, agnes szelag); me singing solo (9 times); alee karim tuning during an ABA rehearsal; charvel electric guitar double-tracked; my voice multitracked 3 times; automat, cheeze machine, freealpha, ticky clav softsynths; fender jazz bass from expression with eventide H3500 octave processing; theresa wong and i on piano, toy piano, & 2 pitch pipes; fender strat from expression college with a new A string; jason hoopes and i on 7 pianos at lisser hall (mills college); ABA in rehearsal, jason/alee tuning guitar/bass; phoebe lehr and myself singing; ivan piesh and myself singing; baldwin piano from 1510 studio; ukulele (owned by phoebe lehr); ABA singing; mike guarino on glockenspiel; theresa wong on tonkori and cello; holly caust (alee on guitar, me on paia analog synth); theresa wong cello/vox, me on piano; dulcimer (owned by phoebe lehr); theresa wong on solo piano

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THIS IS THE FINAL DAY OF THIS YEAR'S MANTRA!!!!!! for the next year, i will only blog once a month (that's how the A's are being combined)...

here's the final one of 2007-2008 with shayna dunkelman, preshish moments, & myself on 3 marimbas, 2 vibraphones, & lou harrison's xylophone:

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my voice multitracked 3 times & distorted: