EMUSIC-L Digest Volume 61, Issue 14 This issue's topics: *** MIDI PATCHBAY schematics !!! *** (2 messages) BFF - Call to Artists Call for new electroacoustic and computer music works. COLOMBIAN IN EMUSIC-L Computer Music bibliography EMUSIC-L goes WWW GRAHAME CD OUT Is there a K2000 user group? job posting (2 messages) Just a passing note (2 messages) KLANGWIND: request for sounds Midi files/software archives on the Internet MIDI GS sequences available New IUMA Info :) Working out the kinks... Your EMUSIC-L Digest moderator is Joe McMahon . You may subscribe to EMUSIC-L by sending mail to listserv@american.edu with the line "SUB EMUSIC-L your name" as the text. The EMUSIC-L archive is a service of SunSite (sunsite.unc.edu) at the University of North Carolina. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Feb 1994 06:07:28 -0500 From: David HAUBENSACK Subject: *** MIDI PATCHBAY schematics !!! *** Last summer, I built a simple MIDI patchbay of my own. It uses mechanical switches, but is very useful, especially if you use a sequencer, an editor, several MIDI controllers, etc... It has MIDI mixing and MIDI thru functions. It draw schematics of it under a postscript format. The name of the file is midi-patchbay.ps.Z, it contains two pages... I uploaded it to several ftp servers: ucsd.edu /incoming louie.udel.edu /incoming ftp.cs.ruu.nl /pub/MIDI/DOC (soon I hope)... I can also send it uuencoded and splitted to this list if some people does not have access to ftp. Have fun, and feel free to contact me. David. _____________________________________________________ | David HAUBENSACK, , | | C.E.A. Cadarache DEP/SIT | | 13108 ST-PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE, FRANCE | | tel: (33)42254292 fax: (33)42257298 | |_____________________________________________________| | ___ /\ | | /\ /\ /\ /\__\ /_/_ | | /_/_/ / /_/_ /_/_ /\__/\ | | / \_/ / /\__/\ \__/\ /_/_/_/ | | / / / / /_/_/ /____/ / /\____/\ | | \/ \/ \___\/ \___\/ \/ \/ | |_____________________________________________________| ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 03:01:15 -0500 From: David HAUBENSACK Subject: !!! MIDI PATCHBAY: where to find it !!! The midipatchay.ps file is now available on louie.udel.edu in /pub/midi/misc. David. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Jan 1994 04:11:09 GMT From: Bret Battey Subject: BFF - Call to Artists The following Call to Artists is being distributed to many points across the Internet. Although a Call to Artists may seem tangentially related to the interests of your particular news or mailing group, please keep in mind the interdisciplinary nature of the emerging digital arts. Beyond Fast Forward seeks contributors whose work blurs extant boundaries between media, technologies, ideologies, cultures, and disciplines. Please distribute this Call to Artists to others to whom it would be of interest. ***************************************************************** Beyond Fast Forward: A New Media Arts Event presents A CALL TO ARTISTS Interactive Installations That Reconcile the New Digital Technologies with Human Experience Co-Sponsored by 911 Media Arts Center & Northwest CyberArtists Background Information 911 Media Arts Center is Washington's only non-profit arts organization that supports artists and independent producers who use media -- video, film, audio, and multimedia -- as creative communication and artforms. 911's programs include year-round public screenings and live media presentations, often with guest artists from around the region and the world; workshops that teach film & video editing, grant writing, screen writing, media literacy concepts, and the full spectrum of media production; and low-cost access to information and professional-quality media production equipment that enables everyone to speak and understand the language of media through images and sound. Northwest CyberArtists were established in 1992 with the goal of bringing artists and technologists from a variety of backgrounds together and facilitating collaborations, experimentation, and shared learning. Today, the group consists of over 250 people around the nation including many leaders in multimedia, virtual reality, professional audio, and related fields. 911 Media Arts Center is re-imagining its current and future function as a broad-based community cultural/educational organization by presenting a weekend interactive event to address the artistic uses of, and the public interest issues surrounding the converging digital imaging and communications technologies. The name of this project is Beyond Fast Forward: A New Media Arts Event. 911 Media Arts Center will present Beyond Fast Forward (BFF) on September 22-25, 1994 at Seattle Center. BFF will be one of the first public events in the UPS. to focus on growing a new regional high-tech cultural industry that is rooted in the values of creativity, media literacy, and universal access to the new converging technologies. The primary intent of this event is to awaken Seattle and its leaders to the importance of access, media literacy, and support for artists and all others who want to use the tools of new media technologies for individual expression and communication. The secondary intent is to create a new networked infrastructure for growing Seattle's future high-tech cultural industries based on the creative uses of the converging technologies. This high-profile event will help define the future directions of interactive multimedia in the Northwest region by connecting the following five communities: * Artists * Educators * Local and state governments * Digital media industry * Telecommunications & entertainment industry BFF will include winning installations from this call for artists, demonstration workshops and symposia by national leaders in the communities listed above, and evening performance/presentations by world class multi- disciplinary artists. It will also connect with the Bellevue Art Museum's opening of a new exhibition called Chaos Never Died that will feature the interactive multimedia works of internationally-recognized artists. BFF Call for Artists 911 Media Arts Center is collaborating with Northwest CyberArtists to produce interactive installations. Over 15,000 square feet of space in 2 separate buildings (Pavilion and Center House) has been allocated to interactive installations, including the central performance area of Center House. Gallery space will be partitioned into zones based on general themes that emerge from this call, such as family, education, diversity, community, work, home, etc. Guidelines for Artists' Interactive Installations The theme for BFF is artists' central role in the creative convergence of digital media with communications technology. Artists should relate this convergence to human experience through the central concepts and strategies of their installation. Here are the characteristics of a winning proposal: * Artworks based on process rather than product or objects are encouraged; * Artworks should be provocative, engaging, and designed for a constant flow of participants; * Artworks should support multiple participants. Interaction between participants and/or the spaces at the Center (or beyond) is encouraged. Because communications technology bridges physical spaces, works need not be in a single physical location; * Artworks need not incorporate the absolute leading edge of technology -- touch-tone phones, chroma-keyed blue screens, primitive cameras, keyboards, and computers can be used; * Multi-modal sensory experiences are encouraged -- we want people to be immersed in an experience. The Spaces Available installation spaces range from large open exhibition areas with some windows and high ceilings to traditional conference-style meeting rooms with carpeting and windows. However, at this preliminary stage, we are more interested in innovative concepts and awesome ideas, not specific space dimensions (which is why we are being so vague here). The Center House central performance zone (the space in the center of all the shops and restaurants on the main level, and the staircase/platform space just below) must focus on The Family. All other zones are open to interpretation by the artists as to their central themes and/or concepts. Preference will be given to installations that are truly interactive in their concept. We want to demonstrate the essence of actual human communication. using technology as an invisible tool rather than as the focus or reason for the work. Who May Apply Any artist or group of artists, especially those from the Northwest, are welcome to submit a proposal as described below. As the trend in the twenty-first century is toward alliances. preference will be given to collaborations between artists, or between artists and members of the other 4 communities listed above. There is a special category for student groups of any age, who are encouraged to apply. Support for Installations and Artists 911 is in the process of securing corporate support for this exhibition. incoming proposals will help identify needed technology resources, including digital hardware and software, cameras, sound equipment, etc. 911 hopes to acquire all needed resources from regional providers, but cannot guarantee such support. Winning artists will be encouraged to collaborate with the high-tech companies they choose for their technical support, including working with personnel at the beginning phases of conceptualization. Applicants should assume the support they want will be available, but be prepared to identify alternatives. A materials budget will be developed individually for each winning project Artist fees will be paid based on the scope of works chosen and fund raising levels achieved. No living or travel expenses will be provided. What To Submit Proposals should include the following: * clearly describe the concept and experience of the installation in no more than 2 typed pages (yes, paper is old and lame, please humor us for this initial proposal); * Up to 5 additional pages of drawings may also be submitted. Please include a separate list of necessary supplies and equipment, with company names if known; * Applicant(s) resume(s) (no more than 2 pages for each applicant). Please submit 5 copies of all materials to: BFF 911 Media Arts Center 117 Yale Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98109 Please do not send original artwork, as NO materials will be returned. A panel made up of 911 staff, Northwest CyberArtists, and high tech professionals will judge the entries. NO FAXES WILL BE ACCEPTED. Applicants will be notified by May 15, 1994 as to the status of their proposals. Deadline: April 1, 1994 For additional information: Call Chris at 911: 206-682-6552: fax 206-682-7422 -- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 09:30:55 -0500 From: Robert Thompson Subject: Call for new electroacoustic and computer music works. PLEASE POST AND DISTRIBUTE: 2/18/94 ******************************************************************************** CALL FOR ELECTRONIC / COMPUTER MUSIC WORKS Composers interested in having their experimental electronic and computer music works presented in a professional concert setting in Atlanta, Georgia USA are invited to submit works for consideration. Concert: Atomic Cafe: New Sounds of Electroacoustic Music DATE: June 5, 1994 Deadline for submission: April 15, 1994 Submit cassette tapes or DAT, bio, program note and SASE to: Robert Thompson Atomic Cafe Electroacoustic Care of Aucourant Records, P.O. Box 672902, Marietta, GA. 30067-0049, USA. Selection will be based upon technical quality and artistic merit. Selected works must be resubmitted on DAT for concert presentation. Composers will be notified of concert date(s) and will be sent programs as confirmation of presentation. ******************************************************************************* Aucourant Records Computer Music Series is seeking high quality computer music works for consideration for future compact disc publication. Interested composers should send detailed CV, audio recording of submission on either high quality cassette tape or on DAT, along with program note and biography. Criteria is based on high quality of technical merit and artistic excellence. Innovative, future-oriented music is actively sought. Enquire via post for further information. Send submissions to: Aucourant Records / Computer Music Series Artistic Director, Dr. R.S.Thompson Care of - Aucourant Records P.O.Box 672902 MARIETTA, GEORGIA 30067-0049 USA *****************************************************************************A ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 07:52:00 EST From: Pedro Hernando Rozo Mora Subject: COLOMBIAN IN EMUSIC-L I want to know the names of Colombian (South American), that are in EMUSIC-L; I'm Colombian, I'm on ITEC(TELECOM). Santafe de Bogota; I'am Enginner Systems. I play piano and Guitar. Thanks. Pedro Rozo PROZO@ITECCOL ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 1994 01:11:31 +0100 From: Piet van Oostrum Subject: Computer Music bibliography There is a bibliography on synthesizers, midi, computer and electronic music that I have collected from various sources. I have tried to bring some structure into it, but not all books will fit into a single subject. NOTE: I haven't read these books, and the comments are from other people. The latest version of this file can be obtained by ftp from ftp.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.17] in pub/MIDI/DOC/bibliography or by mail from mail-server@cs.ruu.nl (send a message with HELP in the body). From the mail-server the filename without pub/ should be used. The latest monthly version is also available in the various news.answers archives around the world, in music/midi/bibliography. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 16:37:40 -0500 From: Joe McMahon Subject: EMUSIC-L goes WWW Directly-connected Internet users: Announcing the new EMUSIC-L WWW site. Mosaic users can now access the EMUSIC-L anonymous FTP site via the World Wide Web. Currently, we have a hypertext version of Piet van Oostrum's FTP sites list which will take you directly to any of the sites with a single click, and a goodly collection of synth reviews and miscellanea from the old rec.music.synth newsgroup. I am working on hypertext indices into the back issues; perhaps we'll be able to make the archives searchable as well. The URL is "http://stjohn.gsfc.nasa.gov/EMUSIC-L/welcome.html". If that doesn't mean anything to you, you probably can't use it. --- Joe M. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 11:04:11 GMT From: JOEL STERN Subject: GRAHAME CD OUT I was asked by someone on the MIDI users group whatchmacallit BBS to put the following info out on the internet, which I am pleased to do: James Grahame has begun mailing out his completed Analog Synth audio sampling CDs to people who ordered them. Part of the hold-up occurred because he discovered at the last moment that one of the sound contributors had submitted commercial samples. Thirteen minutes worth of samples had to be excised from the completed master tape. As a personal note, I received mine last week and I'm very happy with the quality and variety of samples on the disk. For $30 I'm sure you can't beat it. Anyone who's interested in getting a copy can call James on (306) 757-5706 or (306) 536-3342 (days). Joel Stern stern@mail.loc.gov j.stern11@genie.geis.com tel:301-588-8061 fax:301-585-7642 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Feb 1994 10:33:00 EST From: Don Vincent Subject: Is there a K2000 user group? I have seen posts to this list about a K2000 discussion group on the internet. How/where do I join? Thanks, Don V. email address: don_vincent@unc.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Feb 1994 10:27:50 -0400 From: FNELSON@OCVAXA.CC.OBERLIN.EDU Subject: job posting NOTICE OF FACULTY VACANCY IN ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER MUSIC The Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College invites applications for a non-continuing, full-time position in the Technology in Music and Related Arts Program (TIMARA) for the first and second semesters, 1994-95. The Conservatory of Music is AmericaUs oldest school dedicated to the training of professional musicians. Founded in 1865, it was the first college-affiliated conservatory in the United States. Its students are enrolled in undergraduate programs leading to the Bachelor of Music in performance, composition, music education, music history, historical performance, electronic and computer music, and jazz studies; graduate programs leading to a master of music in conducting, historical performance, opera theater, master of music education, or master of music in teaching. Performance and artist diplomas are also offered. The Conservatory and College have earned national reputations of excellence based upon the quality of the student body (drawn from every state in the union and abroad), fine faculty, and excellent facilities. The TIMARA Program offers a four-year curriculum leading to a Bachelor of Music degree in electronic and computer music. There are two full time teaching faculty, a full time music engineer, and a part time teacher of studio recording. There are 25-30 majors. The individual appointed will have general responsibility for and will perform the following specific duties: 1. Teaching courses in analog and digital sound synthesis, computer music software, and multi-track recording techniques. 2. Participation in meetings and activities of the TIMARA Program Committee and the Conservatory of Music. Qualifications include: 1. Advanced degree. A doctorate in composition or computer music is preferred but persons nearing completion of a doctorate will also be considered. 2. Demonstrated experience and achievement in digital and analog signal processing, sound synthesis, computer programming, and composition. 3. Experience with interactive computer music systems in performance. Interested persons should submit credentials to Karen L. Wolff, Dean, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio 44074. All credentials should be postmarked by March 1, 1994 to ensure consideration. Those received after that date will be considered until the position is filled. The appointment will be made at the rank of Instructor or Assistant Professor. Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 14:02:41 -0800 From: metlay Subject: Re: job posting Gary Nelson writes: >NOTICE OF FACULTY VACANCY >IN ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER MUSIC > >The Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College invites >applications for a non-continuing, full-time position in the >Technology in Music and Related Arts Program (TIMARA) >for the first and second semesters, 1994-95. Oh, man, my alma mater...every once in a while I wish I went ahead and got that music degree.... (and Gary is quietly thanking God that I didn't....just kidding, Gary! :) -- mike metlay * atomic city * box 81175 pgh pa 15217-0675 * metlay@netcom.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Connellion to the nutput jaek." (o.c.r. attempting to grok xpander manual) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 09:33:31 -0500 From: Joe McMahon Subject: Just a passing note The gentleman (using the term loosely) who posted the ad about his new album for the second time the other day was kind enough to send me a letter in reply to my second request to stop in which, among other things, I was characterized as an "imbecile". I leave it to you to draw your own conclusions as to whether or not you wish to purchase his album. Don't bother to send him mail; he obviously doesn't care about anyone else's opinion. Does anyone wonder why I sometimes contemplate yanking the netnews feed and restricting posting only to subscribers? --- Joe M. (EMUSIC-L listowner and resident imbecile) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 15:21:55 -0600 From: Arne Claassen ISE Subject: Re: Just a passing note > The gentleman (using the term loosely) who posted the ad about his new > album for the second time the other day was kind enough to send me letter > in reply to my second request to stop in which, among other things, I was > characterized as an "imbecile". > > I leave it to you to draw your own conclusions as to whether or not you > wish to purchase his album. Don't bother to send him mail; he obviously > doesn't care about anyone else's opinion. > > Does anyone wonder why I sometimes contemplate yanking the netnews feed and > restricting posting only to subscribers? > > --- Joe M. (EMUSIC-L listowner and resident imbecile) REASONS for only scanning comp.music & r.m.m.s instead of posting a lot: Random access by anyone with a netnews feed. Incredibly low S/N ratio. Joe, please register my vote to yank netnews feed. I don't believe it offers any sort of support to us. BY the way, feel free to flame me, if net news is your only access to this group. But if everyone that is actively using this list is an actual mail subscriber, then kill the news. just another IMHO... -- Arne F. Claassen |"In cows we trust | EPS Classic * D4 | E pluribus Moo" | Juno 106 | MTV for eMpty minds | Mac Centris 650 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 17:27:57 GMT From: Jens Blanke Subject: KLANGWIND: request for sounds For our project KLANGWIND at the International Multimedia Workshop 'Island Project', Gdansk, Poland, we are looking for short pieces of electroacoustic sound samples from as many countries as possible. In order to reflect the international character ('Hanseatic League') of this project, we propose: Make a record of ten spoken words from your local radio station, process them by computer programs, effect machines, scissors & tape or treat them by any means you like (or none at all) and send them to us: either mail: an audio cassette or DAT-cassette (48 kHz) to Andreas Plass, Waterloostr. 61, D-28201 Bremen, Germany, or email: a short soundfile (less than 2 MB) preferred in SD- (Digidesign) or AIF-format to plass@neuron.physik.uni-bremen.de or I18L@.zfn.uni-bremen.de KLANGWIND is an outside sound sculpture consisting a larger number of small loudspeakers arranged on a circle. They are playing your material, which is copied onto looped tapes. The direction and properties of the sound are influenced by the wind which is registrated by a wind recorder on an antenna in the centre of the circle. Our KLANGWIND project is presented at the International Multimedia Workshop 'Island Project' in Gdansk, Poland, 24. May - 14. June 94, which is part of the Ars Baltica. Several installations are built on the granary island which is localized in the centre of Gdansk. This place used to be in the past a unique district of more than hundred granaries being a centre of intensive trading. Now it is in a state of ruin and many buildings and structures are in disarray. It has been forgotten until now, when it has become a point of lively interest of city authorities that wish to localize here a bank and hotel centre. During the last ten years the Gallery Wyspa has used the granary island as a place for exhibitions, actions, performances and other cultural activities. We are interested to support an attempt to reconstruct the cultural identity of the island of granaries. We are Nina Beckmann, Jens Blanke, Andreas Plass (sculptures, live music, electronics) building sound sculptures since 1991. contact Nina Beckmann, Av. de la gare, F-30190 St. Genies de Malgoire, phone/fax (11.00 am to 1.00 pm GMT): (+0033) 66817675 Jens Blanke, I18L@.zfn.uni-bremen.de Andreas Plass, Waterloostr. 61, D-28201 Bremen, phone: (+0049) 0421-553380 plass@neuron.physik.uni-bremen.de ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Feb 1994 14:39:11 +0100 From: Piet van Oostrum Subject: Midi files/software archives on the Internet There is a list of ftp and mail server archives with MIDI documentation, programs and music on the Internet. Also enclosed is a list of MIDI and electronic music related mailing lists. The latest version of this file can be obtained by ftp from ftp.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.17] in pub/MIDI/DOC/archives or by mail from mail-server@cs.ruu.nl (send a message with HELP in the body). From the mail-server the filename without pub/ should be used. The latest monthly version is also available in the various news.answers archives around the world, in music/midi/archives. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 11:55:37 GMT From: Heini Withagen Subject: MIDI GS sequences available The following MIDI GS sequences are available: - Go West by the Pet Shop Boys - Follow you, Follow me by Genesis - St. Elsewhere (theme song) They can be obtained through the WWW MIDI Home Page from http://www.eeb.ele.tue.nl or by anonymous ftp from ftp.urc.tue.nl in the /pub/midi directory. The MIDI Home page also contains other GS sequences and more general information about MIDI. More to come soon....... -- Heini Withagen Dep. of Elec. Engineering EH 9.29 Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513 Phone: 31-40472366 5600 MB Eindhoven Fax: 31-40455674 The Netherlands E-mail: heiniw@eeb.ele.tue.nl URL: http://www.eeb.ele.tue.nl/persons/heini.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Feb 1994 19:30:19 GMT From: Feigenbaum Subject: New IUMA Info :) IUMA INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------- .___ ____ ___ _____ _____ | | | \ \ / _ \ the net's first free hi-fi music archive | | | / Y \/ /_\ \ .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. | | | / | \ | \ The Internet Underground Music Archive |___|______/____|__ /___|__ / bands/music/artists/images/bubbles ===================\/=======\/============================================ _Information File version 1.5, Last updated February 1, 1994_ contact: ianc@sunsite.unc.edu IUMA or IUMA 99 Mill Road 217 Highland Ave, Suite #3 Santa Cruz, California 95064 Santa Cruz, California 95060 (408) 457-891 Since November 1993, the Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA) has provided music distribution on the Internet by compressing audio into the internationally standardized MPEG Audio format. With the Internet experiencing tremendous growth (20 million current users and hundreds of thousands users added each month) we expect the Internet Underground Music Archive to be accessible to the majority of people with computers by the late 1990s. Our goal is to maintain a publically accessible, fast Internet site that archives the music, artwork and text of any musician, group or band that wishes their music to be internationally and freely distributed. The site is currently located: _________________________________________________________________ * by _Mosaic, lynx, etc. : http://sunsite.unc.edu/ianc/ * by _WWW_: http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/ianc/index.html * by _FTP_: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/electronic-publications/IUMA * by _gopher_: sunsite.unc.edu + 5. Worlds of SunSITE + 3. Browse all SunSite Archives + 10. electronic-publications + 2. IUMA _________________________________________________________________ To have your music made available, it must be: * a) _ORIGINAL_ --- cover songs are not legal even though no money is involved. Feh, we don't like it, but we will abide. * b) _COPYRIGHTED_ --- this protects the artist making covers of the song illegal. We have info about copyrighting in the /IUMA/info/copyright directory. Use the word "Copyright" not "(c)" because at least one "legal expert" expressed that since the letter 'c' is not fully circled, courts might not "recognize" it as a copyright symbol. * c) _FREELY DISTRIBUTABLE_ - that means anyone can freely copy it, and freely copy it for anyone they like. Oftentimes software authors allow their 'ware' to be distributed this way but demand/suggest/plead that you mail them a check (usually far below what an equivalent commerical product would cost). The concept is coined "Shareware". You may, in your textfile, demand that after one week of playing that a listener must either play your recording at the highest possible volume or send a check/postcard/picture-of-them-as-a-child to you. They may choose to ignore your feeble demand. Commerical music is not "freely distributible" because it "belongs" to a label or publisher. The IUMA has recently courted some legal experts who will be creating legal templates ranging from a Public Domain Statement to an All Rights Reserved And I Mean It Statement for bands and artists to choose from. We also are authoring a policy that states any music on the IUMA is freely distributable _only_ in its native form and _only_ for no cost unless we, the IUMA project leaders, give written permission. This prevents the potential problem of one day finding your song on an audio CD without the being paid while allowing the inclusion of your song on a computer CD-ROM or on a "mirror site" (a Internet site that maintains a copy of the IUMA site) for further distribution or archival purposes. _________________________________________________________________ Clear? Well anyway, here's what to send: 5 MINUTES OF AUDIO Choose one song recorded using the highest possible fidelity. We will accept DATs, CD, cassettes and vinyl. Our tape deck has settings for normal bias, high bias, metal cassetes and DNR B and C. 8-1/2 BY 11 INCHES Photographs, artwork, "cybersleeve," finger paintings, what have you with high contrast for best scanning results. Black and white results in smaller file sizes which is good for the Net. Any text other than artistic text belongs in the textfile, not above nor below the image. If you wish, you may also send a PC or Macintosh disk with the image in any common format. Specify PC or Mac on the disk itself. 2 8-1/2 BY 11 INCH SIDES OF TEXT Whether or not someone on the net grabs a copy of your music/art will pivot on this text because it is likely to their first contact with you. Tell the potential listener about the musical style, your influences or if you were sober, ha ha, your location, how long the band has been playing together, your favorite live performance memories, your favorite farm animal, the song's lyrics, et al. Please begin with the name of the band and the title of the song. Please make a list of names of the musicians and what they played. If you want your image to be placed somewher other than above the text, indicate where it should be inserted. IMPORTANT: This would be the right place to include an address for mailing lists/fan clubs/groupies, advertise for a full demo tape, or beg for patronage . Again, you may send a PC or Macintosh disk with text in any common format if you wish to save us the trouble of typing it up. If you send a handwritten note, please write legibly. A TWO SENTENCE SUMMARY Just like the textfile above, but _focus_ on the musical style of your music. Here's an example by the group Deth Specula, "Deth Specula is a five-man, guitar-oriented, neo-retro band from Santa Cruz and plays both originals and covers. To quote Thomas Jefferson, '... they rule ....'" A PERSONAL NOTE TO IUMA If your tape has more than one song on it, tell us in the note which one you want digitized. Don't make us choose, like many have, you may regret it, like many have. So that we may process and cross-index your music properly, please specify: * _Music genre_ (i.e. Experimental, Folk, Indie-Rock) * Feel free to be explicitly unusual or common. * _ Location_ (i.e. Santa Cruz, California, USA) * _ Approx. length of the song _(i.e. 4 minutes) * _ Mono/Stereo (i.e. recorded in stereo) _ Please include phone numbers, times we can reach you in an emergency, and a single name and mailing address. If you have an email address, fax number, etc. include it as well. Any special recording instructions belong in the note such as "use a Dolby Noise Reduction B" or "feel free to convert the song to mono." NO MONEY AT THIS TIME BUT DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED. DONORS RECEIVE FIRST PRIORITY. The IUMA is run by people dedicated to worldwide distribution of otherwise obscure bands and artists. Donations pay for not only the digitizing, compressing, scanning and typing, but also for the maintanence and management of IUMA as a whole. You can safely assume that we spend about an hour to process, upload, and archive your song, artwork and textfile. We think US$20 is not asking too much. Foreign currency is encouraged as it would be interesting. Checks should be payable to IUMA and are not tax-deductible. We do have an /incoming directory for those on the Internet who can perform their own conversion. However, we must insist that you compress your audio into the MPEG II audio format, perform the audio digitizing with true CD fidelity (44.1kHz, 16bit, Stereo or Mono, -90dB SNR) and that you submit files according the specifications described above. If you need to have anything returned, please enclose a self-addressed, prepaid, protective envelope. We'd prefer to keep your "master recording" in our file cabinet due to the fast and furious changes occuring in audio compression and our site itself. If you have special needs email ianc@sunsite.unc.edu or use the address and telephone number above. If you represent a label or more than a single artist, please email/write/call us to discuss arrangements. We look forward to hearing your music on the Net. Sincerely, Robert Lord, Jeff Patterson ianc@sunsite.unc.edu FTP: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/electronic-publications/IUMA _______ ___ ___ ___ ___ ______ /\______\\__\ /\__\/\__\_\ \/\_____\ \/__ __// / / / / / / / | Internet __/ / / / /_/ / / / /_/ / / /_| | Underground /\_\/ /_\ \ \_\/ / / / / / / ___ | Music Archive \/______/ \______/\/__/ \_/\/__/ |__| Internet Underground Music Archive 217 Highland Court, Suite #3 Santa Cruz, California 95060 Telephone: (408) 457-8910 or (408) 429-5476 -- KLong-kevitech@netcom.com ianc@sunsite.unc.edu .___ ____ ___ _____ _____ | | | \ \ / _ \ the net's first hi-fi music archive | | | / Y \/ /_\ \ .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. | | | / | \ | \ The Internet Underground Music Archive |___|______/____|__ /___|__ / bands/music/labels/images/bubbles ===================\/=======\/============================================ ftp sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/electronic-publications/IUMA -[rP]- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 10:28:02 -0500 From: Joe McMahon Subject: Working out the kinks... I got a message from Phil Jones in which he told me that accessing the EMUSIC-L Mosaic page got something which resembled the Bellman's map: a complete blank. Careful examination found a missing bracket on one of the keywords, which was causing the entire document to be interpreted as part of the title. Oh well. It's fixed now, and verified from an X Mosaic client on another machine. (Thanks, Phil.) Enjoy, and please let me know what else you'd like to see there. Perhaps we might be able to set up a distribution point for people to send me URLs to point to pages describing albums with cover art and sound bites, or something like that. (No need for ads at all then.) --- Joe M. ------------------------------ End of the EMUSIC-L Digest ******************************