Gurdonark
Gurdonark, aided and abetted by his erstwhile producer and instrumentalist Scott_M, makes odd and ambient music.
Gurdonark releases his music at , where his albums "Eerie Exchange Prairie Park", "Collin County" and "Haunting Voices" may be heard.
Gurdonark also likes to remix others' work. He sometimes posts at ccmixter.org, creating ambience from the analog.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
2003--release of album, "Vibrating Electric Fields"
2004--release of album "Gurdonark's Unfortunate Awfully Kazoo Christmas"
2005--release of albums "Eerie Exchange Prairie Park" and "Collin County"
2005/2006--release of album "Haunting Voices"
2005--Editor's Pick from www.ccmixter.org for the
remix "A Lake of Stumps and Staubs"
2005--Gurdonark remix "Spiral Wrench of Avarice" appears on www.darkwinter.com album "From a Darkened Pool", and also appears on Live365.com radio.
2005--Gurdonark song "Mind the Gap" from the album "Vibrating Electric Fields" appears on the netradio station Flatfour Radio on the "Odd Music Programme".
2005--Gurdonark remixes and songs appear on a number of internet radio stations and podcasts, including "Blue-eyed Grass" on live365.com's "Aural Visions" program, "The Feeder Guppy Rescue League" and "Bluestem Nights" on Amoeba Goo Radio, www.gooradio.com.
2005-Gurdonark's album "Gurdonark's Unfortunate Awfully Kazoo Christmas" wins Kazooz Nooz ezine award for "Best of the Best--2005". "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" from that album is played on the live365.com radio show "Cracked Christmas".
late 2005 and early 2006--Gurdonark achieves number 2 position in the "top 10" of artists who release their work at Disfish.com.
2005--numerous Gurdonark selections win weekly awards in contests at garageband.com, including
"Most Original" and "Stupidest Song I've Ever Heard!".
2005--Gurdonark collaboration with Verian Thomas, The Thomas Nunnally Ensemble, wins seven weekly Garageband.com "best of" awards, for the song "Rail Trail Outside Sudbury".
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
only in the ether
Your musical influences
Harry Partch, Conlon Nancarrow, Bill Nelson, Jeff Pearce, Jean Ritchie
What equipment do you use?
IXI-software.net sampler Slicer; Doug Rogers' program Musedit, Subsynth, Chaosynth, Wave Goodbye Wav to MIDI conversion software, an autoharp, electric football fields, harmonica,
home-made percussion, hosho shaker, a can-jo, a mountain dulcimer, and a host of analog simple instruments,
Anything else?
Gurdonark likes a good game of blitz chess,
a long nature hike, and making musical notation software cry and sing.
