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it's tonight, it's tonigh!!! thanx dave, nice one... and yes, it's tonight, come on in, top of building G, student union (same building that say's "her majesties theater" at hilton campus (also having a show)... lots of drama by the way...came to set up at 10am, electricity was out for the whole campus..so we moved everything to another venue across town, got the call that it was open again, moved everything back, and then the porters wouldn't let us in till now! BUT...it's all cool now and should be a great show...hope to see some of you all here, cheers, bill

this is gonna be a good one, featuring local fopp-greats andy le kipp, patrick keenan, and steve morisson...should be mucho bueno! here's the info: hi everyone, i'd like to invite you the third experimental music showcase thursday, march 17th. it is held in the student union of aberdeen university at hilton campus. doors open at 7pm, and music starts at 7:30 sharp. and of course it's free. visit: http://www.billthompson.org/experimentalmusicshowcase3.htm for more information and directions. this month we're featuring an installation by james wyness called "Hannah Throwing Stones". the work functions both as a piece of contemporary electronic music in just intonation as well as an immersive installation over 8 channels. this is followed by local experimental artists andy le kipp and patrick keenan peforming a live electronic set (analogue and laptop) against a backdrop of video by local visual artist steve morisson. and we round out the evening with a final set by james wyness performing three short works for electronics. he writes: "The first, "Dislocation", was recently selected for performance at the fifth Pixxelpoint festival held in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. The remaining two are new untitled works in progress, remixes of "Cut Glass Bowls" (2004) which has seen performances in the UK, Canada and Italy. we hope to see you there. please email if you have any questions, b. www.billthompson.org

yeah, i know...i was totally sad when we talked and realized we double-booked the night...and also very sorry i missed last night at snafu...i'm just DYING under this schedule...never again...never again..neve.... b.

hi everyone, our next showcase is scheduled for march 17th, 7:30pm. it'll have a great new 60 minute 8 speaker installation by james wyness. a live set by james, and another live set by myself, or possibly a surprise guest artist from town (if i can twist their arm to do it)...please feel very welcome to come out...here's a link, more info to come: http://www.billthompson.org/experimentalmusicshowcase3.htm thanx, b. www.billthompson.org

hi everyone, just a little promo that the recent phonography show will be broadcast on resonancefm's vermillion sounds program tomorrow at 20:30. here's the link to hear it over the web: http://www.resonancefm.com/audio.htm and yes, that's my stupid voice introducing the tracks (never gonna meet a girl in this town!) also, just a heads up that the next e.m.s. is coming up march 17th, same time/place...lots of surprises planned... talk to you soon, b. www.billthompson.org

i'm alive! hi everyone, finally got my computer with its nice new harddrive out of the shop today...ahhhh, internet anyway, thanx for everyone that came the other night, it felt great to have so many familiar faces in the audience. talk to you soon, b.

hi everyone, just a reminder that i'm performing at peacocks gallery tomorrow night (21 castlegate...there's a little walkway with a sign that says 'gallery' right off of the castlegate courtyard)...doors open at 7:30pm, i'll start right at 8pm and it'll last a short (or long if you hate it) 30 minutes more info here: http://billthompson.org/stoplooklisten.htm it's free and i've heard a rumour there's refreshments btw, you wouldn't believe the drama that led up to this event...everything was ready by last wednesday night and POOF harddrive blows...this was after about 8 weeks of work with sending files back and forth with the FOUND guys..so i spent 3 days getting the piece off of the harddrive before it really died and reworked the piece this last 3 days for just live electronics...not alot of sleep in my house lately so if you send me an email, i may not respond for a few days until i get my laptop back on friday...hope to see you there though.... b. ps...i cut out that sample i sent you..decided i didn't like it

ah, no problem...felt like i was using the one i had as a kid...polaroids are great!

it was awesome, great way to go out...jim and sharon and gang are a priceless group of folks!

hey everyone, some of you know i have an upcoming show at peacocks on the 23rd...thought you might enjoy a sneak listen (i'm still working on the piece, and this is a pretty heavily compressed excerpt, but it should give you some idea)... it'll probably be the last time they ever let me play there here it is: http://billthompson.org/mp3s/feb23f.mpg (why do i always only get one gig per venue?) b. ps...there are quiet parts too, i promise! www.billthompson.org

and i just knew that the double-v-neck-metal-guitar-thing was gonna hit it big but everyone talked me out of it, shit!

hi everyone, just two quick announcements: the experimental music showcase scheduled for feb 24th has been rescheduled for march 17th due to scheduling issues. and i will be performing a solo 'live electronics' set at peacocks art center (21 castlegate) wednesday, feb. 23rd. doors at 7:30, music at 8 pm, free. (and there's rumours of beer-no promises though ) more info at: http://billthompson.org/stoplooklisten.htm hope to see you there, thanx! b. www.billthompson.org

it's gonna rock!

http://www.compfused.com/directlink/603/ b. www.billthompson.org

it starts off with la monte young, but only briefly...maybe if he'd release some of the music he's holding onto (from the group with tony conrad (theatre of eternal music)) we'd hear more from him..but he's holding out until conrad dies (according to conrad ) b.

hi everyone, chili had mentioned the bbc hosting shows on minimalism...well it's been all this week at midnight on bbc3, composer of the week...you can still catch the monday/tuesday shows on 'listen again' and here's the link to all of it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/listen/index.shtml i'm teaching a class on minimalism coincidentally this term and the show so far has been really pretty good (details and important pieces etc) anyway...enjoy b.

thanx...did you make it out?

hi everyone, for those of you who made it to the phonography show on the 27th, we have some pix up of the event...a little blurry, almost artily so but at least we have them...mp3's should go up in a few weeks, and we've had three radio stations interested in airing the event...so it turned out good i think...thank you to those who made it out, it was great to see new faces. here's the link: http://billthompson.org/phonography.htm cheers, b. www.billthompson.org

databending cool thread...it's called databending...like circuit bending but with file types...there's email lists devoted to just this stuff...when i need something reallllly abstract, i'll mess around with these ideas you all have been talking about and create a whole new bank of patches...and someone said just to make subtle changes, and i agree...you can try drawing just a few dots or lines in photo shop for really interesting results, or encode in various different types of visual file types for different 'graininess' etc...also, google coagula for a freeware visual to audio program... fun fun fun b. www.billthompson.org