WORKSHOP
Working within the theme of the unintentional, we will be using various machines to create and augment impromptu sounds that we will collect and sculpt in a digital environment. Our aim will be to sculpt the sound musically or, at the very least, rhythmically. We will explore the anomalous qualities of various machines including music gear, home audio equipment, and amateur recording equipment.
The core function of this creative process involves routing various machines together with cables and taking digital snapshots of the resulting audio. The route will finish at an audio interface to bring our sounds into a computer. Attendees may follow along with their own collection of machines including, but not limited to: mixing boards/consoles, home stereo equipment, guitar pedals, FM transmitters + radios with output capabilities, equalizers, and hardware compressors. Attendees will also need many cables on hand.
Attendees will need an audio interface to capture any sounds created with said machines. If attendees do not have an audio interface, a sampler or tape machine can be used, but sculpting capabilities will be limited.
Register Here:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/holophon-workshop-pedal-play-with-psst-shh-tickets-256228445177
BIO:
Matthew Carr is an artist, educator, tinkerer, songwriter, and aspiring storyteller living on Treaty 4 land in Regina, Saskatchewan. Matthew is a self-taught musician playing instruments and singing in various local bands. As a crucial part to his creative process, and as a means of meditation, he walks throughout the city for hours at a time as often as possible (with a guitar, when the weather permits).
Since 2003, Matthew has been exploring and experimenting with various sound making and sound manipulation techniques, and publishing work under the name Psst Shh through small independent labels, netlabels, and independently. Works span from sound collage, noise, and ambient music to electronica, techno, and pop. The process of the music is of utmost importance, with unique approaches to creativity and collaboration being mandatory. Matthew is passionate about human rights, the environment, design, movies, sound art, and food, and he is working on untangling a very large ball of cables.
