Experimental Word and Sound Sculpting by M. D. Friedman

M. D. Friedman is a poet, teacher, musician, digital artist, photographer, television producer, videographer, small press publisher and web master. 

He writes from the moment chiseled fresh with revision and draws influences from sources as divergent as William Butler Yeats and the delta blues. His poems have appeared in numerous small press publications and e-zines.  His fifth volume of poetry, Leaning Toward Whole, was released by Liquid Light Press in 2011. He has won numerous awards and contests including the New Zealand Poetry Society 2008 Poetry Contest.  His spoken word performances often incorporate musical elements such as blues harmonica and sound sculpting with live effected Theremin.  He is the founder of the popular Internet Poets’ Cooperative web site and is one of the originators of a new genre of poetics called Digital Poetry.

As a musician, songwriter and composer, M. D. Friedman performs over 100 shows annually, mostly in Colorado, and plays regularly in four different ensembles.  His recording credits include appearances on over half a dozen albums including Jenn Cleary’s Back to the Wheel and Papa Juke’s Out of the Blues, both of which have received significant critical acclaim and international airplay.  His web site at www.maddogharp.com is the gateway to all his musical events and projects.

His digital art has been featured in galleries and juried shows across Colorado where it has won several awards. His art represents an evolution from capturing (through photography) the beautiful and peculiar in our world to expressing (through digital creation) the beautiful and peculiar within us. The resulting works are sometimes startling, sometimes subtly intriguing, but all map the personal journey of the artist from photographer to poetographer, from collector to creator and from seeing to being. It is the artist’s hope that the joy and self-discovery intrinsic to his work will be contagious to the viewer.  His website, www.digitaldada.org, represents an effort to explore the transformational impact of digital creation on contemporary culture.  His personal website, http://www.mdfriedman.com, offers access to all his creative ventures.



Download Macka music here: www.macka.bandcamp.com
Download Kulfi music here: www.kulfi.bandcamp.com

I made this music too:
https://soundcloud.com/woolfi

Observer of transformations, social and personal, which I try to catch in poetry. 

binaural creature / sound-driven creative studio

Most of these tunes were done during 2005 to 2008 on FL Studio - there are also a few new tracks done on Reaper and some older tracks from the 90s.

I'm not a fan of hot mastering so my tracks may be quieter than many others of soundcloud but they have a nice dynamic range.

It's been a joy to have people listen and comment on the music - many of these tracks were only heard by a handful of people so it is always heartwarming to get listens and feedback - thanks :)

Thanks to Melmoth the Wanderer for including 2 of my tracks in his excellent spooky mix 'Legend of the Demon Tree' - http://www.mixcloud.com/Melmoth_The_Wanderer/the-legend-of-the-demon-tree/


I am from San Antonio, Texas, and have been living in the UK since 2000. I was the Assistant Editor for the poetry journal The Inerpreter's House from 2014 to 2018. My first pamphlet Bleeds was published in 2012, and my second, Camouflaged Beasts, was published in 2017. My debut collection, The Aesthetics of Breath, was published in 2019 by V.Press. You can find more of my poetry in print and online.

Here are audio tracks 
to do with poet Mark Goodwin's 
residing in Leicestershire's landscapes.

This residency was part 
of Writing East Midlands' 'Write Here' 
region-wide residency programme. 
It was also supported 
by Loughborough University.

The residency ran 
from May to October 2011.

Running on from this project:
Mark Goodwin is now
landscape poet in residence
at Loughborough University.

English :
After writing a dissertation on  "The effects of sound on visual perception in contemporary art", Charles-Eric Péard organised parties, festivals and art exhibitions with the association RadioFG/Global Tekno, then he worked during 10 years in cultural communication (radio, musical events, contemporary art, theater, fashion and design). He became sound designer creating several sound pieces for art exhibitions like "Diorama III" with the artist team UltralabTM at the Magda Danysz gallery (Paris, 2005) or "So Natural" at Le Cube (Issy-les-Moulineaux, 2009) with the artist Lotie. He explores sound poetry with the author Franck Laroze (l’Atelier de Création Radiophonique "Bribes sans abri" for France Culture radio in 2009 ; the sound installation "OGM – Ordre Général Mondial" in 2011, the sound installation "Huntsville - La Honte du monde" in 2012 or using his own texts (L’obsédé, Le chemin, Ô ma, etc.). More recently, his work also moved towards the art of performance ("Nature Morte – ESPERANCE" and "QUI EST LA ?" with Caterina Perazzi in 2012), the live shows (with the violonist Sébastien Maillet, or the director Arthur Lecaron) and towards the elaboration of shows using real time technology ("Je [me] suis parlé" by Franck Laroze).

Français :
Après un mémoire sur « Les effets du sonore sur la perception visuelle dans l'art contemporain », Charles-Eric Péard  (aka cepSound) travaille pendant dix ans en communication culturelle (radio, musique, théâtre, art contemporain, mode et design). Il devient plasticien sonore en réalisant plusieurs pièces musicales dans le cadre d'expositions artistiques comme "Diorama III" à la galerie Magda Danysz (Paris), "So Natural" au Cube (Issy-les-Moulineaux). Il réalise des habillages pour le marketing sonore et participe, en tant que musicien, à l'élaboration de spectacles numériques temps réel. Il explore également la poésie sonore avec d’autres auteurs dont Franck Laroze (Atelier de Création Radiophonique « Bribes sans-abri », France culture 2009 ; OGM - Ordre Général Mondial, Huntsville, EvidenZ 2011), et la mise en musique de ses propres textes (L’obsédé, Le chemin, Ô ma, etc.).

Mark Scape Goodwin is following