Urchin Sketches

so I've had a couple of pencil urchins. I probably lost my virginity in front of them.
like WAY before I knew what an uni was.

was contemplating the species as an automatic writing tool at Neptune's disposal.
what would be its canvas? algae? leaves of grass?

Like my writing, I have “hundreds” of the snippets and samples of my playing the bass guitar that  rarely break the surface to be heard by anybody.
and the trope of the “tortured artist” (ever popular affectation), or is it the definition of art brut?
To me, same as with writing: you shouldn't let anyone see this ever, lest they find out you're an idiot.
IT'S A FACT:
I've played with other string players only a handful of times (lest they find out I'm a plucking clod).
Anyway
maybe these are a mosaic in notes of stone for the being time
charlie tuna's bored secretaries jotting shorthand for an epitaph's worth of salience, ellipsis

urchin sketches 1

Natural Poppa

board meeting: toothopolis

vocal mic into guitar pedals and then iPhone - compressor -> danelectro french toast octave fuzz -> reverb -> TC electronic delay/looper -> iOS Loopy HD app

Lofi Beatbox with single repeat delay and Danelectro French Toast Vox

Milwaukee-based filmmaker Sky Hopinka talks with Tone Madison contributor Phoebe Schlough.

Podcast: Sky Hopinka on dislocation and language

Madison-based poet Andy Gricevich answers John McCracken's questions about writing, and shares some of his work.

Podcast: Writing towards the strange with Andy Gricevich

I really love lullabies and have learned as many as I could in other languages than English.  This one is one of my favorite Japanese lullabies and I thought it would be a good one to do a cappella in an original arrangement.

Carla's Covers

Takeda no Komoriuta (a cappella)

Noises were sent in from across the country and plotted on a map.  Google maps directions were used to create a driving route between each sound. The sounds were then placed on a timeline based on their distance from each other as if you were traversing the route at 60 times the speed of sound (MPH becomes MPS).

Noise Across America

Sunday loop

The Friday Eight O'Clock Buzz brings in some special guests to read portions of  of the just-released Mueller Report.

A Musical Mueller Report

db pedersen
American throat singer, accompanist/ collaborator for modern dance, performance artist, author, story teller.
extended voice artist. theater, radio, foley, soundscape and design. composer, folk singer, nature mimic.

associated acts:
FOMA, Ng Kindheit, 3 bags full, 2nd Family Band/ Davenport, whole 'nuther, abandon control, gang of voices, Nils Bultmann, UW Dance dept, Kerry Parker,
Crosswalk Chicken, Illegible Bachelors, Mercury Players Theater, Madison Shakespeare Project, WORT, Prolefeed Studios, King of hearts productions,
Pirromount Studios, Lean Dog-Mean Dog, 23 productions, WAE2,