nickname: Rebel Gear Blog 3: Rotary Cymbals/Bass Springs

rotary saw bass spring

This installment is a twofer. During the second day of recording nickname: Rebel’s New Rock Church of Fire record (still working on it folks), I tried an experiment to loosen everyone up. Inspired by a session that Brown Cuts Neighbors had done for WRPI radio in Troy where, either the mics were cranked way up [...] [...]

SHARE San Jose jam video

SHARE SJ Jam October 28, 2009 from Marc Arsenault on Vimeo. Villa Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA SHARE San Jose open jam. Participants bring their portable equipment, plug into a common system, improvise on each others’ signal and perform live audio and video. Participants at this meeting included Tim Thompson with his Loopy Cam, Fred Lakin with matchbooks [...] [...]

Sun Worship Event June 20th

sunworship

I’m getting revved up for this Saturday’s Sun Worship show at B789. I just confirmed that Asa Irons will be participating as well as birdorgan, Zeroking, and the Offset Needle Sounds. Show starts at 9pm. Cover is $7-10. B789 is a great new performance space in the lower mill building on [...] [...]

nickname: Rebel Exclusive Session on Dandelion Radio for Mark Whitby. Listen Online All Month!

nickname: Rebel recorded an exclusive five-track session for Mark Whitby’s show on internet radio station Dandelion Radio, and you can hear it all during June, 2009. That’s nearly a half hour of new stuff made by Marc Arsenault, Tom Burre, Michael Keegan and Nick Carpenter. Recorded at Wow Cool in Cupertino, California. http://dandelionradio.com Dandelion Radio plays a [...] [...]

Go Read: Frantasia Fest 2009 is coming – blog post from Offset Needle Radius

Frantasia Fest 2009: August Is Coming! Time To Plan… I discovered Frantasia Fest last year just 10 days prior to it’s happening. A festival of “Out Music” featuring world class performers of improvised sound from New England, Pennsylvania, Georgia, NY. The event is held over 3 evenings, August 20th to the 22nd with improvisation workshops in [...] [...]

Offset//Needle//Radius Winter Performance Series, MISSION///COMPLETE

not square with zero

Saturday night concluded a series of five performances around Northern New England over the last two months. The collapsed economy and consequential unemployment greatly aided in the conceptualizing and execution of each performance. A rare moment in Modern America, to have an abundance of “free” time to concentrate on one’s craft. This unique opportunity was [...] [...]

Offset Needle Radius Live in Manchester, NH, Saturday

MAP Project

February, 21 2009 11:00 AM – Underground The M.A.P. Project 76 Lowell St, Manchester – $5 With: – Zaonis – Cats Can Be Clouds – The Broadcasters – Offset Needle Radius, Poets – Donnie Darkhorse “…an all-day event for Saturday, Feburary 21st, starting around 2PM and ending around 11PM. Poets and musicians to perform here one last [...] [...]

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