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The Watt From Pedro Show2022-12-16 The Watt from Pedro Showhour one:
john coltrane talking to kazuaki tsujimoto at the tokyo prince hotel on july 9, 1966 about his idea of what "classical music" means to him
"a new base for an unknown friend" junizawa
"last" junizawa
"contained" sam locke ward
"interview with a hooman" moon x
"callisto" cloud over jupiter with michele king
"in gornland" jerry king and bret harold hart
"a poisoned wheel" john shirley and jerry king
"perhaps significant" feldermelder
"tine fasaigh" muskeg mudsuck
"vorspiel" spot
"blight eyes 6" andy livingston
"maxine and her vaccine" mike molnar
"beer goggle rodeo " lum and the texas homewreckers
"eyecatch" rob daubenspeck
"blink" junizawa
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2022-12-163h 00
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-makerThe Original Green Earth (apologies to Brian Eno)bhh12-13-2013all dobro [unedited]
2013-12-1409 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-makerShed Near-Entropy 1 (all Telecaster loop, unedited)bhh 12-12-2013
2013-12-1417 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #100: Token Yankee365 HOWLS #100: Token Yankee7-26-2013bret harold hartgear:Fender ac/el guitarBOSS BR8 digital recording platformThis instant song is an example of what I have been calling 'structured melodic improvisation', whereby I lay a foundation (pre-structure) by improvising a rhythm guitar figure (after jamming on it for a few minutes) to tape. All subsequent overdubs are unrehearsed and unedited. Bass-like sounds are drop-octaved acoustic guitar. Signal processing is courtesy of the Roland FX suite present in the recording deck.'Token Yankee' is a favorite working...
2013-07-2603 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #99: Limp Legumes and Soft Beans365 HOWLS #99: Limp Legumes and Soft Beans7-25-2013bret harold hartgear:Fender acoustic-electric guitarFXdigital drum programming"Some things are good for you, some things give you gas."
2013-07-2603 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #98: Woodshedding 2365 HOWLS #98: Woodshedding 27-24-2013bret harold hartgear:Dobro (resonator guitar)FXMore of the same, from the same session, recorded live into a RS micro-recorder. The shed has great acoustics...I want to hear a snare in there.
2013-07-2506 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #96: No, We Won't Drown365 HOWLS #96: No, We Won't Drown7-22-2013bret harold hartgear:acoustic guitarsWhen she was 8, my daughter thought that the greatest thing in the world was to go to the Wave Pool at the Greensboro waterpark and be buffeted by danger.
2013-07-2203 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #95: Rick Wakeman's Last Organ Solo365 HOWLS #95: Rick Wakeman's Last Organ Solo7-21-2013bret harold hartgear:modified Fender 'Montara' acoustic/electric guitarchorus/reverbtc electronics 'Ditto' 5m looperPOD 2.0 (for percussive guitar channel)SET-UP PHOTOS: https://www.facebook.com/bretharoldhart/media_set?set=a.10200897704499805.1073741848.1080834292&type=3I sent my modified-Fender through a short FX array [Moen 'Shaky Jimi' vibe/chorus, Behringer 'Reverb Machine', & tc electronics DITTO looper] to one channel of the recording deck; the other channel captured the fuzz'ed output of the guitar's additional K&K contact violin pickup that...
2013-07-2106 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #87: Banging in South Korea365 HOWLS #87: Banging in South Korea7-14-2013bret harold hartgear:allsortsThis is a particularly old recording, from 1988 in South Korea where I worked as a linguist for 4 years and assembled a humble little music space in my apartment to house my Western instrument and the WILD stuff I found in the Orient. At the time I was using an original Fostex X15 4-track cassette deck for projects. This is one of my forays.
2013-07-1403 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #86: Amazing Trace365 HOWLS #86: Amazing Trace7-13-2013bret harold hartgear:bowed acoustic guitar (2 tracks - BHH)banjo (2 tracks - TT)This is not a new recording, but I want to share it anyway. Several years ago during the Charlie Poole Festival, I met banjo-master Tony Trischka, who happens to be a home-boy from Syracuse, NY. TT came to my house and added two improvised banjo tracks to a song I'd been recording titled 'Daddy Only Did The Best he Knew How' for the record FINDING GRACE. First pass - perfect. The...
2013-07-1304 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #85: Relative Third, I Love You365 HOWLS #85: Relative Third, I Love You7-12-2013bret harold hartgear:guitarsbasspercussionA foray into Funky Town...through a dadaistic lens.
2013-07-1303 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #84: Slam The Log365 HOWLS #84: Slam The Log7-11-2013bret harold hartgear:StrumStickThe StrumStick is an American invention, sort of dulcimer-like, three strings, and frets. This is an ode to whistling while woodworking.
2013-07-1302 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #83: Machine Oil365 HOWLS #83: Machine Oil7-10-2013bret harold hartgear:guitarsThere was a time when American people knew how to fix things.What mattered was whether a thing worked properly, not how pretty it looked.
2013-07-1004 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #82: Evening Horse365 HOWLS #82: Evening Horse7-9-2013bret harold hartgear:percussionI always liked Henry Fuselli's painting of the woman experiencing a nightmare. As a child, I had mind-blowing nightmares. My dreams no longer scare me.
2013-07-1005 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #81: Tooth Loss365 HOWLS #81: Tooth Loss7-8-2013bret harold hartgear:tenor banjoI am 54, have brushed and flossed diligently for years, and still have had to have two tooth extractions as an adult. It makes chewing an adventure.
2013-07-1006 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 Howls #80: Afghanistan365 Howls #80: Afghanistan7-7-2013bret harold hartgear:electronicssamplesWar sucks.
2013-07-0902 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 Howls #79: Bowed Things365 Howls #79: Bowed Things7-6-2013bret harold hartgear:bowed thingsA layer-cake of melancholy.
2013-07-0901 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 Howls #78: Snow Diving365 Howls #78: Snow Divingbret harold hart7-5-2013gear:homemade bass-banjoToday was so hot and sweltering that I felt like glop. I wish it would snow.
2013-07-0905 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #77: Bedtime Tale365 HOWLS #77: Bedtime Tale7-4-2013bret harold hartgear:banjo-ukeHappy Birthday America! Fireworks with the family tonight!
2013-07-0405 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #76: SNOWCREAM365 HOWLS #76: SNOWCREAM7-3-2013bret harold hartgear:contact micelectronicsEver eat snow with fruit juice poured over it? Come to think of it, ever seen snow?
2013-07-0403 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #75: Put My Decals Back On Baby365 HOWLS #75: Put My Decals Back On Baby7-3-2013bret harold hartgear:ukeDitto looperDR85 micro recorderI wondered whether I could assemble a micro performing/recording rig that was suitable to my comfortable chair on the front porch where the radio is. Not wanting to miss Alistair Begg, I chose NOT to hear the playback from the DITTO while recording... I was overdubbing on uncharted waters, unable to hear whether or not subsequent tracks were achieving any synchrony until after the recording was finished. ...
2013-07-0204 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #73: Timbral Timbre365 HOWLS #73: Timbral Timbre7-1-2013bret harold hartThe next rung on the tc electronics DITTO' 5m looper learning curve. This one remembers the enjoyment I got from Terje Rypdal's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terje_Rypdal) work on ECM during the 70's and 80's. He was one of a handful of guitar stylists who ushered me into the world of atmospheric playing and the intelligent use of reverb.
2013-06-3004 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #72: Hedgehogs365 HOWLS #72: Hedgehogs6-30-2013bret harold hartgear:Telecaster'Ditto' 5m looperelectronicsHedgehogs are like porcupines.
2013-06-3006 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #71: Porcupines365 HOWLS #71: Porcupines6-29-2013bret harold hartgear:Telecasterreverb'Ditto' 5m looperPorcupines are like people.
2013-06-2904 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #70: Drifts365 HOWLS #70: Drifts6-28-2013bret harold hartgear:2 window harpsWhen I was a kid in 1970's Liverpool, NY, we had intense winters. The snow would bank-up so high beside the elementary school that we could climb up on the roof and jump off into 6'-8' drifts.
2013-06-2801 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #69: Oildrum Fire365 HOWLS #69: Oildrum Fire6-27-2013bret harold hartgear:steel-string guitarIn the cities of the world that I have visited, an oildrum fire is a ubiquitous source of winter warmth. They warm hands nicely. This improvisation pulls some riffs from a 1977 composition called "Fishing by the River".
2013-06-2807 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #68: Iraq 3365 HOWLS #68: Iraq 36-25-2013bret harold hartgear:wind harpelectric mandolinelectronicsOur son has served three combat tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. This is a reality that is hard to shake from my mind. Michael's service-time has been the inspiration for a lot of music.
2013-06-2503 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #67: Cool Summer Island365 HOWLS #67: Cool Summer Island6-24-2013bret harold hartgear:StrumStickelectronicsThis one is for my drummer pal Keith Prescott, who posted the temperature today in Akureyri, Iceland (see graphic) as being 50F. I live in hot and humid North Carolina and could enjoy retiring to a cool summer island somewhere, someday.
2013-06-2502 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #66: A Strange, Virtually Unplayable, Mess365 HOWLS #66: A Strange, Virtually Unplayable, Mess6-23-2013bret harold hartgear:Plickett (dulcimer-like instrument)Tina found me this this at a yard sale. NOT for live performance, friends.
2013-06-2301 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #64: Iraq 1 and 2365 HOWLS #64: Iraq 1 and 26-20-2013bret harold hartgear:circuit-bent musical thingsMany friends and family have served in active duty military for the United States. So did I. So does our son.It makes ya different.
2013-06-2105 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 Howls #63: Blue-grey Night Sky365 Howls #63: Blue-grey Night Sky6-18-2013bret harold hartgear:dobroA sad day at the Hart home. Our beloved old dog, Freddy, has been diagnosed with extreme diabetes and the treatment would be more than our mortgage payment. School teachers seldom have 'disposable' income. My head and heart sound like this today.
2013-06-2004 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #62: What We No Longer Are365 HOWLS #62: What We No Longer Are6-17-2013bret harold hartgear:bowed acoustic guitarWe must put down the baggage, let go of poison, begin becoming again.
2013-06-1803 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #61: SKIN N' STEEL365 HOWLS #61: SKIN N' STEEL6-17-2013bret harold hart(I worked a 13 hour day on Saturday at the Charlie Poole Festival doing stage set-ups on competition day, and Sunday was also full of work. Fell behind some with daily postings.)gear:guitarsdrumselectronicsBack in the halcyon days of the 1960's, many bands got 'famous' working a 2-chord groove for the overly medicated. This is a 2-chord groove designed to quiet the listener's mind.
2013-06-1803 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #60: DulcimArimba365 HOWLS #60: DulcimArimba6-14-2013bret harold hartgear:guitarZairian folk-marimbamini marimbaelectronicsA study in rhythm and foreground-shift.
2013-06-1407 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #59: An Occasionalism365 HOWLS #59: An Occasionalism6-13-2013bret harold hartgear:Takamine "miracle" guitarI recorded this one-pass jam just before The Occasionals practised tonight. It had been storming, was VERY humid, and I wanted to hit the strings hard to see whether they would hold their tuning.
2013-06-1401 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #58: LOOKS LIKE BULLWINKLE365 HOWLS #58: LOOKS LIKE BULLWINKLE6-12-13bret harold hartgear:Washburn acoustic guitarelectronicsI loved 'ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE' when I was a kid. I may have learned sarcasm from it.
2013-06-1302 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 Howls #56: Poisoned Whiskey for the Sinner365 Howls #56: Poisoned Whiskey for the Sinner6-10-2013bret harold hartMy trusty, tho' persnickety, 60-year-old, Kay parlor guitar, subverting Delta Blues through some electronics.
2013-06-1006 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #55: FROGWERK (Jamming with Karl Bartos and Some Frogs)365 HOWLS #55: FROGWERK (Jamming with Karl Bartos and Some Frogs)6-9-2013bret harold hartThese opportunities to jump right into the spirit of John Cage and AMM don't present themselves often enough, but with the help of the radio program Sound Opinions, a Eurobeat song by Karl Bartos, and a chorus of frogs in the neighborhood, I was able to participate by adding a gut-bucket porch-jam on my Tele through a PYLE-PRO PWMA50B [Portable Waist-Band PA System with Headset Microphone & Rechargeable Batteries]. Karl Bartos was (1975-1990) an electronic percussionist in the...
2013-06-0904 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #53: Sounds of the House 1365 HOWLS #53: Sounds of the House 16-7-2013bret harold hartgear:music roomliving roomcomputer roomdaughterporchwifepetsradio
2013-06-0802 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #51: Mementos and Fingers365 HOWLS #51: Mementos and Fingers6-4-2013bret harold hartgear:guitarIn 1981, while helping a friend clear debris from a vacant lot beside his house, I cut my right forefinger off on a sharp piece of porcelain. My hand slipped on the morning dew and the finger travelled along about 18" of the broken edge. I bled terribly, it was sloshing on the floor of my friend's VW Rabbit as he sped me to the nearest hospital. Miraculously, a surgeon was able to reattach it and I can still play guitar and...
2013-06-0404 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #50: My Past Sure Was Tense365 HOWLS #50: My Past Sure Was Tense6-3-2013bret harold hartgear:guitarFamily is a fascinating thing to look back upon. My family is a fascinating subject.This is a stroll through some old pictures.
2013-06-0401 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 Howls #49: Glow in the Dark World365 Howls #49: Glow in the Dark World6-2-2013bret harold hartgear:homemade instrumentselectronicsWe have an interesting backyard at night.
2013-06-0202 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #48: RAINDROPS365 HOWLS #48: RAINDROPS6-1-2013bret harold hartgear:electric guitarInspired by rain falling onto and into other objects.
2013-06-0201 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #47: 'Food of the Gods'365 HOWLS #47: 'Food of the Gods'4-31-2013bret harold hartgear:DR85 recorderTascam mixdown deckLast night, Tina and I enjoyed participating in a writing & grilled chicken party at our friends the Ormond's home. I ate in a screened room and was told about the noisy cicadas that have been raising a clamor there in the mornings. Today, in the morning before work, I stopped at a number of places around town to gather recordings of North Carolina's noisy tree-orchestras. This is a mix of those ambient recordings of...
2013-05-3104 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #45: Her Hair Fell Down365 HOWLS #45: Her Hair Fell Down5-28-2013bret harold hartgear:bassbaritone electric guitarpercussion sampleselectronics
2013-05-2902 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #44: Peristalsis & Diverticulitis365 HOWLS #44: Peristalsis & Diverticulitis4-27-2013bret harold hartgear:guitarelectronicsAbout twice a year I suffer through a week of diverticulitis, an inflammation of the intestine. The first time this hit me, I was in the hospital for a few days, radium drink, "butt-cam", high cost, the whole nine-yards. The second time it hit me I was 2 hours into a 13 hour drive to Worcester, MA for a CD release party gig. Lisa Kleman suggested chicken broth with collard greens, which cured it overnight.
2013-05-2701 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #42: Hammers, Nails, and a Musical Saw365 HOWLS #42: Hammers, Nails, and a Musical Saw4-25-2013bret harold hartgear:hammersnailslumberpaint rollera few seconds of a countdown at a small churchbowed saw (1.07 minute sample): Emmalee HartMy father-in-law and I have been building a large 10'x12' garden shed out back. Using my Dictaphone, I have been snagging sound samples of floor paint being rolled on & of the framing work, and sending them into the 8-track for manipulation and arrangement. As they say in Feng Shui, "Placement is...
2013-05-2609 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 Howls #43: Head In The Sand365 Howls #43: Head In The Sandbret harold hart4-26-2013gear:electric guitarAnother miniature. (4-25 was difficult...I need a breather!)
2013-05-2601 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #41: Deadly Sucking Bogholes365 HOWLS #41: Deadly Sucking Bogholes5-24-2013bret harold hartgear:feedbackThis is another 'Hound of the Baskervilles' spin-off. I hear the dark soul of Roger Baskerville (aka Jack Stapleton) leaving his body like a black bubble.
2013-05-2501 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #40: Birds Have No Lips, Birds Have Beaks365 HOWLS #40: Birds Have No Lips, Birds Have Beaks4-23-2013bret harold hartgear: Telecaster guitarTascam recording platformSince stopping watching television in 2002 and choosing to watch what our front porch offers, I have noticed a couple of things.
2013-05-2401 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #39: Way Up Where It Matters365 HOWLS #39: Way Up Where It Matters5-22-2013bret harold hartgear:solo electric guitarThank you, Lord, for another fantastic school year and some great kids to teach.
2013-05-2301 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #38: Measles365 HOWLS #38: Vaccination 4-21-2013bret harold hartgear: electric guitarFour years ago, our daughter's pediatrician gave her a vaccination that we had expressly said not to give. Not cool.
2013-05-2201 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #37: Jazz Excuse365 HOWLS #37: Jazz Excuse5-20-2013bret harold hartgear:TelecasterA one-minute miniature - a wee sketch consisting of pretty splat. I am emulating the guitar attack of Wes Montgomery & Fred Frith.
2013-05-2000 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS: #36: Popeye365 HOWLS: #36: Popeye5-19-2013bret harold hartgear: solo electric guitarThis guitar solo makes large use of volume swells, in this case created in two ways - using the volume knob on my Telecaster & using a Behringer 'Slow Motion' foot pedal interchangeably. I am thinking of the surface of the sea, the rising and falling of countless tons of mated hydrogen and oxygen.
2013-05-2004 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #35: The Adjacents365 HOWLS #35: The Adjacents4-18-2013bret harold hartgear:acoustic guitarCasio MIDI guitarvoicedogambient recording of digital trombone arrangementtrafficradioThis is an audio collage composed using five different ambient recordings made today, layered, of lengths between 1m25s-3m45s. It has been cool and humid after last night's long slow rain, not much to do in the drizzle. It is my in-laws 56th wedding anniversary today and we went over there for some of the finest pork ribs I've...
2013-05-1910 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #34: Be Good, Sam365 HOWLS #34: Be Good, Sam4-17-2013bret harold hartgear:detuned 12-string guitar (4 tks)Tascam DP01FXCDThis funky layered improvisation was executed on the wonderful Takamine 12-string Tina's cousin Lynn gave her. The underlying riff is an extended 1-4-5 Blues progression. There's a little Hedges and Fahey in here. The longer I improvise, the more I believe that music is about rhythm and that a good beat trumps a sour tuning.
2013-05-1803 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #33: Reintroducing The Howler365 HOWLS #33: Reintroducing The Howler4-16-2013bret harold hartgear:The Howler (home-made, electronic 1-stringed percussion instrument)2 malletsDigitech RP155 20s looperTascam recording platformI built The Howler 30 years ago when I lived in South Korea. I don't care about appearances of things, so was able to throw this noisy badboy together in an afternoon from available parts and a $6, flat, plastic pickup (I believe it's a piezo) with the word 'FENDER' written on it that I found in a cool music store in Osan. While living...
2013-05-1707 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #32: KWYER II365 HOWLS #32: KWYER II5-15-2013bret harold hartgear:4 voicesreverbcompact/thick delaysevere stereo panningstereo flangeToday was so cool. I met a man on staff at our church, new to it, who has been an inspiration for the last year or so, even though we only met today. Here is an example of the upside of Facebook. Y'know how on your homepage you periodically see a friend of your post something touching about someone else that they know but you do...
2013-05-1603 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #31: KWYER #1365 HOWLS #31: KWYER #15-14-2013bret harold hartgear:four voicesTonight was a blast! I was asked to accompany our 7th grade girls choir on the song 'Closer to the Flame' using acoustic guitar and it is always an enjoyment to play music with young people. When I got home, it occurred to me that I should have taken my micro-recorder and had it on my music stand to catch a lo-fi version of what was happening. I didn't. Rats.This is a Gregorian Blues lamenting that oversight.
2013-05-1502 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #30: God and Country365 HOWLS #30: God and Country5-13-2013bret harold hartgear:DR85 micro recorderradioBOS BR8Tascam DP01fxcdThis is a manipulation of 20 short snippets taken from the radio tonight; some from a Winston-Salem Christian preacher named David McGee and some from an NPR program about Lyndon Johnson.
2013-05-1407 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #29: Love is a word, love is an action, love is planned365 HOWLS #29: Love is a word, love is an action, love is planned5-11-2013bret harold hartgear: Telecasterfour drumsmic standmalletsThis piece is a stacked-improvisation for drums and guitars celebrating my love for my wife. My kids are lucky to have such a fantastic, patient, unconditionally loving mom. Happy Mothers Day-2013, Tina!
2013-05-1210 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #28: GLEICK365 Howls #28: GLEICK 5-10-2013 bret harold hart gear: Telecaster[FROM THE PROLOGUE OF James Gleick's great book, CHAOS: MAKING A NEW SCIENCE "Now that science is looking, chaos seems to be everywhere. A rising column of cigarette smoke breaks into wild swirls. A flag snaps back and forth in the wind. A dripping faucet goes from a steady pattern to a random one. Chaos appears in the behavior of the weather, the behavior of an airplane in flight, the behavior of cars clustering on an expressway, the behavior of oil flowing...
2013-05-1103 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 Howls #27: GUM365 Howls #27: GUM5-10-2013bret harold hartGear:TelecasterA 'burst' of gut-bucket riffage.
2013-05-1105 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #26: Pound of the Baskervilles365 HOWLS #26: Pound of the Baskervilles5-9-2013bret harold hartgear: StrumStickdrum machineTascam DP01FX/CDBeen teaching Sherlock Holmes to my 8th graders this month.
2013-05-1003 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #25: Shekere (-w- Handle)365 HOWLS #25: Shekere (-w- Handle)5-8-2013bret harold hartgear:shekere (-w- handle)BOSS BR8Tascam DP01FX/CDOur daughter's friend, Tiger, asked if I wanted a percussion instrument."Sure!" This is it...several layers of several octaves of it.
2013-05-1001 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #24: On Targetbret harold hart5-7-2013gear:Takamine acoustic guitar (7 adjacent tracks, heavily-panned, some in stereo) bwo Tascam + BOSS 8-track decks connected in series.This is an instrumental extrapolation ('instant arrangement') of a song of mine from 1990 - BULLSEYE. Several of my talented friends have engineered or contributed parts to various recordings of this song over the years... it has gone through some changes! ... from it's coffeehouse origins in Massachusetts through Psychedelia (Mark McGee's recording) into Rock (HipBone's version) down a hillbilly detour (The Cat's Pants) and back to a solo acoustic...
2013-05-0804 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #23: Tossed in a Pit (Shunned by One's Brothers)365 HOWLS #23: Tossed in a Pit (Shunned by One's Brothers)bret harold hart5-6-2013gear:TelecasterThis 8-track howl is what has been eating my heart this week.When I handed myself over to God, I lost a lot of secular friends.When I committed myself to obeying God and showing the world what the truth looks like, I lost a lot of Christian friends.It happens, it was foretold as a 'falling away', and it sucks.Comfort-Zones win, more often than not, in both camps.
2013-05-0703 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #21: Be Equipt365 HOWLS #21: Be Equipt5-4-2013 [St]gear:firepitconversationRS DR85BOSS BR-8Tascam DP01FX-CDOur dear family from Massachusetts, Maelee and Tommy were down visiting while en route to the North Georgia mountains. We spent the night talking, eating BBQ pork ribs, and feeding the metal firepit. I recorded 4 minutes of it and have built two audio collages from them using my studio as an instrument.
2013-05-0404 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #20: BirdLand365 HOWLS #20: BirdLand5-3-2013 [F]gear:firepitconversationRS DR85BOSS BR-8Tascam DP01FX-CDOur dear family from Massachusetts, Maelee and Tommy were down visiting while en route to the North Georgia mountains. We spent the night talking, eating BBQ pork ribs, and feeding the metal firepit. I recorded 4 minutes of it and have built two audio collages from them using my studio as an instrument (365 HOWLS #'s 20-21).
2013-05-0404 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 Howls #18: Yardtraption 15-1-2013bret harold hartgear:the objects in my yard that are visible in the accompanying photographstairshandrailpipesfirewoodbamboodrum standsculpture2" x 4"2 thick malletsThis is the first of a series of pieces which will depend upon a live percussion track recorded ambiently in some specifically defined area of 'The Well', our outdoor art gallery. I suppose I'll spread out from here in future recordings in order to most easily keep track of what zones have already been used...
2013-05-0205 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #17: THE HERALD OF THEN AND NOW365 HOWLS #17: THE HERALD OF THEN AND NOW4-30-2013bret harold hartlive & signal-processed solo percussionelectric clockTelecaster (2 tracks)Digitech RP155 FX/20s looperRS DR85 micro recorderTascam 8-track digital platformThis piece began with noticing the sound of a guitar-shaped plastic clock ticking in the music room. For some reason (it's been there for a couple of years), I never noticed that it makes any noise until tonight. I stuck the micro-recorder up near it (lodged behind 'The Mill That Murdered Eden') and recorded...
2013-05-0110 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #16: The Ol' Park Slide365 HOWLS #16: The Ol' Park Slide4-29-2013bret harold hartgear: ektara (1-stringed instrument)'Mitra's Box' (3-stringed homemade instrument by Mitra Dasa)glass slideShure headset mic (ambient)Shure SM58 (close)Tascam recording platformMy students and I were talking about "old school playground equipment" and I reminisced about Hiawatha Park in 1969 Syracuse, New York, when my family lived in an ancient 3-decker on Colvin Ave, directly adjacent to its tennis courts. The park was about a century old then, it seemed, with a Gothic unkemptness...
2013-04-3003 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #15: Sought Daughter Got Water365 HOWLS #15: Sought Daughter Got Water4-28-2013bret harold hart: 1950 Kay parlor guitar, live outdoor recordingEmmalee Hart: hornAtmospheric acoustic guitar touches (open tuning D-A-D-G-C-D) amongst an ambient recording of a walk through the backyard on a rainy evening, upon hearing my daughter playing a horn in our outbuilding, followed by close-proximity drops falling on a vinyl tarp, an aluminum ladder, into a Styrofoam cooler, a walk back toward the horn melody, and finally of raindrops landing in a puddle.
2013-04-2906 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #14: Counting Out Five Brighter Leaves Later4-27-2013bret harold hartlive & signal-processed solo percussionListened to and enjoyed the NPR program 'Sound Opinions' today where the guest, producer Joe Boyd, discussed his work (1969-70) with songwriter Nick Drake and the host of session musicians who appeared on his 1st/2nd LPs. I recorded this piece immediately after.Nick Drake's unique and complex approach to finger-style acoustic guitar was as influential on my own style back in the 70's as Michael Hedges, Fred Frith, and Marc Ribot became later on.Why I am percussing...
2013-04-2705 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #13: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORDigital manipulation of an ambient recording of a domestic dispute two houses away from us4/26/2013bret harold hartgear:DR85 digital memo recorderDOD Classic FuzzPOD 2.0 stereo multiFX/cabinet simulatorE-H QTron & NanoCloneBehringer phase shifter, delay, pitch shifter, compressorShure SM58Tascam digital recording platformThis is a snapshot of the kind of baloney our police department has to deal with. Ironically, we live on a street with "Historic District" signage, despite having the same substance & domestic abuse issues as the neighborhoods in...
2013-04-2710 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #12: The Unsaved Believer Blues4/25/2013 ---> HipWorks Tone-Magnet StudioGear: 1950 Kay parlor guitar and glass slidedynamic (SM58) & condenser (headset) microphones ["dual-mono ambient recording"]DOD Classic FuzzThis slide guitar piece was improvised using the D-A-D-A-A-D tuning with a Shure headset condenser mic & an SM58 positioned about 12" from the sound hole. This song is an audio prayer. I have become concerned lately with many men I know in our community and my own church who are bought - body, mind, and soul - by worldly values that they have grown to collectively feel entitle them to...
2013-04-2604 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #11: Poor George!drums and percussionbret harold hart4/24/2013 ---> HipWorks Tone-Magnet StudioGear: sundry drumstoysmarimbastambourinesThe Curious George toy drum exploded during this session when I inadvertently struck it on the soldered seam. You can hear it happen around 2 minutes in. This is a "dual-mono" recording, with two mics (SM58 and condenser headset mic) feeding two channels that are panned, FX'd, and EQ'd differently.
2013-04-2602 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #10: Whistlin' Rufus Whistles365 HOWLS #10: 'Whistlin' Rufus Whistles'Remote recording using the Radio Shack DR85 digital micro-recorder, then manipulated @ HipWorks during mixdown/mastering..4-22-2013bret harold hart
2013-04-2402 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #9: West, Texas Missile365 HOWLS #9: 'West, Texas Missile'Remote recording using the Radio Shack DR85 digital micro-recorder, then manipulated @ HipWorks during mixdown/mastering..4-21-2013bret harold hart
2013-04-2404 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #8: Ordering Mexican365 HOWLS #8: 'Ordering Mexican'Remote recording using the Radio Shack DR85 digital micro-recorder, then manipulated @ HipWorks during mixdown/mastering..4-20-2013bret harold hart
2013-04-2401 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #6: ProphetOffspring Abodesolo dobro and conch shellbret harold hart4/18/2013 ---> HipWorks Tone-Magnet StudioGear: resonator guitar and conch shellEpiphone 5w ValveTronic ampdynamic (amp) & condenser (close) microphones (dual-mono ambient recording)DOD Classic FuzzE-H Nano CloneBehringer phase shifter, delay, pitch shifter, compressorTascam digital recording platformThis is an electro-acoustic homage to the incredible Country Blues artist and preacher, Rev. Son House.
2013-04-2008 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #5: Operating Systemsolo dual-oscillator through four ampsbret harold hart4/18/2013 ---> HipWorks Tone-Magnet StudioGear: Electro-Faustus analog synthesizerFender AcoustiSonic & Mini-Champ amplifiersreverb/chorus/tremolo footswitch for AcoustiSonicEpiphone 5w ValveTronic ampPignose amp (open)dynamic & condenser microphones (dual-mono ambient recording)DOD Classic FuzzPOD 2.0 stereo multiFX/cabinet simulatorDigitech RP155 multiFX/20s looperE-H QTron & Nano CloneBehringer phase shifter, delay, pitch shifter, compressorTascam digital recording platform
2013-04-1905 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS: #4 It's all 'e knowssolo synthesizer through four ampsbret harold hart4/15/2013 ---> HipWorks Tone-Magnet StudioGear: Korg 770 analog synthesizerFender AcoustiSonic & Mini-Champ amplifiersreverb/chorus/tremolo footswitch for AcoustiSonicEpiphone 5w ValveTronic ampPignose amp (open)DOD Classic FuzzPOD 2.0 stereo multiFX/cabinet simulatorDigitech RP155 multiFX/20s looperE-H QTron & Nano CloneBehringer phase shifter, delay, pitch shifter, compressorTascam digital recording platform
2013-04-1811 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS: #3: 3"3"solo electric guitar through 4 ampsbret harold hart(same gear as 1-2)
2013-04-1814 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-maker365 HOWLS #1: MIGHTY MEN...MEN OF RENOWNsolo electric guitarbret harold hart365 HOWLS #1: MIGHTY MEN...MEN OF RENOWN4-12-2013 / 8-10PM ---> HipWorks Tone-Magnet StudioGear: Fender Telecaster driving four amplifiersFender AcoustiSonic & Mini-Champ amplifiersreverb/chorus/tremolo footswitch for AcoustiSonicEpiphone 5w ValveTronic ampPignose amp (open)DOD Classic FuzzPOD 2.0 stereo multiFX/cabinet simulatorDigitech RP155 multiFX/20s looperE-H QTron & Nano CloneBehringer phase shifter, delay, pitch shifter, compressorTascam digital recording platform
2013-04-1313 min
Curtain Jerks : Sketch Comedy for SmarksOur Best Real Interviews…So FarCurtain Jerks takes a look back at the best interviews they have had on the podcast...so far. Championship Wrestling From Hollywood's Scorpio Sky (aka TNA's Mason Andrews and WWE's Harold) talks about who influenced him in wrestling from Brooklyn Brawler (kidding) to Bret Hart. WWE Tough Enough contestant Eric Watts talks about if he received a fair depiction of being on Tough Enough. WWE 2012 Hall Of Fame Inductee and Manager of the legendary 4 Horsemen, J.J. Dillon talks about the particular group of 4 Horsemen being inducted. Former WWE Superstar, John Morrison gets in on the fun with Curtain Jerks...
2012-10-0457 min
Curtain Jerks Wrestling PodcastOur Best Real Interviews…So FarCurtain Jerks takes a look back at the best interviews they have had on the podcast...so far. Championship Wrestling From Hollywood's Scorpio Sky (aka TNA's Mason Andrews and WWE's Harold) talks about who influenced him in wrestling from Brooklyn Brawler (kidding) to Bret Hart. WWE Tough Enough contestant Eric Watts talks about if he received a fair depiction of being on Tough Enough. WWE 2012 Hall Of Fame Inductee and Manager of the legendary 4 Horsemen, J.J. Dillon talks about the particular group of 4 Horsemen being inducted. Former WWE Superstar, John Morrison gets in on the fun with Curtain Jerks...
2012-10-0400 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-makerJac-BootzI recorded this stacked-improvisation on 9.1.08 at the HipWorks Mobile Tone-Magnet in Eden, NC using a Guild "Ashbory" fretless bass (with silicon rubber strings!) and a signal-processed acoustic guitar through a Boss BR-8 recording platform. All tracks were 1st-pass improvisations. “Jaco” Pastorius' first album entitled Jaco Pastorius (1976), was a breakthrough album for the electric bass, and its influence may still be felt in Jazz, Rock, and Hip-Hop. Many believe this to be the finest bass album ever recorded. In 1976, he joined the fusion band Weather Report, and his bass-playing became an integral part of its sound, in concert and...
2008-09-0604 min
Bret H. Hart - outsider artist and noise-makerHerbie-Blood-Sharrock (-w- Eric Wallack)"Herbie-Blood-Sharrock" is a wild and funky bit that was recorded with the help of my multi-talented friend in Ohio, Eric Wallack. The sax and Les Paul you hear are him. The other guitars and so forth are me, simply sitting down in the studio and thinking about three of the artists that so impacted upon how I hear and think about music. Many folks have heard keyboardist Herbie Hancock's music (http://www.herbiehancock.com, The Headhunters) , some before MTV brought his 'Rockit' into our living rooms. Herbie's played with everyone, and brought the concept of 'jazz fusion...
2006-07-0503 min