Handmade Music Austin #11 – “End of summer reruns”
On Sept 12th we will be presenting Eric’s 1979 Phototheremin again due to popular demand.
For the advanced class you can build either the 4ms AutoBass or Bleep Labs Nebulophone.
There will also be another Show ‘n Swap ‘n Tell so bring your creations of any variety to show off or junk to trade and sell.
We’ve been filling up quick lately so get there early to get a seat!
Sept 12th – Salvage Vanguard Theater
12:30 – Beginner class -$10
2:30 – Advanced class – $50
For our tenth workshop we’re going back to bending!
On August 8th at Salvage Vanguard Theater we’ll be holding a workshop on bending the popular “Saw voice recorder”
It’s only $10 and all tools and parts including the voice recorder itself are provided! Beginners welcome.
We’ll also be hold a swap ‘n show ‘n tell so bring your own creations to show off or some electronic junk to sell or trade.
It will be first come, first serve so be there at 2pm on Sunday, august 8th to get a seat.
Here is a PDF of the bending instructions if you can’t make it. You can get the recorder here and here’s GetLoFi’s original post.
The ninth Austin workshop is coming up this Sunday the 11th and we’ve got a great new beginner kit!
Eric dug up an old Forrest Mims design of an insanely simple phototheremin and made this great little guy:
We’ll be offering a very easy to build circuit board version of it for only $5.
Afterward we’ll have another Swap N’ Show. Bring your own noise creations to show off or bring your parts and junk and to trade, sell, or give away.
Handmade Music Austin #9
Sunday, July 11th at Salvage Vanguard Theater
2 pm – 7 pm
Only 30 kits will be available. First come, first serve.
Contact Dr. Bleep for more info
drbleep@bleeplabs.com
The event will be on Friday, June 25th at CRASH Space in Culver City at 8pm. We have a call for artists going until Thursday, June 17, so if you’re interested in getting involved, let us know!
A flier will be posted shortly, and a lineup/artist list will be posted after the deadline.
Bring the noisetoys!
Update! — Handmade Music LA is in two days (Friday, June 25), and we’ve got one hell of a night planned. Complete with circuit bent toys, robotic guitars, MakerBots, monomes, and microcontroller synths.
Presenters/Performers include:
Altitude Sickness, Ian Hattwick, The Sweaty Caps, Theron Trowbridge, and Vince Wong
The festivities begin at 8, and it’s FREE, though CRASH Space is requesting a $10 donation in efforts to become a 501(c)3. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Bring your home made music machines to show off to other noise nerds or just come pick through piles of toys, parts, and various electronic what-have-yous.
Bodytronix, among other, will be making you dance while we hold a small beginner class and about a ton of other attractions vie for your attention. Also: booze.
Check out the full listing here.
We still have seats available this Sunday so sign up or just come on by Salvage Vanguard at 1pm.
As an added bonus, Mickey Delp will be giving an introductory talk and demonstration on circuit bending after the advanced workshop at about 4:00. Ome info here here.
Eric will also be performing a couple of other shows this week. Tonight, 4/21, Bodytronix will be making y’all dance at Littlefield and on 4/25 they will be at Silent Barn for a Bending Brunch. Check out all the details here.
Meanwhile, back on the ranch, Handmade Music Austin #7 still has seat available. Sign up before they are gone!
The next Handmade Music Austin will be on May 2nd. We’ll be building Eric’s Tune In Tokyo and Dann’s SimSam v2. Reserve a seat here.
We’re also encouraging people to come in with their own creations for a show and tell. We’ll have a whole event for individual projects in the coming months so finish up your franken-synths soon, Austin makers!
Come on by Salvage Vanguard at 11am to build any of the kits from the previous shows as well as see some great music!
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Saturday the 20th is the the Handmade Music Austin Super Show! The line up has change slightly and now includes the super incredible band, WHITE.
There are still some seats available for the workshops so sign up soon!
There will be one new kit available at the workshop, Eric Archer’s “Tune In Tokyo”.
The next Austin show will be right in the middle of SXSW! On March 20th starting at 11am we’ll have live performances, a workshop where you can build almost all of out previous kits, and the mother of all Andromeda Space Rocker Jams.
More info and workshop registration here. Performances are free and open to everyone but if you want a seat in the workshop, sign up soon before it’s full!
