Musique Concrète Optigan Disc Call For Submissions

Submit! Submit! Optigan.com’s Pea Hicks has issued a Call for Submissions for an upcoming Optigan disc, Musique Concrète: In December 2010 we plan to release an experimental Optigan disc called “Musique Concrète,” which will essentially be a collage of 57 sound loops in the tradition of early electronic studio tape music. We’re completely disregarding the… Read More Musique Concrète Optigan Disc Call For Submissions

Recording Bowed Cymbals

Tim Prebble demonstrates effects made with bowed cymbals. Bowed cymbal sounds interesting forward and backwards, as the video shows. The question I have is this: if you play a cymbal with a bow, is it still a percussion instrument? More at the Substation site.