At the end of March I’ll be performing with a great group of musicians, dancers and visual artists in Pittsburgh at a show called BLINK.
Baby Nite Lite iPad App. with Music by Mikronesia
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At the end of March I’ll be performing with a great group of musicians, dancers and visual artists in Pittsburgh at a show called BLINK.
Gia T. Presents “BLINK”
March 30th and 31st, 2012
8:00pm
Wood Street Galleries
601 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA
Tickets available at the door: $20 general, $15 students/artists
Gia T. Presents “BLINK”
A multi media dance performance in conjunction with “In Transit.”
Check out this cool Trailer with some Mikronesia music:
Over the winter I was involved with creating some music for a great product through a great agency. Once the official press release goes out I’ll have more information. For now enjoy one of the pieces of music I made for ALOtones - “Optimistic Bloom”
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A remix I did for musician and singer Hutch Demouilpied is now out on Entropy Records. You can pickup the double CD Otherness which contains one disc of the original album and one disc of remixes here > http://www.entropy-records.com/release006.htm
I had such an amazing and exhausting show for the Pangaea premiere. Thank you to everyone who made it out and to all those that supported the KickStater and to the great cast of musicians, singers, designers and staff that made it possible. Thank You!
You can now purchase the studio recording of this 19-track opera at earSnake.com. The recording is available digitally in high quality MP3/FLAC/ACC, as a digipak CD or a deluxe edition which contains the CD and a 60 page of the lyrics, linear notes, story and drawings (see photos below).
Lots coming up in December, including pictures and video from the premiere.
So today is 11/1/11, 11 days until 11/11/11 what better day to download and check out the first chapter in the Pangaea saga, Trinity Sun.
http://mikronesia.bandcamp.com/album/pangaea-trinity-sun
This free EP is a spoken word tale recited by Solomon Slowburn with ambient music by Mikronesia. It tells the creation story of Pangaea and the fall of the first superhuman beings, The Stonemen (who play a crucial part in the Pangaea: When The Continents Were One opera premiering in two Fridays)
For those that missed the G-Town Radio interview I did yesterday, here’s the podcast. Hear some of the tracks from Pangaea and me discussing the project in depth with host Jim Bear.
http://gtownradio.podomatic.com/entry/2011-10-31T11_20_44-07_00
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We are almost three weeks away from the premiere of Pangaea: When The Continents Were One produced by earSnake’s own Mikronesia. In case you missed the last couple of emails Pangaea is a modern electronic/rock/chamber opera which will be performed by 11 musicians, 6 masked singers, puppeteers and VJs at the Rotunda on Novemeber 11, 2011.
There will be only one performance of Pangaea so don’t miss your chance to see the premiere. About 25 tickets have been accounted for under the successfully funded Kickstarter and tickets are going fast, so get yours today!
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE » http://therotunda.ticketleap.com/pangaea/
PANGAEA: When The Continents Were One
Friday November 11, 2011, 8:00pm
$10 online before / $15 at the door
Vocalists: Lillie Ruth Bussey, Megan Cauley, Brian McDermott, John Morrison, Steve Quaranta, Jalima Shani with Christian Rabin
Drums and Percussion: Jimmy Coleman
Strings: Carlos Santiago, Maura Diberardinis, Steve Heitlinger, Johnell Lawrence and Christine Mello
Horns: Adam Hershberger and Larry Toft
Flutes: Heather Fortune
Keyboards, Guitars and Electronics: Michael McDermott
Video: Nico Dominguez
Masks and creatures: Liza Goodell
Masks: Tigre Bailando
Recording of Pangaea made possible by American Composers Forum
Performance made possible by Kickstarter
The last 24 hours were very nerve-wracking but we made our Kickstarter goal! Thanks hugely to my wife Megan who really emailed, texted and pressed the flesh hard on the final day to raise almost $1800 in 12 hours! Amazing.
To get this project funded by friends, family and patrons of the arts means so much to me. With such a huge group of dedicated people working to create this project, I wanted to make sure everyone was paid fairly for their efforts. Plus we have a lot of costs associated with producing an opera on our own. I simply could not afford to finance such a project on my own. Kickstarter has been such a great resource for funding all sorts of arts and music projects over the years and I’m glad I could be part of it.
I want to especially thank all the donors who funded this project. Special thanks to Dr. Pesha for his hugely generous donation towards the end of the day which catapulted us over the $3000 mark. To all the backers
This project wouldn’t be happening without your love and support. Thank You!
We’ll be seeing many of you whose pledge gift included two tickets to the premiere on 11/11/11. For everyone else you can buy tickets to this limited seating engagement at the Rotunda on UPENN campus in Philadelphia. Tickets can be purchased here - http://therotunda.ticketleap.com/pangaea/
The scores are printed. The epic poem final text is here. We’re beginning rehearsals this week. All that’s left is the final $1000 for the KickStarter which ends in 35 hours- pledge now http://kck.st/oM8V0q
Live set from 2010 in Bethlehem, PA. Rhodes+harmonium+melodica+laptop. Thanks to Bill Fox for putting this together!
Set 1
Mikronesia at the Soundscapes Concert Series - Set 1 from Bill Fox on Vimeo.
Set 2
Mikronesia at the Soundscapes Concert Series - Set 2 from Bill Fox on Vimeo.
I had honestly forgotten about this performance. It’s nice to hear it back after more than a year of space. It’s also nice to watch darkness decent on the streets of small town Bethlehem over my shoulder as the music progresses.