Hallowe’en Kit

Originally uploaded by rgdaniel

Crappy self-timer shot, just wanted to see how the kit looked from the other side… I have two shows coming up, one this weekend and one next weekend, and I’ve completely de-constructed the drum set into a single vertical tree-like tower, at left here. Toys and effects laid out on the table in the center, and principal sound modules on the right. The heavy metal chain (actually styrofoam, and quite chewy as the dog will attest) and orange pumpkin lights finish it off nicely.

Be sure to click the photo to go to Flickr, for the larger versions and especially for the annotations containing more detail on the technology than you would possibly care about, but will still be very impressed by.

And they appear to like my Galapagos photos… I count four of them in here… it’s okay, they asked…
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[ Here is the announcement… ]

As part of the As It Were series of “live in the studio” recordings, a series that I am just inventing now, featuring avant-garde art-noise mongers R.G.Daniel (www.rgdaniel.com) and Alan Glicksman (www.alanglicksman.com), 54×2 recently entertained themselves and a captive audience of canines at Barkwhistle Studio (my rec room) in beautiful Owen Sound.
This time out, I relied heavily (perhaps too heavily) on my Boss DD-6 Digital Delay pedal, as well as my new circuit-bent tiny drone guitar and circuit-bent Lisa Simpson saxophone. Alan favoured the always delightful vintage Yamaha synth that he played in Durham, along with sundry bells and whistles. The recording was once again via Lynda’s Zoom X4, with no post processing except for normalizing the volumes.
Here is a generous selection of excepts. A CD of the entire audio event is available by contacting me via this website or by stopping me in the street. The cost for the CD will be one million dollars.