I gave my first live performance in twenty-five years this weekend!  The HzCollective graciously offered me a spot in a lineup of eleven acts of “experimental and avante-garde” music.

The festival was hosted by the Bridge Progressive Arts Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia, where I live.  The stage was set up on a carpet laid down at one end of an art gallery.  The wall hangings were part of the current exhibit.  The logistics of setting up and tearing down everyone’s equipment between the successive acts was well-managed and everyone was amiable about it all.  A variety of styles was represented, ranging from traditional acoustic instruments played in non-standard ways (a violin duet) to full blown noise feedback and multimedia.  As a clue to the innovation level, consider that the table my equipment sat on (in the photos below) was later incorporated as an integral part of a percussion instrument that was played by light finger taps on the table edge.  I won’t hazard further attempts at characterization, because whatever I’d say would be inadequate.   I enjoyed all the performances.

The following MP3s are of my live performance.  The first is yet another incarnation of the Cross Product patch incorporating the CGS Bi-N-Tic Filter for darkness and edge.  The second is a version of Aleatoric Double Harmonic (recorded, unfortunately, at a rather low level).

Update:  I’ve added a third MP3, a rehearsal recording of Aleatoric Double Harmonic, the same patch but with different settings.  It’s an interesting contrast.