Making Tubular Bells with Keith Sinzinger (HacDC and DorkbotDC)

On July 7 at 7:00PM, HacDC and DorkbotDC will together sponsor an event with a very innovative and interesting local musician, Keith Sinzinger.

Sinzinger goes under the performance name Fast Forty. He calls his genre of music Intense Ambient: "found sounds, altered electronics, scrap metal and other devices, blended to soothe and stimulate." His music is anchored by homemade tubular bells which he plays and routes through various audio effect processors.

He is originally from Cleveland, Ohio and his music reflects the industrial sounds of the Ford plant and the railroads of his early surroundings.

At HacDC and Dorkbot, he will explain how he conceived of, researched and constructed the tubular bells, and will then offer a demonstration of their sounds. The audience will also be able to play them afterwards.

Below one can listen to a full set of his from a recent Sonic Circuits performance, posted by District of Noise. Also see his MySpace site for more information.

Where: HacDC (1525 Newton St NW, Washington, D.C.)
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Time: 7:00PM

Making Tubular Bells with

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Repeats every week until Wed May 05 2010 except Sun Apr 04 2010.
14 March 2010 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm

There will be a few classes on programming Atmel AVR microcontrollers. using the C programming language. No prior knowledge of AVRs, C, or even programming is required; I'll be trying to introduce what you need to know as it's needed.

At least three classes are planned, starting this Sunday (3/14). They'll be once a week, 6-7:30pm.

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Making the bells

Isn't there some sort of automation equipment you could get to make these tubular bells that would be much less expensive? I can't imagine how long it would take to hand make each one. You could do it with the same or less amount of tolerance if it is automized. Automation Equipment

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Keith Sinzinger has always been one of my favorite singers and he still is! He sings with a beautiful voice and he is actually a very innovative and interesting local musician. He is under the performance of Fast Forty. HacDc and Dorkbotdc are sponsoring the event together and he calls his new music genre Intense Ambient. He is using homemade bells for creating such an environment!
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