Electric Guitar test

Circle of Teacups in B Minor, by David Colagiovanni
Recorded Spring 2012.  A performance in my studio on a rainy day.
Instruments: Various Teacups, Set of Tuning Forks in the key of B-Minor.
Microphones: Cad Trion Large Diaphragm and Rhode NT1 set up across the circle from each other.
Mastered by Rob Powell.
No Mixing or layering- one take.

Circle of Teacups in B Minor

Recorded Fall 2012, Sound from the video in progress. An old band drum was destroyed by my good friend Brian Z.  Recorded in M/S stereo with an SM7B and Cad Trion through a tube essence pre amp and into an H4 flash recorder.  Video was recorded with a RedOne at 2k resolution.

Breaking the Drum, December 2012

Recorded Fall 2012. Sound from the video in progress. An old guitar was destroyed by my good friend Brian Z. Sound was recorded in M/S stereo with an SM7B and Cad Trion microphone -> Tube essence pre-amp and into an H4 flash recorder.

Broken Guitar, December, 2012

short 1 minute in process for a future sound sculpture

Organ-sculpture-in-process

Second Chord Organ Sculpture test. Three prepared chord organs controlled with custom electronics.

Chord Organ sculpture test #2

Landscape for five prepared chord organs, 2/13/2013.  Five chord organs prepared with wine corks, weights and tape measure controlled through an electronic relay device. Recorded with two large diaphragm microphones.  Today, out of the window of my studio, I see a dust of snow on the hills and valleys of this little town.

Landscape for five prepared chord organs

See the video of the work in action here: http://vimeo.com/62127756
David Colagiovanni: Music for shredders and prepared chord organs, 2013
A small test of a new work in progress. Shredders and prepared chord organs controlled with dmx lighting equipment.

Music for shredders and prepared chord organs, 2013

Version 2 of an experiment in sound and object.  Fire-bell, 8 shredders and 4 prepared chord organs.  2013 

Composition for clamped fire-bell, shredders, and prepared chord organs

David Colagiovanni is an artist/composer who reconfigures and sequences video, sound and space. His video and sound work have been exhibited in festivals and galleries around the US and his works for planetariums have been shown world-wide.
See more of his work at: www.colagiovanni.net