AUDIO – The Metropolitan Museum of Art Podcast: Art of the Korean Renaissance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Podcast: Art of the Korean Renaissance
Date: March 16, 2009
Description: The dynamic works featured in the exhibition “Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400–1600” provide a glimpse into the extraordinary artistic and cultural renaissance that took place in Korea during the early Joseon dynasty. Soyoung Lee, the exhibition’s curator, narrates.
Role: Recording
Hanging in there
It’s been a while since I’ve updated, but I’ve been doing my best to keep busy over these past few months. Here’s a quick update:
I’ve been recording a lot of radio interviews. Notably, I did a handful of tapings with producer David Schulman for Weekend America’s (R.I.P.) “Conversations with America” series. (Check out: Moustafa Bayoumi, Annette Gordon-Reed, and Le Thi Diem Thuy.) I also got a production credit on a “Global Hit” segment on PRI/BBC’s The World.
I’ve also started engineering and occasionally also producing for Antenna Audio, a company specializing in museum audio tours. (Special thanks to Cyrus Farivar for introducing me to them!) In addition to a bunch of recordings and podcasts, I was also a producer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Choirs of Angels” audio tour.
The amazing non-profit Spanish language arts and education organization, El Taller Latino, continues into its 30th year despite the difficult economic times, and I’ve continued to help them produce concerts and recordings.
Aside from that, I’ve been producing beats for a young rapper—maybe he’ll let me post some audio links of our work in the near future.
But I could always be busier. If you’re a producer, an engineer, radio station, or musician looking for some extra help, don’t hesitate to drop to drop me a line!
Hey Donkey, say “hi” to your mother for me *
“Hey donkey, what’s going on? …
(From: http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/10/21/in-which-sarah-palin-displays-the-latest-in-donkey-fashion.aspx)
…Alright. Say ‘hi’ to your mother for me.”
It seems improbable (and to my eye the “vote” flag seem out of place from a design perspective if not photoshopped), but I haven’t heard anyone calling “fake” yet. So then, what was she thinking? I suppose wearing the symbol of your opposition is “mavericky.” At least that’s a nice word for it.
Maybe the scarf is part of the $150,000 the RNC has spent on her clothes. For those of you who like math, that’s $2,500 a day–or equal to one of McCain’s annual health insurance tax credits (for individuals) every single day.
* It’s a reference to last weekend’s SNL skit with Mark Whalberg, NOT “that one” with Palin.
AUDIO – The Metropolitan Museum of Art Podcast: The Essential Art of African Textiles, Design Without End
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Podcast: The Essential Art of African Textiles, Design Without End
Date: October 14, 2008
Description: Curator Alisa LaGamma talks to artist Sokari Douglas Camp about her work, including the steel sculpture Nigerian Woman Shopping.
Role: Recording and audio editing
I’m no economist, but instead of giving these banks a “get out of jail free card,” it ought to more like “we’re taking you off death row and putting you on lifetime probation.”
I can understand the need to keep markets liquid for the greater good of the global economy. But I can’t comprehend how anyone can defend, for example, letting executives who were supposedly overseeing these failed banks–people who have already gotten filthy rich off the backs of others–walk away with a single cent of public money. There need to be consequences for bad behavior built into any bailout.
I also have the same kinds of reservations about this bailout bill that I had (and still have) about the awful FISA legislation. Namely, it gives Secretary Henry Paulson sole discretion to use up to $700 billion public dollars as he and he alone sees fit. Again: no oversight, no courts, no questions.
“Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.”
AND it’s being rushed through without close public scrutiny. Patriot Act? Iraq war authorization? Have we learned anything?
Of course the economy is complicated, and I don’t pretend to gave a comprehensive understanding of it. But I do know that complex problems DON’T have one solution and one solution only. There must be real and reasonable alternative solutions to the bailout bill in its current form, but I haven’t heard anyone in the media asking experts what those solutions might be. I also haven’t heard any news reports about the possible consequences of taking on $700 billion in debt–just that whatever they are, it’s not as bad as a global economic meltdown. I need to know what’s in the box before I buy it… Not that we have much choice in the matter.
New York Debut
So…I meant to write about this earlier, but tomorrow I’ll be one of 200 guitarists and 16 bassists playing in contemporary composer Rhys Chatham’s piece, “A Crimson Grail.” It’s free.
It’s kind of crazy that–being a composition major and one of those guys who was always starting bands–I haven’t actually performed any music publicly or, for that matter, played with any other musicians since moving to New York almost two years ago. (Did I write those very words in an earlier post?) More on that at some other point, or just as it happens.
Anyway, are the deets:
800 Years of Minimalism
Friday, August 15, 2008, 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Damrosch Park Bandshell, W 62nd St between Amsterdam and Colombus Aves
Here’s their blurb on from http://www.lincolncenter.org/show_events_list.asp?eventcode=-62531:
“This special co-production highlights minimalist music spanning eight centuries of human experience, in a program exploring the transcendental and ecstatic dimension of music-making.
“Beata Viscera, an early-music vocal group, opens with a selection of works by the 13th-century French composer Pérotin.
“Next, composer Rhys Chatham and section leaders John King, Ned Sublette, David Daniell, and Seth Olinsky (Akron/Family) lead an oversized orchestra of 200 volunteer guitarists and electric bassists in the world premiere of A Crimson Grail for 200 Electric Guitars (Outdoor Version) performed not on the Bandshell stage but along the sides of the audience at Damrosch Park, to heighten the work’s polyphonic effect. The work, originally composed for Paris’ famed Sacré-Coeur, has been extensively revised to suit the dynamics of the Park’s outdoor acoustic.
“Concluding the show will be the U.S. premiere of composer and guitarist Manuel Göttsching’s hour-long masterpiece E2-E4, one of the most important, influential electronic records ever released. Collaborating with Göttsching for the first-ever U.S. live performance of E2-E4 will be the Joshua Light Show, led by multimedia artist Joshua White, which will fill the surface of the Damrosch Bandshell with its signature display of psychedelic visual effects.”