Hal McGee 50th Birthday Mania Gainesville Before Show

Hal button by Andrew Chadwick

view all of Charlie Goff's photographs from the 50th Birthday Celebration Fest

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Hal McGee's microcassette recordings from Thursday, January 17, 2008 - with the voices of Charles Rice Goff III, Hal McGee, Mark McGee, Andrew Chadwick, and Phillip Klampe - at the Gainesville Regional Airport, Reggae Shack restaurant, and Hal's apartment. (34:33) 47.4 MB mp3

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Andrew Chadwick's microcassette recordings from Thursday evening, January 17, 2008 - audio from hanging out at Hal's apartment - Charlie, Andrew, Hal, and Phil. (8:12) 9.17 MB VBR mp3

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more of Hal McGee's microcassette recordings from the evening of Thursday, January 17, 2008 - Hal demonstrates and 'practices' with the Little Boy Blue synth, Big Muff Pi, Moog Ring Mod, Moog Analog Delay, etc. and Phil Klampe joins in - Hal's apartment. (7:20) 10.00 MB mp3

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Charlie Goff demonstrates and tests his gear - Hello Kitty guitar, looper, vibrator, etc. more of Hal McGee's microcassette recordings from the evening of Thursday, January 17, 2008 - Hal's apartment. (2:41) 3.7 MB mp3

more of Hal McGee's microcassette recordings... These come from the morning of Friday, January 18, 2008 - Hal, Charlie, and Phil travel to pick up Aaron from the bus station; and discussion among the four dudes at The Jones restaurant. (10:22) 14.2 MB mp3

These microcassette recordings by Hal McGee come from Friday afternoon, January 18, 2008 - Aaron Zarzutzki demonstrates his Pseudo-random CV Spitter with Hal's Moog Ring Mod, and the four mess around with various gear and stuff - Hal's apartment. (8:08) 11.1 MB mp3

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Aaron: It's tough to have a short caption
me: Short, long, whatever. Write a paragraph if need be
Aaron: ...CV controlling the Moog ring modulator's carrier oscillator via a pseudo-random CV spitter. I'm not actually playing that CV box. All the sound is coming from your ring mod's oscillator.
me: Should I call that thing a "pseudo-random CV spitter"? Or is it "splitter"?
Aaron: Yes. That's not a name, just a description
me: Which?
Aaron: Spitter
me: Do you have a name for it?
Aaron: No. And note that it is playing/controlling the ring mod. It's a prototype sort of thing
me: Aaron Junior?
Aaron: No, a junior Aaron would have much more fun
me: You don't think that the pseudo-random CV spitter is having fun in that pic?
Aaron: Yes but an Aaron junior would ideally be capable of much more fun
me: How much more fun could a device have than having its knobs tweaked?
Aaron: Well it would preferably tweak itself. That's what I'm working towards: generative circuits that don't need us. Like David Tudor's last piece, but much much smaller
me: Sounds like too much fun for me
Aaron: Well I'd like to not be so selfish in my next set of creations and let the machine have more fun than I do. Well, I mean have the machine's fun be first priority. Of course I'll have fun regardless
me: Selfishness isn't bad
Aaron: Well if anything it would give mean ensemble
me: Like let's go back to your pseudo-random CV spitter. If it tweaked itself it would be selfish and wouldn't give it a second thought
Aaron: Haha. I was going to respond, but I would just be saying words anyways
me: Words are what we say

These microcassette recordings by Hal McGee come from mid-afternoon Friday, January 18, 2008 - with voices and sounds by Hal, Phil, Charlie, Aaron, Jay Peele, Bobby Moseley, and Al Margolis- Hal's apartment. (22:36 31.0 MB mp3

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