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===INTRO===
===ANNOUNCING===
The Noisebridge Orchestra is a free and open ensemble of handmade instruments. If you build your own instrument (of wood, metal, circuits, or code), then you can perform with the Orchestra. No music experience required.  
* The Second Triannual NOISE JAM
* A concert of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments.


Music performed by the Orchestra gives meaning and shape to Noise. Noise is a bridge to enlightenment: a Noisebridge.
===LAST PERFORMANCE===
* Sunday, June 23rd, 2013, 8 pm
* Location: in the Hackatorium, front room at Noisebridge, facing Mission Street.  
* Duration: about 15 minutes
* Photographs -http://www.flickr.com/photos/miromi/sets/72157634317780262/show/  ''these will go off my flickr and onto the Noisebridge Wiki this week''


(Note: this project is about good vibes and good humor. No drama please, and let’s not take ourselves too seriously  :)
===THE ORCHESTRA===
The Noise Orchestra is an open ensemble of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments. Anyone in the hacker community (which means, everyone on planet Earth) can be a member of the orchestra. Music experience not required.


===PHILOSOPHY===
The Noise Jam is a participatory ritual. A way for the community to come together, away from the dramas, the mailing lists, the meetings, the talk. A way to bring together disparate, solo hacks into a unified collaboration.


===NEXT PERFORMANCE===
When we give shape and meaning to chaos, we transform it into something which is not chaos. Hence, noise is a path to creativity. A bridge. A noise bridge.


Noise Jam II
Some ask for a moment of silence; I ask for a moment of noise.
Sunday, June 23rd, 2013
Setup: 3 pm
Rehearsal: 4 pm, in the Hackatorium, front of Noisebridge, facing Mission Street.  
Concert: 8 pm
Performance Duration: about 15 minutes


===VOLUNTEERS NEEDED===
To help to set up chairs, work with the PA, Recordist, Welcomer, Snack Wrangler, Videographer, Photographer. Contact johnyradio@gmail.com.


===RULES OF ENGAGEMENT===
===SCORE===
'''Requirements:'''
This performance is a conceptual piece. There is no notated sheet-music, only descriptive instructions. The composer will conduct the performance.  
*** You must build or program your own instrument.
*** Be original.
*** Don't dominate the sound-space (unless directed to).
*** No unaltered, pre-recorded music.


'''Movements'''


'''Etiquette:'''
* '''Bedlam:''' During this movement, all instruments are encouraged to play loudly and raucously. Players should play with no regard for the other instruments, and should  step on each other's sounds with gusto. Wake the audience up! 5 min.
*** Don't be continuously louder than everyone else.
*** Be silent more than you play
*** Play in just one pitch range-- high, middle, or low.  


* '''Whisper:''' This movement will begin with the quietest instruments in the Orchestra. Throughout the movement, players are asked to play as quietly as possible, and to listen carefully to the other instruments. Lull the audience into a dreamlike state. 5 min.


'''Instrument Suggestions:'''<blockquote>
* '''Pulse:''' Players will play on and around a slow, steady pulse, increasing in tempo during the movement, until it ends in high-speed frenzy. Give the audience a heart attack. 5 min.
software, hardware (electronic), mechanical, metal, wood, traditional acoustic, percussive/rhythmic, tonal/melodic, atonal/unpitched, live processing of other instrument sounds during the performance, group-built instruments, circuit bending, hacked acoustic instruments, electro-acoustic (pickups or contact mics), flesh and bone, amplified vegetables. </blockquote>


===VOLUNTEERS NEEDED===
===PLAYER GUIDELINES===
To: help to set up chairs, work with the PA, Recordist, Welcomer, snacks and drinks. Contact johnyradio@gmail.com.  
If you build your own instrument (of mineral, vegetable, circuitry, or code), then you've already passed the audition. No music experience required.  


'''Requirements:'''
* You must build or program your own instrument.
* No unaltered, pre-recorded music.


===SCORE===
'''Instrument Suggestions:'''<blockquote>
This performance is a conceptual piece. There is no notated sheet-music. The composer has provided instructions below. The composer will conduct, and provide further instructions at the performance.  
Software, hardware (electronic), mechanical, metal, wood, traditional acoustic, percussive/rhythmic, tonal/melodic, atonal/unpitched, live processing of other instrument sounds during the performance, group-built instruments, circuit bending, hacked acoustic instruments, electro-acoustic (pickups or contact mics), flesh and bone, amplified vegetables. </blockquote>


'''Performance Etiquette:'''
* Don't be continuously louder than everyone else.
* Be silent more than you play
* Play in just one pitch range-- high, middle, or low. Not all three (there are exceptions, depending on your instrument).
* Don't dominate the sound-space (unless directed to).


'''Movements'''
(Note: this project is about good vibes and good humor. No drama please, and let’s not take ourselves too seriously  :)


* '''Bedlam:''' During this movement, all instruments are encouraged to play loudly and raucously. Players should play with no regard for the other instruments, and should  step on each other's sounds with gusto. Wake the audience up! 5 min.
===PLAYER SCHEDULE===
*Setup: Sunday, 4 pm
* Rehearsal: Sunday, 5 pm


* '''Whisper:''' This movement will begin with the quietest instruments in the Orchestra. Throughout the movement, players are asked to play as quietly as possible, and to listen carefully to the other instruments. Lull the audience into a dreamlike state. 5 min.  
If you want to perform in the Noise Jam on Sunday, contact johnyradio@gmail.com ASAP.


* '''Pulse:''' Players will play on and around a slow, steady pulse, increasing in tempo during the movement, until it ends in high-speed frenzy. Give the audience a heart attack. 5 min.
===MAILING LIST===
Join the Sound-Hacks mailing list, for music hacking discussion and announcements:
https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/sound-hacks

Revision as of 22:46, 24 June 2013

ANNOUNCING

  • The Second Triannual NOISE JAM
  • A concert of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments.

LAST PERFORMANCE

THE ORCHESTRA

The Noise Orchestra is an open ensemble of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments. Anyone in the hacker community (which means, everyone on planet Earth) can be a member of the orchestra. Music experience not required.

PHILOSOPHY

The Noise Jam is a participatory ritual. A way for the community to come together, away from the dramas, the mailing lists, the meetings, the talk. A way to bring together disparate, solo hacks into a unified collaboration.

When we give shape and meaning to chaos, we transform it into something which is not chaos. Hence, noise is a path to creativity. A bridge. A noise bridge.

Some ask for a moment of silence; I ask for a moment of noise.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

To help to set up chairs, work with the PA, Recordist, Welcomer, Snack Wrangler, Videographer, Photographer. Contact johnyradio@gmail.com.

SCORE

This performance is a conceptual piece. There is no notated sheet-music, only descriptive instructions. The composer will conduct the performance.

Movements

  • Bedlam: During this movement, all instruments are encouraged to play loudly and raucously. Players should play with no regard for the other instruments, and should step on each other's sounds with gusto. Wake the audience up! 5 min.
  • Whisper: This movement will begin with the quietest instruments in the Orchestra. Throughout the movement, players are asked to play as quietly as possible, and to listen carefully to the other instruments. Lull the audience into a dreamlike state. 5 min.
  • Pulse: Players will play on and around a slow, steady pulse, increasing in tempo during the movement, until it ends in high-speed frenzy. Give the audience a heart attack. 5 min.

PLAYER GUIDELINES

If you build your own instrument (of mineral, vegetable, circuitry, or code), then you've already passed the audition. No music experience required.

Requirements:

  • You must build or program your own instrument.
  • No unaltered, pre-recorded music.

Instrument Suggestions:

Software, hardware (electronic), mechanical, metal, wood, traditional acoustic, percussive/rhythmic, tonal/melodic, atonal/unpitched, live processing of other instrument sounds during the performance, group-built instruments, circuit bending, hacked acoustic instruments, electro-acoustic (pickups or contact mics), flesh and bone, amplified vegetables.

Performance Etiquette:

  • Don't be continuously louder than everyone else.
  • Be silent more than you play
  • Play in just one pitch range-- high, middle, or low. Not all three (there are exceptions, depending on your instrument).
  • Don't dominate the sound-space (unless directed to).

(Note: this project is about good vibes and good humor. No drama please, and let’s not take ourselves too seriously  :)

PLAYER SCHEDULE

  • Setup: Sunday, 4 pm
  • Rehearsal: Sunday, 5 pm

If you want to perform in the Noise Jam on Sunday, contact johnyradio@gmail.com ASAP.

MAILING LIST

Join the Sound-Hacks mailing list, for music hacking discussion and announcements: https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/sound-hacks