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= About =
===THE ORCHESTRA===
The Noise Orchestra is an open ensemble of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments. Anyone  on planet Earth can be a member of the orchestra. No music experience 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.
We give shape and meaning to chaos. We transform noise into something which is not chaos. Noise as a path to creativity. A bridge. A noise bridge.
Some ask for a moment of silence; I ask for a moment of noise.
==MAILING LIST==
Join the Sound-Hacks mailing list, for music hacking discussion and announcements:
https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/sound-hacks
==GitHub Repo ==
https://github.com/noisebridge/NoisebridgeOrchestra
= Performances =
===ANNOUNCING===
===ANNOUNCING===
The Second Triannual NOISE JAM
* The 4th Performance of the Noise Orchestra.
A concert of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments.  
* A concert of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments.


===PERFORMANCE INFO===
* Saturday, August 10th, 2013.
* Location: Noisebridge, the Mission, San Francisco.
* Duration: about 15 minutes


===NEXT PERFORMANCE===
Noise Jam II
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, Videographer, Photographer. Contact johnyradio@gmail.com.


===THE ORCHESTRA===
===SCORE===
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.  
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.  


Music performed by the Orchestra gives meaning and shape to Noise. Noise is a bridge to enlightenment: a Noisebridge.  
* '''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.


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


===RULES OF ENGAGEMENT===
'''Requirements:'''
'''Requirements:'''
* You must build or program your own instrument.
* You must build or program your own instrument.
* Be original.
* If not acoustic, be self-amplified (I do have some amps to lend).
* Don't dominate the sound-space (unless directed to).  
* Be able to play very quietly, and very loud.
* No unaltered, pre-recorded music.
* No unaltered, pre-recorded music.




'''Etiquette:'''
'''Instrument Suggestions:'''<blockquote>
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.
* Don't be continuously louder than everyone else.
* Be silent more than you play
* Be silent more than you play
* Play in just one pitch range-- high, middle, or low.  
* 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  :)


'''Instrument Suggestions:'''<blockquote>
===PLAYER SCHEDULE===
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>
* Instrument Setup: 1pm
* Rehearsal: 2pm
* Stage setup: 8pm
* Musicians report to stage: 8:30pm
* Performance: 9pm


===VOLUNTEERS NEEDED===
If you want to perform in this Noise Jam, contact johnyradio@gmail.com ASAP.
To: help to set up chairs, work with the PA, Recordist, Welcomer, snacks and drinks. Contact johnyradio@gmail.com.  




===SCORE===
This performance is a conceptual piece. There is no notated sheet-music. The composer has provided instructions below, and will conduct and provide further instructions at 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.  
=== PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES===
==== 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/
* Raw Hi-Def Video. Unedited, but organized by activity (circuit making with Johny Radio, circuit bending with Martin, skatchbox building with Tom Nunn, Ari's coding session, and Moldover's midi session). The files can be downloaded and used by anyone for anything. You'll get faster download speed inside Noisebridge.
http://pony.noisebridge.net/~johnyradio/Noise%20Hack%20June%202013/
* Mexican Noise: Unplanned Noise Battle between a live mariachi guitarist and Mexican pop radio, witnessed at a local taqueria the same weekend as the Noise Jam. 
http://pony.noisebridge.net/~johnyradio/Noise%20Hack%20June%202013/Hack%20Video/mexican%20noise.AVI


* '''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.
==== Jamuary 2013 Jam ====
* Hi-def video and hi-res audio files from the first Noise Jam, including media collected by Lx and Rick:
http://pony.noisebridge.net/~johnyradio/Noise%20Jam%20Jan%202013/

Latest revision as of 08:27, 30 November 2013

About[edit]

THE ORCHESTRA[edit]

The Noise Orchestra is an open ensemble of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments. Anyone on planet Earth can be a member of the orchestra. No music experience required.

PHILOSOPHY[edit]

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.

We give shape and meaning to chaos. We transform noise into something which is not chaos. Noise as a path to creativity. A bridge. A noise bridge.

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

MAILING LIST[edit]

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

GitHub Repo[edit]

https://github.com/noisebridge/NoisebridgeOrchestra

Performances[edit]

ANNOUNCING[edit]

  • The 4th Performance of the Noise Orchestra.
  • A concert of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments.

PERFORMANCE INFO[edit]

  • Saturday, August 10th, 2013.
  • Location: Noisebridge, the Mission, San Francisco.
  • Duration: about 15 minutes


VOLUNTEERS NEEDED[edit]

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

SCORE[edit]

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[edit]

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.
  • If not acoustic, be self-amplified (I do have some amps to lend).
  • Be able to play very quietly, and very loud.
  • 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[edit]

  • Instrument Setup: 1pm
  • Rehearsal: 2pm
  • Stage setup: 8pm
  • Musicians report to stage: 8:30pm
  • Performance: 9pm

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


PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES[edit]

Sunday, June 23rd, 2013, 8 pm[edit]

  • 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/
  • Raw Hi-Def Video. Unedited, but organized by activity (circuit making with Johny Radio, circuit bending with Martin, skatchbox building with Tom Nunn, Ari's coding session, and Moldover's midi session). The files can be downloaded and used by anyone for anything. You'll get faster download speed inside Noisebridge.

http://pony.noisebridge.net/~johnyradio/Noise%20Hack%20June%202013/

  • Mexican Noise: Unplanned Noise Battle between a live mariachi guitarist and Mexican pop radio, witnessed at a local taqueria the same weekend as the Noise Jam.

http://pony.noisebridge.net/~johnyradio/Noise%20Hack%20June%202013/Hack%20Video/mexican%20noise.AVI

Jamuary 2013 Jam[edit]

  • Hi-def video and hi-res audio files from the first Noise Jam, including media collected by Lx and Rick:

http://pony.noisebridge.net/~johnyradio/Noise%20Jam%20Jan%202013/