Wireless Music—SP10
This is the page for CWE students of “Wireless Music,” Spring 2010. Scroll down for assignment material interspersed with other items of interest.
Click here to access the Course Materials and Assignments Page.
Click here to download a copy of the syllabus.
Strunk & White, The Elements of Style — read it online or buy a copy for yourself. It contains invaluable info with which to improve your writing!
_____________________________________________
Links of interest:
Click here for a chart of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Click here for a listing of radio stations in NYC.
Click here to connect to CCNY’s radio station (WHCR).
1010 WINS (NYC’s all news flamethrower!)
Pacifica Radio: http://www.pacifica.org/
NPR: http://www.npr.org/
CBC (Canada): http://www.cbc.ca/radio/
BBC (United Kingdom): http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
free103point9 (transmission arts/avant-radio): http://www.free103point9.org/
Anna Friz (sound/radio/transmission artist): http://nicelittlestatic.com/
Grand Ole Opry (the country music legend): http://www.wsmonline.com/home
WFMU (open format from NJ+musical/cultural oddities): http://www.wfmu.org/
WKCR (Columbia University’s station mainly Jazz and Classical — radio home of jazz history expert Phil Schapp): http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/wkcr/
Radio Locator US/Canada radio stations by format: http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/page?page=formats
Radio Magazine (technology)
Radio Ink (management/marketing magazine)
Arbitron (radio and media ratings data service)
WXPN (U Penn—alternative radio from Philadelphia)
KCRW (alternative radio in Los Angeles, broadcasting from Santa Monica College)
WHAS (Louisville, KY equivalent to 1010 WINS)
Wireless Operator’s Memorial (Battery Park, lower Manhattan)
Resonance FM from London (alternative/art radio)
NASA Radiotelescope — “Radio Jove”
Start your own web radio broadcast…
The Official Site of Marshall McLuhan — “The Medium is the Message”
Joe Frank — Producing an unusual radio headspace with stories and sound
KUSF — University of San Francisco Alternative Radio
WWOZ — New Orleans Centric Music/Culture
WBGO — Listener Supported Jazz from Newark, NJ
framework radio — my colleague Patrick McGinley’s curated radio programs dedicated to the art of field-recording
WPRB — Princeton University eclectic radio
One of my favorite podcasts called “Do or DIY” (available through WFMU) is produced by Vicki Bennett (aka: People Like Us)
Another weirdo favorite of mine is Irene Moon and her Entomelodical Opportunities podcast
Radio Hall of Fame (need I say more?)
Clear Channel (if they don’t own your radio station, they soon might!)
List of AM Clear Channel stations in the USA (from the FCC website)
NPR’s super-abbreviated version of the history of radio
The Scopes Trial — History from the University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC)
Build Your Own Crystal Radio Set
The Free Radio Network (Pirate Radio Site — I will not vouch for any of the content at this site — it could be offensive to you. Listen at your own risk!!!)
Radio Drama for your iPod — an article from the Wall Street Journal (courtesy of your classmate Anthony)
Sound Portraits (courtesy of your classmate Sean)
Red House Art Radio — art radio from Syracuse, NY
The Conet Project: Shortwave Numbers Stations
Benedict Anderson — Imagined Communities
The Mercury Theater — Orson Welles
Orson Welles — The War of the Worlds Scandal DVD
Louis v. Schmeling Heavyweight Championship Bout 1938
America’s Town Meeting of the Air—some episodes from the University of Virginia
The Highlander Center — training ground for Labor, Civil Rights, and anti-poverty movements
Densho — site dedicated to preserving the history of the Japanese-American internment camps in the US during WWII
Giant Ear Show Announcement—Favorite Sounds
Film Noir — definition and examples page from AMC
Alan Freed — his official website
Wolfman Jack — his official website
Tom Joyner — Tom Joyner Morning Show
Tavis Smiley — Tavis Talks!
WDAI — Memphis
WVON — Chicago
Martha Jean “The Queen” — From the Paley Center for Media website
Nat D. Williams — short bio
Pirate Cat Radio — San Francisco’s own…
San Francisco Liberation Radio
Gollum Project — may not work in every browser!!!
Max Neuhaus — sound/radio artist
Auracle Project — Max Neuhaus
Toward Polymorphous Radio — Article by Japanese Radio/Sound Artist Tetsuo Kogawa
Lastly, here’s your final in the form of three performances of my composition, Imaginary Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (after Cage). They are in the order performed so that you may locate the one in which you performed. The score and parts follow the mp3′s. ENJOY!!!
Performance 1
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Performance 2
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Performance 3
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
All performance photos (below) taken by Cory Schwartz.
Entries (RSS)