Category: Blog
Enjoy the latest updates and musings from the studio.
What is the aim of the experiment? Are there specific goals? What are the materials or various ingredients? What unusual combinations might you find/create? To what extent is the experimenter guided by intuition vs established techniques? Are you comfortable with an unknown outcome or failure? What is failure? Are you ...
Yeah, my sites are looking a bit dated right now because I am just getting back on my feet after a very time consuming and logistically difficult move to Philadelphia. The studio has closed. We’ve downsized to an apartment, so two-thirds of my studio are in storage right now while ...
The following was prompted by some feedback I received recently on some music I posted to a discussion group. Numbered definitions are from Dictionary.com, the commentary is my own. “Experimental” – Adjective. Definition 1. pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science. Commentary: Sound and music, having ...
“Haunted 2016 is a dead-on perfect tribute to the scary sound effects albums of the past.” Back in 2016, Audra and I recorded a long-form Halloween soundscape, purely for the joy and experimentation of it all. Titled “Haunted 2016”, we released it on Bandcamp, just for kicks. The album ...
* The program and other elements had the wrong anniversary number – so this is actually 14, not 15! :-) Graphics by Robert Dorschel This year’s NEEMFest (NorthEastern Electro-Music Festival) was held September 7-9, 2018 in Homer, NY. Now in its 14th* year, the performance-centric gathering features three full days of ...
Disclaimer: These are all first-world problems. I acknowledge that. I am fortunate to have funds to buy an instrument, and to have a car to drive to these places, etc. Prologue Audra’s main uke is an Ohana pineapple concert, with no pickup. As we put together our live Fricknadorable set, I ...
We’ve been wanting to create a raised bed for some time. Most of the time, I’ve done container gardening for my peppers. That’s done well, but the containers are hard to manage sometimes. They also don’t allow the plant to fully spread out, and I’ve had some plants stunted as ...
On April 30 Pepperhead Studios presented entertainment by our family of artists for Bloomsburg’s Mini Maker Faire. Special thanks to Scott Canouse and Roxanne Zuber for taking pictures that day! Here’s some highlights. Our featured drummer for the event was Urie Kline from Lyco Taiko. Urie has recorded on Mike Hickey’s album “55 ...
It’s with great pleasure that I announce the completion of “55 and Sunny”, an album by Mike Hickey. It’s an eclectic, up-beat collection of 16 songs–fifteen new compositions and a new arrangement of a traditional English folk tune. The tunes range from swinging blues to raucous Balkan dance music, ...
May 6-7, 2016 at White Horse in Black Mountain, NC. Asheville electro-music is organized by members of the electro-music.com online community. The focus is on compelling original music and innovative technology. Previous events have attracted many world-class musicians and were an excellent opportunity for sharing new music with an appreciative audience, networking, socializing, ...