http://www.softpieces.com/txt Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:16:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Please come out to Pyramid Atlanic on Saturday, August 7th for a benefit for Hearts with Haiti / the St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in Port-au Prince.  All ages. Doors open at 7:30pm. $8. The performers: Soft Pieces Mind Over Matter Music Over Mind Robert Blake Highway Insect Factory Extremities View the full flyer here. http://www.softpieces.com/txt/?p=484 Cynthia Combs and I were asked to reprise our collaborative performance of improvised sound (me) and connecting the audience in a web of yarn (Cynthia / The Human Crochet Project) for this year's Queering Sound festival... the theme is String Theory. Our goal is to make this year's performance a SPECTACLE. ... http://www.softpieces.com/txt/?p=478 I first met Wendy Hsu and Carey Sargent when I shared a bill at The Bridge PAI, in Charlottesville, VA with their band Pinko Communoids. It was an all-night event – twelve straight hours of performances – and I have to cop to being half-asleep by the time they took ... http://www.softpieces.com/txt/?p=465 It's called Circulator and it represents a new high (or low, depending on your taste) in my use of abstract, non-musical forms. Check it out. Available now for free download from Zeromoon as a FLAC or MP3. http://www.softpieces.com/txt/?p=458 http://www.softpieces.com/txt/?p=456 Below is the latest information about this year's Visions in Feminism (VIF) conference. -------------------------------------------------------------- Online Registration is now available for the  2010 Visions In Feminism Conference, "Dictated by Authority: Feminists Confront State Violence". Saturday, March 27 at 8:00am to  5:30pm. Where: American University - Ward Building. This year's keynote speaker is Andrea Smith, a co-founder ... http://www.softpieces.com/txt/?p=452 Go here to download Cosmic Heat Death, the first release by Wax Wing Wane; a collab by Pilesar, Amber Dunleavy, Daniel Euphrat and me. http://www.softpieces.com/txt/?p=446 http://www.softpieces.com/txt/?p=436 Soft Pieces - The New Brutalism Available now from Panic Research! This is my most abrasive CDR, so far. The main tools were feedback, ring modulation, and repetition. You can hear full tracks on my MySpace page.  It's so new that it's not even up on the Panic Research site yet... but don't ... http://www.softpieces.com/txt/?p=424 Last week, I was interviewed by the Washington Post. Here's what made it into this week's Weekend section: Zach Mason, who plays a digital synthesizer and performs as Soft Pieces, speculates that people are pushing for new music and are that much more inclined to look up artists such as John ... http://www.softpieces.com/txt/?p=420