 announcing a new Electronic Cottage Community Project! The ELECTRONIC COTTAGE ADD-AND-PASS CASSETTE PROJECT EC Add-And-Pass Project #1 Public Distribution Add-And-Pass These EC Community members have signed up for this project: Penny Grune-Fae (already sent to Penny) W.A.Davison (already sent to William) Ken Montgomery (mailed to Ken on August 25th) Mike Nobody Phillip Klampe Dylan Houser Crank Sturgeon Rafael González Frank 1. I will mail a 60-minute cassette with a maximum of five minutes of my sounds recorded on the beginning of the first side of the tape to an Electronic Cottage Community member who wants to participate in the project. 2. That EC Community member will record a maximum of five minutes of their sounds on the cassette after my recording, and then they will mail the cassette to a friend who will like to participate. They can mail the cassette to anyone. 3. The third person on the cassette does not need to be a member of the Electronic Cottage Community. After me and the first EC Community member, anybody can participate, regardless of whether they are a member of the EC Community or not. When the cassette is full the twelfth participant will mail the cassette back to me. I will make copies of the completed cassette and will send copies to all of the participants, and the tape will be probably be published online on Bandcamp. Each cassette will be accompanied by an information sheet on which the participants will enter their artist name, recording title, and their contact address. If you are an Electronic Cottage Community member, and you want to be an initial recipient of an EC Add-And-Pass cassette, please contact me by email with the words "EC ADD-AND-PASS PROJECT #1" in the title of the email.. Please understand that you should be willing to pay necessary postage costs, which could possibly be high. At the bottom of this page you can see examples of what the cassette j-card and information sheets will look like. There is a great likelihood that most of these cassettes will never be returned to me. Danger! Excitement! Chance and happenstance! Who knows what will happen?! Just think of how exciting it will be if one or more of these cassettes will be completed and returned to me! More importantly, it will be a fun and unique way to promote Electronic Cottage, and to pay homage to Mail Art and the Add-And-Pass Cassette tradition of the 1980s. ///// Alternatives are available! EC Community members can choose to participate in one, two, or all three of the projects. ALTERNATIVE #1 If the above project plan seems to you to be too chaotic and prone to failure (and you think of that as a problem), you can participate in the... EC ADD-AND-PASS CASSETTE PROJECT #2 (EC Community members only) These EC Community members have signed up for this project: Hal McGee Rafael González W.A.Davison John M. Bennett Mike Nobody Phillip Klampe Penny Grune-Fae Dylan Houser Shatter Wax Michael Ridge Crank Sturgeon Tomokie's Cup - We now have 12 people signed up for this project! - If we can get a total of 18 people we will make a 90-minute cassette instead of a C60! We can accept six more people. It is the same basic idea and procedure, except that only members of the EC Community will participate in the add-and-pass cassette. The community members who choose to participate can coordinate their efforts to make sure that the cassette is completed. This will create new connections between the members, and help to establish trust and cooperation. If you would like to participate in EC ADD-AND-PASS PROJECT #2, please send an email to me with the words "EC ADD-AND-PASS PROJECT #2" in the title of the email. This project requires commitments from at least 12 EC community members before the project will begin, with a maximum of 18 members. I will choose the order of the participants on the tape. This order will be determined largely by the order in which members sign up for the project. ///// ALTERNATIVE #2 If neither of the above projects appeal to you, perhaps because you do not own a cassette recorder or you cannot afford the high postage cost to mail cassettes, or you live in a place where postal mail service is unreliable, you can participate in the... EC AUDIO EXQUISITE CORPSE (EC Community members only) to be conducted via email These EC Community members have signed up for this project: Hal McGee Penny Grune-Fae W.A.Davison Lord Litter Frank {AN} EeL Mike Nobody Phillip Klampe Francesco Aprile Osvaldo Cibils Seiei Jack Dave Fuglewicz Shatter Wax David Nadeau Leslie Singer Crank Sturgeon more participants are welcome! If you are not familiar with the Exquisite Corpse technique Wikipedia has an extensive article on the topic I will record a maximum of five minutes of my sounds. I will then send a sound sample of the last/final 15 seconds of my recording to the next participant who will react to what they hear and they will record a maximum of five minutes. They will send their recording to me and I will then send a sound sample of the last/final 15 seconds of their recording to the next participant who will react to what they hear and they will record a maximum of five minutes. And so on and so forth until a maximum of 75 minutes is reached. At the end, when it is completed, we will have a big continuous 75-minute piece with many surprises and unexpected events. If you would like to participate in EC AUDIO EXQUISITE CORPSE, please send an email to me with the words "EC AUDIO EXQUISITE CORPSE" in the title of the email. This project requires commitments from at least 12 EC community members before the project will begin. I will choose the order of the participants in the Exquisite Corpse. This order will be determined largely by the order in which members sign up for the project.  example of what the EC Add-And-Pass Cassette j-card will look like...  ADD-AND-PASS INFO SHEET, FRONT — will be printed on letter size sheets of paper  ADD-AND-PASS INFO SHEET, BACK — will be printed on letter size sheets of paper
31 Comments
Rafael González
7/27/2018 04:22:54
WONDERFUL! I am excited!
Penny
7/27/2018 04:23:04
This sounds really fun..
Hal, EC Editor
7/27/2018 07:15:58
All three of these projects are long-term and will require several weeks or months to complete. The second project, for EC members only, will require commitments from at least 12 EC members before the project begins. I will choose the order of the participants in the add-and-pass chain. It will mostly be determined by the order in which members request to participate. The Exquisite Corpse project also must have at least 12 participants.
Rafael González
7/27/2018 07:31:48
Perfect!!!
Hal
7/27/2018 08:14:51
I like the idea of involving people not necessarily involved with EC. It might help bring on board some new contributors.
Hal, EC Editor
7/27/2018 09:18:02
Michael, that’s great. Email me and we can talk about it.
gen ken
7/27/2018 10:19:23
EC ADD-AND-PASS PROJECT #1 YES OK
Aimee Naworal
7/27/2018 23:57:21
Whoa looks fun!
Hal
7/28/2018 16:01:51
That’s great, Jack! Email me and tell me which of the two (or both) Cassette Add-And-Pass projects you want to participate in. 7/28/2018 19:56:25
Thank you for inviting me such a cool projects!!!
Hal McGee
7/28/2018 23:11:56
Thank you, Jack! You need to send to me an email with your request to participate, please.
Adam J Naworal
7/29/2018 00:59:32
I'm gonna think about which one(s) I wanna do, but I'm interested :D Will report back soon!
Hal McGee
7/29/2018 01:01:17
Awesome. When you, and I hope Aimee, are ready to tell me which ones you want to do just shoot me emails with your choices.
Hal McGee
7/29/2018 08:14:39
Furthermore, Adam, for these projects I will allow allow Tomokie's Cup to participate as a duo, if you and Aimee want.
Adam J Naworal
8/12/2018 18:32:57
Email sent :) We'll gladly do solo tracks for this and save Tomokie's Cup for later!
Hal McGee, EC Editor
7/29/2018 15:34:30
Dear Friends, this morning I recorded an all-new audiowork onto the first Electronic Cottage Add-And-Pass Cassette. Tomorrow, Monday, I will mail it to EC Community member Penny Grune-Fae. After Penny records her track onto the cassette she can mail the tape to anyone she chooses, regardless of whether they are a member of the EC Community or not. And so the adventure begins! Later this week I will mail Add-And-Pass Cassette #2 to W.A.Davison. Once again, after he records his piece onto the cassette he can pass the cassette to anyone he wants.
Rafael González
7/29/2018 18:19:15
It will be very fun, exciting and stimulating, Hal!
Frank
7/30/2018 15:35:52
I am totally ready for this! The lack off a tape recorder, at the moment, is not that important.
Karl Grümpe & Rene p.g.
8/6/2018 08:16:58
Count us in as well :D
Hal McGee, EC Editor
8/9/2018 10:32:44
This morning I recorded a new 5-minute audiowork onto the second EC Add-And-Pass Cassette of Project #1 and mailed it to William A. Davison. After William adds his piece onto the tape he can pass it to anyone he wants — they do not need to be a member of the EC Community. Next I will mail an Add-And-Pass Cassette to Ken Montgomery.
Frank
8/12/2018 23:52:41
Hal, if you still need a 12th member... I got myself a Panasonic recorder, joepie!
Hal
8/13/2018 02:11:26
Frank, you are already on the list to receive a Add-And-Pass Cassette Project of the first variety. I will mail it so that it will be waiting for you when you will visit Belgium in October. I will do my best to include you in the Add-And-Pass Cassette Project 2. 12 people have already signed up for it. But if we can get 18 people total to sign up we can make it a 90-minute tape instead of a 60-minute tape. If it becomes a C-90 I will do my best to TRY to coordinate it so that the tape will arrive in Belgium before mid-October.
Frank
8/12/2018 23:55:23
Actually... my wife got me one! So sweet, most of the times.
Hal
9/6/2018 08:35:38
I have mailed all Add-And-Pass Cassettes and the Exquisite Corpse is in progress.
Rafael González
9/6/2018 18:03:15
I love having missions. Thanks Hal for give us fun!
Hal McGee, Director, ECBI
9/6/2018 18:08:44
Special Agent González, these missions will be difficult to complete, with many obstacles and unknown factors to contend with. We will succeed only through diligent application of ECBI training, procedures and tactics (including Tibetan Rock Throwing).
Rafael González
9/6/2018 18:34:54
You're right, but do not worry, I have a huge bucket full of those smart stones. I'm sure that everything will be fine! I apologize beforehand if I open a head with any of these stones
Special Agent González
9/6/2018 18:45:13
ECBI Director, whenever I drink coffee, I have this mission in mind. We can not fail Leave a Reply. |
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