Info and Dates below. Thanks. CC
Come Be Part Of The Drone.
CC
http://youtube.com/watch?v=n9uSz7RClQM
MB 89
I think it started when I was a kid. I had a mild
interest in s****ts. I was amazed to find out that
innings get added to a baseball game when there is a
tie. But what was really amazing was that they keep
adding them on until there's a winner. The thought of
a game lasting a few days was great. I thought it
would be really cool if the game lasted a year. And
what if the game lasted several years? I had a vision
of all these baseball players running around in
weathered uniforms and long white beards. Now that
would be something; to continue a game for the rest of
your life.
MB 89 is an attempt for me to play a continuous piece
of music that spans the greater part of my life.
Unlike a composition with a discrete beginning and
ending that may be played over and over, MB 89 is a
composition played once, continuously; spaces between
performances are to be treated as musical rests.
Instead of many starts and finishes there is constant
music. Thus MB 89 is a reference point in my
ever-changing life.
MB 89 is not to be merely conceived, written, and
performed. Rather, I have just realized MB 89's
presence in my life and have decided to acknowledge
it. It will be an ongoing endeavor for the rest of my
life.
The first MB 89 performance was a series of live radio
broadcasts on the UMASS radio station WMUA. Mike
Burke DJ extraordinaire was a neighbor of mine when I
first moved to Northampton. We quickly became friends
due to our late night talks about music. So every
Thursday in August 1997 MB 89 was broadcasted from
Mike Burke's radio show.
Since then, the presentation of MB 89 has evolved into
a timeless environment for people to enter and exit at
will. The concept for this installation is to create
a space of subtle movement where people can be part of
the environment and absorb MB 89 any way they like.
A Cylindrical mass of metal and fabric will stand in
the room, from within the cylinder will be a Bass
Clarinet generating a drone with electronics. Lights
will accompany the drone. It will be a 4-hour
performance.
The performance is presented in 4-hour increments and
is designed for the audience to come and go as they
please. It is best to find a space in the room and
listen for a while leave and then come back.
March 6th Cleveland Ohio Visible Voice Books
March 7th Indianapolis Indiana Big Car
March 8th 3am-6am radio show ITDE.
March 8th St. Louis Missouri LEMP ARTS
March 9th Manhattan KS Ghost Parlour
March 15th Vegas Nevada UVN
March 20th Salt Lake City Utah RED LIGHT
March 29th Denver Colorado Object+Thought
April 4th Lincoln Nebraska Project Room
April 5th Cincinnati, OHIO MURMUR
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