[ale] Setting a tentative date for ITT Tech Atlanta Linux Fest [OT]

[arxaaron]

On 2010/10/08, at 15:32 , Charles Shapiro wrote:

> Can't be music.  I never hear their stuff on Dave FM.
> <<ducks>>
> -- CHS

Yeah... kind of like amateur recorder overdubs of baroque era tunes. ;-)

Anyway, you can judge for yourself, at least as far as Improv goes.
a lot of the last 10 years is on line via the "SOUND" link (js) at
<http://pd.org>

And here are some pics of what the fire sculpture looks like:
http://www.howhowhow.com/news.html


> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:15 PM, arxaaron <arxaaron at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2010/10/07, at 07:17 , Jerald Sheets wrote:
>>>
>>> On Oct 7, 2010, at 1:03 AM, arxaaron wrote:
>>>
>>>> Eydedrum Earball musical extravaganza.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ??!!?!?!!?    8-|
>>
>> Eyedrum is a widely recognized Art Gallery and Performance
>> Space in the Atlanta community celebrating it's 15th anniversary
>> this year.
>>
>> It is an all-volunteer organization, and I volunteer there doing
>> sound and media tech, as well as serving on the Music committee
>> that selects and promotes performances.  I also participate as a
>> musician at the monthly Open Improv sessions and occasionally
>> appear with other local performers.
>>
>> Eyedrum offers a venue for unique and alternative artworks and
>> performance events that might not otherwise find presentation
>> space. The fire sculpture exhibit that opens Saturday (by an artist
>> regularly featured at Burning Man)  and last night's First Thursday
>> Improv session being cases in point.
>>
>> Of relevance here is that Eyedrum also tends to be a showcase
>> for a lot of electronic music,  like the performer I arranged for
>> last month, Nathaniel Bartlett, who creates amazing 8 speaker
>> electronic spacial environments strictly using Linux and Open
>> Source software in performance with a 5 octave marimba.
>> A couple of ALE members attended both the artist talk on
>> Open Source music tools and the unique performance.
>> <http://tinyurl.com/barlett-at-eyedrum>
>>
>> The Nov. 13th Earball is a Musical Carnival event that runs
>> all day (noon to 2am)  with multiple overlapping performances
>> going on in the many gallery and activtiy spaces of the facility.
>>
>> Unfortunately, Eyedrum is being forced to move from their
>> current space, so the Earball is also a fundraiser to help
>> finance the re-location to a yet to be decided venue.
>>
>> peace
>> aaron