People Like This!

On the Man Of The People radar: The pilot has featured at several festivals, including On Location: Memphis International Film Festival; The Indie Gathering; and the Cinema City International Film Festival, AND has come home with a few things in the pocket:

• Star Award: 2nd Place in TV Pilot Category--The Indie Gathering
• Silver Ace Award--Las Vegas International Film Festival
• Accolade Award of Merit--The Accolade Competition

The next screening will be at the Anthology Film Archives as part of the Royal Flush Film Festival in NYC, on Sunday, October 18th @1:15 pm.

Twin Thousands EP

The band is here mixing their upcoming EP. Four songs. Four hits. Look out for it in November.

showtime...

Twin Thousands will be playing with Antlers on August 19 at Mercury Lounge. I heard it's gonna sell out, so grab some tickets while you can.

Going TV

Bi The Way, a film I mixed and conformed, will be airing on MTV Networks: Logo beginning August 1st. Check it out.

Americans UK CD Release

Americans UK will be having their Rocktronic record release show June 19th at Public Assembly. Please buy tickets in advance as the event will likely sell out.

Recording in Progress...

Will be on location to record a live record by the Patick Wolff Trio - feel free to come by and be part of the audience. The recording is at Barrette in Prospect Heights and starts at 8 (2 sets).

Look Back

Currently scoring some tunes for the documentary Re-Generation. Look out for it this Fall.

Premiere Trio

I'm on location to record the SEM Ensemble, Flux Quartet, and Okstravska banda. On the bill includes world premieres of Christian Wolff's Trio for Robert Ashley and Petr Kotik's String Quartet No. 1 Erinnerungen an Jan, as well as the American premiere of Salvatore Sciarrino's  Vento D'ombra. Pieces by Elliot Carter and Gyorgy Ligeti round out the pieces. Contact SEM for inquiries.

Update: here's the NY Times writeup of one of the performances.

Downtime

The server might be down for a day or two as I switch webhosts. Apologies for any inconvenience. If a particular file is needed, please send an e-mail.

JI

Duane Pitre is in mixing his next record (bowed harmonic-guitar ensemble).

When Zombies Attack...

Americans UK are in the studio mixing their next full length. More later...

Revival

I had the pleasure of recording Petr Kotik's S.E.M. Ensemble at the Paula Cooper Gallery last night. Marcel Duchamp's “La Mariée Mise à Nu par Ses Célibataires, Même. Erratum Musical” (1922) was a highlight, as well as John Cage’s 5 unaccompanied “Solos” (1958) and Fontana Mix” (1958) being played simultaneously. Allan Kozinn wrote a nice writeup for the Times.

Is it in or is it out?

I need a break from staring at monitors and listening to actors repeat lines about 233 times PER LINE. Seriously. So I'm playing more shows and there are a bunch comin' up. Check em out...

Circles, Squares, and Diamonds

Tonight I'll be doing some viola and electronics work as Stars Like Fleas will be performing Cornelius Cardew's Treatise at Issue Project Room as a conclusion for cMj-madness. We should start around 8.

McGorlick, with noise...

Working with film sound means working directly with, well, directors and picture editors. And more than once I've wondered...how do they do it? Seems like there's a lot going on and sound is only one of the steps of the entire process. And more than once I've been asked if I was adept with Final Cut Pro to do some emergency speed audio/video-related stuff. Unfortunately, I'm not... But, I decided to cross that divide. With the help of a beat-up DV cam, an irrelevant storyboard, some friends who were willing to deal with me, and Final Cut Pro, I came up with something. Check it out. Audition

What did I learn? Filmmaking is fun. Technical difficulties isn't. Directing is pretty hard, but laughing isn't.

A Celebration at Lincoln Center

It'll be intense, I promise. I'm in the Section 1, Soprano 1 corner (David Daniell's group).

Friday August 15th, 7:00 pm Rhys Chatham's A Crimson Grail (2008) for 200 Electric Guitars (Outdoor Version) Lincoln Center Out of Doors at Damrosch Park, Southwest corner of the Lincoln Center Plaza (62nd Street near Amsterdam Avenue), New York, NY 10023

Composer Rhys Chatham and section leaders David Daniell, Seth Olinsky, John King, and Ned Sublette lead an oversized orchestra of 200 volunteer guitarists and electric bassists in the world premiere of A Crimson Grail for 200 Electric Guitars (Outdoor Version). The work, originally composed for Paris famed Sacré-Coeur, has been extensively revised to suit the dynamics of the Park's outdoor acoustics. ALSO APPEARING: Beata Viscera: The Music of Pérotin (fl. c. 1200) and Manuel Göttsching: E2-E4 (12.12.81) with the Joshua Light Show.

Beat Frequencies

I'm playing bowed guitar tomorrow night with Duane Pitre at issueproject in Carroll Gardens. It'll be 8 of us using custom tuned strings with bows and tube amps to elicit some crazy tones. Byron Westbrook's Corridors is also on the bill.

Baghead

Sup all, the Baghead is coming to NYC and LA on the 25th. Haven't found any theater listings yet, but will post here as soon as I know. Working with Jay and Mark was great, and so far reviews of the flick have been positive. Apparently reception in Austin has been quite good, building upon Tribeca, SXSW, and Sundance. Check this: New York Times story

Hiya

After years of brewing and stewing, the site has received some sort of a re-design. Writer's block, creative differences, and member shakeups have all contributed to this delay. Please excuse the TKs and missing spaces...they will be rectified...promise!