AETHERPHON, global theremin family

Hello all,

It's been a heck of a week.  First, inviting the 
theremin@yahoogroups.com folks over to join the list, then changing the 
list name after finally coming up with a good list name. :-)

I thought that it's been awhile and we've grown by about 1/3rd in the 
last 3 months, so if you have a moment, why don't you introduce, or 
re-introduce, yourself to the group?

Go ahead, the mic is open. :-)

David V




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The Purple Note Radio Network:
Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin
Sunday 10PM-12AM http://spellbound.purplenote.com
Different Drummers: Rare Instruments and Unusual Music
Coming Soon http://diffdrum.purplenote.com
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Hello All,

Since I am new to this group, here is a short introduction.

I am a new theremin player, just bought mine not long ago and don't 
know too much.

I live in West Los Angeles and am looking for an instructor, or at 
least a more experienced player to give me some tips and pointers.

And I have a question for the group: how important is ear training to 
the theremin player?

I look forward to many great discussions.

I'll give a brief re-introduction for the benefit of the new folks, 
though most of the rest of you know me all too well. :-)

My name is David Vesel, I administer this list, and I also host the 
weekly Internet radio program and podcast, "Spellbound, a brief program 
of music for theremin".  I don't play the theremin, though I do own one, 
a Big Briar Etherwave Standard, which I vow to learn to play someday. 
Meanwhile, my service to the theremin community is to provide forums for 
discovering music and performers.

Welcome everyone, and thank you for making this forum a success!  :-)


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DAVID VESEL -- synthetic music for humans
http://davidv.purplenote.com davidv@...
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The Purple Note Radio Network:
Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin
Sunday 10PM-12AM http://spellbound.purplenote.com
Different Drummers: Rare Instruments and Unusual Music
Coming Soon http://diffdrum.purplenote.com
-----

Hello all,
I play a theremin built from kits.  I made both antennae pitch and run the
volume through a foot peddle, thus I have a polyphonic theremin.  I housed
the whole thing in a gerbil ball painted silver to make it look like
Sputnik.  I use it in a ska/reggae band I'm in, 12 Cents for Marvin (
www.12cents.com).  It works great for our dub songs.  You can see pics on
our band's site or my myspace (www.myspace.com/aaronious01).  I also run it
through an echo/delay peddle and a phase shifter.
I've been playing it since 2000 and the crowds always love it.

I'm glad this site is up and running (again).  Good job and thanks!
Aaron


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Hello Curt!

To everyone else, Curt first told me about Big Briar
(now Moog) back in the '90s. It is thanks to him that
I started playing Theremin in the first place.

Glad to see you playing, Curt!

Peace

Carvin



--- "Curt S. Steindler" <lawrax@...> wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
> Since I am new to this group, here is a short
> introduction.
> 
> I am a new theremin player, just bought mine not
> long ago and don't 
> know too much.
> 
> I live in West Los Angeles and am looking for an
> instructor, or at 
> least a more experienced player to give me some tips
> and pointers.
> 
> And I have a question for the group: how important
> is ear training to 
> the theremin player?
> 
> I look forward to many great discussions.
> 
> 
> 
> AETHERPHON, the glocal thereminist community
> 
> To contact the moderator, e-mail
> porphyrous@...
> 
> 
>  
> Yahoo! Groups Links
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



       
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I forgot to introduce myself.

I am Carvin Knowles and I play theremin. I bought my
theremin in 1999 and my first gig was playing a giant
new-years-eve party in downtown L.A. that same year,
ushering in the "future" with the instrument of the
future. 

For the first several years, I mostly played with DJs
and have logged time with the Soulphonic Sound System,
The Syrups, DJ Bryan Corbet, DJ Chris Monaco, and The
Backyard Bangers. Once I played a wedding with the
famed DJ Z-Trip. My coolest show was one of my
smallest. I played to a small crowd in the "prayer
room" at the House of Blues, New Orleans in October of
2004 wit DJ Joelskool.

My style is both melodic and groovy. I don't have the
hand technique of Clara Rockmore, but I can still flow
a good melody.

When I'm not waving my hands in the air over my Big
Briar Etherwave, I write music for indy films and
documentaries. My most famous work plays while Jason
Biggs gets....um....busy with an apple pie.

In addition to theremin, I play brass, double reeds,
flute, guitars, bass, vintage synthesizers (I own two
old Moogs), Turkish ud, English lute and gong
and...well...whatevery I can get my hands on. 

I've only recorded a handful of theremin works. I keep
intending to do more but life gets busy.

I really love listening to theremin music. As the old
phrase goes, it sends me.

So keep it flowin'

Peace

Carvin




--- David V <porphyrous@...> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> It's been a heck of a week.  First, inviting the 
> theremin@yahoogroups.com folks over to join the
> list, then changing the 
> list name after finally coming up with a good list
> name. :-)
> 
> I thought that it's been awhile and we've grown by
> about 1/3rd in the 
> last 3 months, so if you have a moment, why don't
> you introduce, or 
> re-introduce, yourself to the group?
> 
> Go ahead, the mic is open. :-)
> 
> David V
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> -----
> DAVID VESEL -- synthetic music for humans
> http://davidv.purplenote.com davidv@...
> -----
> The Purple Note Radio Network:
> Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin
> Sunday 10PM-12AM http://spellbound.purplenote.com
> Different Drummers: Rare Instruments and Unusual
> Music
> Coming Soon http://diffdrum.purplenote.com
> -----
> 
> 
> 
> 
> AETHERPHON, the glocal thereminist community
> 
> To contact the moderator, e-mail
> porphyrous@...
> 
> 
>  
> Yahoo! Groups Links
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



       
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Hi everyone, my name is Kelly and I live in Los Angeles. I play in a band called "Potato Bug". As well as the Theremin, I play the MicroKorg, and a few other simple percussion instruments. I really love "lounge" and spacey music of the 50's & 60's. A friend let me borrow his CD soundtrack of "Forbidden Planet" electronic music by Louis & Bebe Barron...if you haven't heard it...it is awesome! Out of this world!!! 
   
  Kelly

carvin knowles <carvinknowles@...> wrote:
          I forgot to introduce myself.

I am Carvin Knowles and I play theremin. I bought my
theremin in 1999 and my first gig was playing a giant
new-years-eve party in downtown L.A. that same year,
ushering in the "future" with the instrument of the
future. 

For the first several years, I mostly played with DJs
and have logged time with the Soulphonic Sound System,
The Syrups, DJ Bryan Corbet, DJ Chris Monaco, and The
Backyard Bangers. Once I played a wedding with the
famed DJ Z-Trip. My coolest show was one of my
smallest. I played to a small crowd in the "prayer
room" at the House of Blues, New Orleans in October of
2004 wit DJ Joelskool.

My style is both melodic and groovy. I don't have the
hand technique of Clara Rockmore, but I can still flow
a good melody.

When I'm not waving my hands in the air over my Big
Briar Etherwave, I write music for indy films and
documentaries. My most famous work plays while Jason
Biggs gets....um....busy with an apple pie.

In addition to theremin, I play brass, double reeds,
flute, guitars, bass, vintage synthesizers (I own two
old Moogs), Turkish ud, English lute and gong
and...well...whatevery I can get my hands on. 

I've only recorded a handful of theremin works. I keep
intending to do more but life gets busy.

I really love listening to theremin music. As the old
phrase goes, it sends me.

So keep it flowin'

Peace

Carvin

--- David V <porphyrous@...> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> It's been a heck of a week. First, inviting the 
> theremin@yahoogroups.com folks over to join the
> list, then changing the 
> list name after finally coming up with a good list
> name. :-)
> 
> I thought that it's been awhile and we've grown by
> about 1/3rd in the 
> last 3 months, so if you have a moment, why don't
> you introduce, or 
> re-introduce, yourself to the group?
> 
> Go ahead, the mic is open. :-)
> 
> David V
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> -----
> DAVID VESEL -- synthetic music for humans
> http://davidv.purplenote.com davidv@...
> -----
> The Purple Note Radio Network:
> Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin
> Sunday 10PM-12AM http://spellbound.purplenote.com
> Different Drummers: Rare Instruments and Unusual
> Music
> Coming Soon http://diffdrum.purplenote.com
> -----
> 
> 
> 
> 
> AETHERPHON, the glocal thereminist community
> 
> To contact the moderator, e-mail
> porphyrous@...
> 
> 
> 
> Yahoo! Groups Links
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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WOW, that sounds bitchen!
   
   
  Kelly

Aaronious <aaronious01@...> wrote:
          Hello all,
I play a theremin built from kits. I made both antennae pitch and run the
volume through a foot peddle, thus I have a polyphonic theremin. I housed
the whole thing in a gerbil ball painted silver to make it look like
Sputnik. I use it in a ska/reggae band I'm in, 12 Cents for Marvin (
www.12cents.com). It works great for our dub songs. You can see pics on
our band's site or my myspace (www.myspace.com/aaronious01). I also run it
through an echo/delay peddle and a phase shifter.
I've been playing it since 2000 and the crowds always love it.

I'm glad this site is up and running (again). Good job and thanks!
Aaron

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Hello.

My name is David Bohn, and I am a composer and multi-instrumentalist 
with several friends who play theremin, and a personal interest in 
early electronic instruments and music (theremin, ondes, trautonium, 
french concrete from the 50's, etc). Some of my electronic/concrete 
stuff is available on this CD (samples will be available soon on this 
web page):

http://www.bohnmedia.com/store/c/bmc001/
-- 
David Bohn

composer
conductor
organist

dbohn@...
http://www.wiscomposers.org/members/bohnd.html

Hi. I'm Gordon.

Not a newcomer, but I haven't posted for a while.

I've been playing theremin for about a year and ten months. I perform  
and record as Beat Frequency - I've got a track on Electronic Bible 3  
and play on a few tracks on Sonic Weekend - both from White Label  
Music and both on iTunes. I've done a few gigs and organized a bit of  
a get-together for thereminists in the UK a few weeks ago.

I enjoy making odd little videos to go with the music, so you can  
find everything I have recorded on the videos page of my myspace  
profile - with the exception of the most recent - moths are made of  
dust - which is visible from the front page of the profile. (Some  
weird myspace bug means it doesn't appear on the videos page.)

There's also a few of the videos on youtube as well - in case myspace  
is being all slow and crashy again - but the sound is better on myspace.

http://myspace.com/beatfrequencyuk

http://www.youtube.com/GordonCharlton

Style - experimental (and I really mean it!)

Gordon

Can you tell me more about this release?  What instruments are used? 
What is the extent of your involvement with the CD?  I noticed a couple 
of Bohns on there.

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DAVID VESEL -- synthetic music for humans
http://davidv.purplenote.com davidv@...
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The Purple Note Radio Network:
Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin
Sunday 10PM-12AM http://spellbound.purplenote.com
Different Drummers: Rare Instruments and Unusual Music
Coming Soon http://diffdrum.purplenote.com
-----




dbohn@... wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> My name is David Bohn, and I am a composer and multi-instrumentalist 
> with several friends who play theremin, and a personal interest in 
> early electronic instruments and music (theremin, ondes, trautonium, 
> french concrete from the 50's, etc). Some of my electronic/concrete 
> stuff is available on this CD (samples will be available soon on this 
> web page):
> 
> http://www.bohnmedia.com/store/c/bmc001/

No instruments, just slicing and dicing sounds on this CD.

Bohnmedia is a small label my brother James started as an adjunct to 
his work as a recording engineer-- he's also heavily into 
circuit-bending, and previously designed a few alternate 
MIDI-controllers, including the Plaid-Jacket MIDI- controller (sort 
of self-explanatory), and the Dangertron, a MIDI-controller made from 
circular saw-blades (I kid you not); both of these are now 
mothballed, the plaid jacket being particularly fragile. He was also 
involved in a project involving remote-controlled toy pianos, but I 
don't know any more about it.

This is the first of a projected series of limited-run, themed 
anthology CDs; the series will be curated by myself and my brother. I 
suspect that we'll both contribute tracks to each CD as it happens (I 
did three tracks totalling about 9 minutes, and generated the cover 
graphic; my brother did two tracks totalling 12 minutes, and did the 
actual design work on the CD).

Given that a mutual friend of ours plays theremin, I wouldn't 
discount the possibility of a theremin-themed CD down the road, 
though it won't be until 2009 at the absolute earliest.

>Can you tell me more about this release?  What instruments are used?
>What is the extent of your involvement with the CD?  I noticed a couple
>of Bohns on there.
>
>-----
>DAVID VESEL
>dbohn@... wrote:
>>  Hello.
>>
>>  My name is David Bohn, and I am a composer and multi-instrumentalist
>>  with several friends who play theremin, and a personal interest in
>>  early electronic instruments and music (theremin, ondes, trautonium,
>>  french concrete from the 50's, etc). Some of my electronic/concrete
>>  stuff is available on this CD (samples will be available soon on this
>>  web page):
>>
>  > http://www.bohnmedia.com/store/c/bmc001/
>

-- 
David Bohn

composer
conductor
organist

dbohn@...
http://www.wiscomposers.org/members/bohnd.html

Not a newcomer as I think I was one of the original people on the list!

I'm Susi but better known under my stage name Miss Hypnotique.  I started
playing theremin in 2000 (home made then an etherwave, later a TVox Tour and
Etherwave Pro) and have done various recordings, live shows, radio and tv
appearances.  I'm a multi-instrumentalist and chanteuse and used to play a
lot of different things (mainly keyboards, clarinet, saxophone and theremin)
with various indie bands including Nought, Heist, Flowers of Hell,
Intelligentsia, Gwyneth Herbert and Dawn of the Replicants.

Currently, I have two projects I'm most excited about - Babyslave - a 'post
industrial micro ensemble' about to release our first album and associated
online community (see http://www.babyslave.net and the blog at
http://www.babyslave.wordpress.com) and my ongoing gothic electronic
chanteuse project, Hypnotique - I've released two albums ("The Hanging
Garden" and "Pact With The Devil") and working on album no. 3.  Slowly.

With the theremin, I've done quite a few things:

- a debut of the Etherwave Pro in Denmark for Bob Moog in 2004, and we were
lucky enought to interview Bob for the radio series "Switched On Radio"
which myself and fellow thereminist Bruce Woolley did for Resonance FM in
2003/4.  It's a series about early electronic music, and the forerunner was
a show called "Into the Ether: The Music of the Theremin" which was a
collection of international music featuring theremin, an interview with
Steve Martin and various radio plays featuring historic theremin players!
You can still download the radio shows at: http://www.switchedonradio.co.uk
This was a predecessor to David Vesel's "Spellbound" and we had a hoot doing
it.  I believe my studio was taken over by spirit of Lev during the radio
drama recordings as we suffered a 6 hour powercut during an optimum point!

I've also done a few shows with Bruce Woolley and the Radio Science
Orchestra and commercial live shows playing theremin with piano (jazz,
classical, easy listening) at weddings, corporate event launches and some
workshops for children and adults and the odd bit of teaching.  Oh and not
forget some terrible stints at Cabaret including an act called "the Ether
Diva" featuring a Russian theremin-playing spy who played James Bond songs
on theremin.  In 2002/3 I was taught by Lydia Kavina.

I'm perhaps best known for doing UK TV appearances - ranging from good to
bad to indifferent.  I've been on the house band for Channel 5's "House of
Astonishment", Living TV's "Loose Lips", something dodgy for Asian TV with
inventor Tony Bassett and most recently "Paul O'Grady Show" for Channel 4
and "James May's 20th Century" for BBC2/Open University.

Anyway, video/downloads/CDs/everything else on my website:
http://www.hypnotique.net

Bye Bye
-- 
Susi O'Neill
Lunette Records
www.lunette.co.uk  - sales@...
Tel: 07981 222799

Hypnotique "The Hanging Garden" - soothing and uplifting music for the
impending apocalypse - out now!  http://www.hypnotique.net


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Lunette Records wrote:

 > - a debut of the Etherwave Pro in Denmark for Bob Moog in 2004, and 
we were
 > lucky enought to interview Bob for the radio series "Switched On Radio"
 > which myself and fellow thereminist Bruce Woolley did for Resonance FM in
 > 2003/4.  It's a series about early electronic music, and the 
forerunner was
 > a show called "Into the Ether: The Music of the Theremin" which was a
 > collection of international music featuring theremin, an interview with
 > Steve Martin and various radio plays featuring historic theremin players!
 > You can still download the radio shows at: 
http://www.switchedonradio.co.uk
 > This was a predecessor to David Vesel's "Spellbound" and we had a 
hoot doing
 > it.  I believe my studio was taken over by spirit of Lev during the radio
 > drama recordings as we suffered a 6 hour powercut during an optimum 
point!


Word. :-)  Spellbound owes a lot directly to Into the Ether, and if you 
folks haven't listened to it yet, you should.  Especially the theremin 
disco. :-)  The "Moon Theremin Recital" is good too.


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DAVID VESEL -- synthetic music for humans
http://davidv.purplenote.com davidv@...
-----
The Purple Note Radio Network:
Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin
Sunday 10PM-12AM http://spellbound.purplenote.com
Different Drummers: Rare Instruments and Unusual Music
Coming Soon http://diffdrum.purplenote.com
-----