June Solstice 2018 live streaming event

[PHOBoS]

Just another month and it will be summer (or winter) again so as usual we'll be celebrating the solstice with a live streaming event.

The event will be on electro-music radio on Saturday June 23th 2018.
It will probably start at 15:00 GMT and end at 00:00 GMT but we can extend the timing if there are enough people signing up.

Stream ops please respond if you're able to help switch and what time range you are available.
No really, it would be nice to have some more people to help with switching duties.

As always, if you are interested in performing, please copy/paste this Sign-Up template and post in this thread:

1. Preferred Start Time* (Please use GMT/Military Time):
2. Set Length (30 or 60 minutes):
3. Artist Name (For displaying on the poster):
4. Chat Name (if different from artist/forum name):
5. Location (City/State/Country - Optional):
6. Description (Style/Genre/Equipment, etc. - Optional):
7. Website Address:
8. Anything else you like to mention:

*a time window would also be very helpful but I will try my best to give everyone their prefered time slot.
For reference, this clock could be useful:



I will update the schedule along the way and it can be found at the wiki page for this event.

First Time Streamers Please Read:

Please review the Electro Music Copyright Policy

Please note: "Preferred Start Time". We will do the best that we can to accommodate people to their requested times. However, please be flexible because this event will have European and American musicians in many different time zones. Time slots will be on a semi-"first come-first served" basis. Furthermore, please post your time in GMT. The handy clock should make it simple. However, we do use military/24 hour time. It will undoubtedly be an international event and GMT is the only way to coordinate such events.

As in the past, the chat room will serve as an invaluable communication tool for set up, streaming, and connecting to those listening....and it's just a lot of silly fun! I suggest participants get familiar with it in advance, if you aren't already.

If you want a recording of your set, it would be prudent to record your own set, rather than depend on others. Accidents and mistakes happen...especially in this format. There are many ways to record your set, either thru the stream app or record your stream from your mixer on the signal path to the computer.

Performers MUST stream at 128 kbps, 44.1 kHz , stereo.
more info about broadcasting on radio.electro-music.com can be found here.

It is IMPERATIVE that everyone test their connections before we start streaming. At least 24 hours before but sooner is preferred. Sorry, but we can not guarantee that musicians will be allowed to stream if you do not test 24 hours before hand. Not only does it delay the schedule, but causes unneeded stress on performer, server operator, and audience during performance time. Join the chat room for testing and help setting up.

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[Skrog Productions]

1. Preferred Start Time* (Please use GMT/Military Time): afternoon or earlyish evening.
2. Set Length (30 or 60 minutes): 30mins.
3. Artist Name (For displaying on the poster):Epicyclus.
4. Chat Name (if different from artist/forum name):Skrog Productions.
5. Location (City/State/Country - Optional):Southern Scotland.
6. Description (Style/Genre/Equipment, etc. - Optional): Sea-quencers & poly pads & yellow drum synth.



Thanks for setting up Phobos


Dave.

[shanemorris]

[Blue Hell]

Ok, I could secure the date, thanks to my sister

1. Preferred Start Time* (Please use GMT/Military Time): not silly late
2. Set Length (30 or 60 minutes): can do 30 or 60
3. Artist Name (For displaying on the poster): Blue Hell
4. Chat Name (if different from artist/forum name): Jan
5. Location (City/State/Country - Optional): the Netherlands
6. Description (Style/Genre/Equipment, etc. - Optional): I do not know yet
7. Website Address: www.bluehell.nl
8. Anything else you like to mention: I can do stream opping

Signup people, it's nearly sold out

[chupchups]

Dear all!
here is my wish ))))

1. Preferred Start Time* (Please use GMT/Military Time): between 15:00 and 18:00
2. Set Length (30 or 60 minutes): 60' would be perfect
3. Artist Name (For displaying on the poster): SMAO
4. Chat Name (if different from artist/forum name): chupchups
5. Location (City/State/Country - Optional): The Alps in France.
6. Description (Style/Genre/Equipment, etc. - Optional): Electro Groovy
7. Website Address: https://smaolab.org
8. Anything else you like to mention: nope ))

Best regards !

[Acoustic Interloper]

[Acoustic Interloper]

1. Preferred Start Time* (Please use GMT/Military Time): Near the end.
2. Set Length (30 or 60 minutes): 30
3. Artist Name (For displaying on the poster): Acoustic Interloper
4. Chat Name (if different from artist/forum name): Acoustic Interloper
5. Location (City/State/Country - Optional): Lower Jebip
6. Description (Style/Genre/Equipment, etc. - Optional): Take Cover, Part II
7. Website Address: http://faculty.kutztown.edu/parson/music
8. Anything else you like to mention:
The piece is anchored using the same melody as *Take Cover* in the electro-music NYE webcast of 2009-2010. For that I used my Godin xtsa MIDI guitar & Scrabble-to-MIDI for accompaniment. For this I am redoing the instrumentation (zero-input mixers and a couple of banjos) and using acoustic instrument backing tracks morphed in Live 9. Also using a melody written by my son Jeremy that we played in the Kutztown University Planetarium in September 2011.

[Appliancide*]

Hello.

1. Preferred Start Time* (Please use GMT/Military Time): I would prefer to play at the beginning (15:00 or 15:30 GMT), but can accommodate any time.
2. Set Length (30 or 60 minutes): 30 minutes
3. Artist Name (For displaying on the poster): Appliancide
4. Chat Name (if different from artist/forum name): Appliancide*
5. Location (City/State/Country - Optional): Fargo, ND USA
6. Description (Style/Genre/Equipment, etc. - Optional): Equipment is modular synthesizer (mostly DIY), a circuit bent gadget or two, and whatever else I need to fill 30 minutes. Genre: stumblecore, dork-electro, noise-adjacent.
7. Website Address: http://appliancide.blogspot.com/ and https://soundcloud.com/appliancide (both woefully out of date)
8. Anything else you like to mention: It's ok to make chili with beans in it

[mosc]

1. Preferred Start Time* (Please use GMT/Military Time): 2200 (Usual time)
2. Set Length (30 or 60 minutes): 60
3. Artist Name (For displaying on the poster): Twyndyllyngs (Mosc and Fox)
4. Chat Name (if different from artist/forum name):
5. Location (City/State/Country - Optional): Allentown, Pennsylvania
6. Description (Style/Genre/Equipment, etc. - Optional): Electronic Chamber Music
7. Website Address:
8. Anything else you like to mention: We are starting to mix modular (Moog, Eurorack, VCVrack) with keyboards, Roli Seaboard and guitar; not to mention we are huge fans of iPads - computers, not so much.

Thanks to Phobos for organizing this event.

[AlBaldwin]

1. Preferred Start Time (Please use GMT/Military Time): 1700 or any time between 1400 and 1700
2. Set Length (30 or 60 minutes): 30
3. Artist Name (For displaying on the poster): Pallid Mask
4. Chat Name (if different from artist/forum name): Al Baldwin
5. Location (City/State/Country - Optional): Severna MD, USA
6. Description (Style/Genre/Equipment, etc. - Optional): Textural / experimental using Continuum, Modular, FolkTek, and an assortment of other weird gear.

[paugui]

Count me in for this one as well!

1. Preferred Start Time* (Please use GMT/Military Time): 19:00
2. Set Length (30 or 60 minutes): 60 minutes
3. Artist Name (For displaying on the poster): Paulo Santos
4. Chat Name (if different from artist/forum name): paugui
5. Location (City/State/Country - Optional): Somewhere...
6. Description (Style/Genre/Equipment, etc. - Optional): Experimental ambients
7. Website Address: http://synth-ing.blogspot.com
8. Anything else you like to mention:

[tbruce]

1. Preferred Start Time* (Please use GMT/Military Time): 3 PM GMT onward
2. Set Length (30 or 60 minutes): 30mins.
3. Artist Name (For displaying on the poster):DFLT
4. Chat Name (if different from artist/forum name):Tbruce
5. Location (City/State/Country - Optional):Ithaca, NY, USA
6. Description (Style/Genre/Equipment, etc. - Optional): Bunch of iPads and some stuff that rattles and creaks.

[ewblank]

Hi there

Eric from Balloon Marsupials, here.

I'm a little late to the party.... but if there are time slots still available, we'd like to participate.

Here's our info:

1. Preferred Start Time* (Please use GMT/Military Time): 7:00
2. Set Length (30 or 60 minutes): 60
3. Artist Name (For displaying on the poster): Balloon Marsupials
4. Chat Name (if different from artist/forum name): ewblank
5. Location (City/State/Country - Optional): Montreal, Canada
6. Description (Style/Genre/Equipment, etc. - Optional): Electro-Psychedelic
7. Website Address: balloonmarsupials.com
8. Anything else you like to mention: rock on!

Please let me know - thanks!
Eric

[EscapeVelocity]

I would like to participate and go early if possible.

1. Preferred Start Time* (Please use GMT/Military Time): before 17 UTC
2. Set Length (30 or 60 minutes): 30
3. Artist Name (For displaying on the poster): EscapeVelocity
4. Chat Name (if different from artist/forum name): EscapeVelocity
5. Location (City/State/Country - Optional): State College, PA
6. Description (Style/Genre/Equipment, etc. - Optional): Sequencer and ambient
7. Website Address:
8. Anything else you like to mention:

[PHOBoS]

I updated the schedule with all the signups so far, you can find it here.
There might be some changes if there are more people signing up but please check if assigned time slots are convenient.

Thanks everyone who signed up sofar, these events wouldn't be possible without you.

[AlanP]

If there's a spare halfhour, I'll have a whack.

1. Preferred Start Time* (Please use GMT/Military Time): Whatever's free

2. Set Length (30 or 60 minutes):30m

3. Artist Name (For displaying on the poster): AlanP
5. Location (City/State/Country - Optional): NZ
6. Description (Style/Genre/Equipment, etc. - Optional): Most likely a bit shonky

7. Website Address: http://alanp.info/

[PHOBoS]

There's always room for some shonky bits from NZ

[schugo]

1. Preferred Start Time*: any
2. Set Length: any (60 preferred)
3. Artist Name: Schugosonic
4. Chat Name: d|ver
5. Location: Germany
6. Description: ElectroFunk, House, Breakbeats, Techno, MOD/SID, Experimental
7. Website Address: http://mod.schugo.de/

[Acoustic Interloper]

No one to check my port 8088 at the moment, but as long as I have electricity, that's never been a problem. Apparently our ISP is good for something!

Below is my pic to use for this event. I am using the same melody as the one that Jeremy Parson wrote for our September 2011 planetarium gig, with Michael O'Bannon on visuals. Stefan "Antimon" Blixt once posted that he really liked the bass line in this recording, which was a loop of Jeremy's Fender Strat run through an octave pedal, so I recorded a walking acoustic bass line in honor of Antimon as one of my backing tracks for next Saturday's event. There is also my solo set from when someone canceled their set at electro-music 2011 a few days later, at the end of Friday night, very different arrangement.

Next weekend's is a completely new arrangement driven by this melody. I have been playing with dogs around my feet before bedtime for the last few weeks, hit the Record button when things were going well, so this gig is 3 different prerecorded performances, adjusted only for levels & stitched together. I wasn't satisfied with my March Solstice completely improvised set, so when things started flowing over the last few weeks I figured, what the hell?

PHOBoS, this full set lasts 35:30, so if I have the final set of the event and you want to let me run on another 5 minutes 30 seconds, there is some worthwhile stuff in there. If that doesn't work, I'll just fade out at 30 minutes & post the full set the next day. Thank you so much!

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[pertho711ljp]

I think I will try this...

Preferred time: any
Set time: 30 minutes
Artist name: pertho711ljp
Location: Rochester New York USA
Description: Dark Ambient/electronic/industrial
Website: https://footandmouthdisease.bandcamp.com/

[schugo]

need an image? (evilgrin

[ewblank]

Hey folks

Really looking forward to the live stream on Saturday!

In the spirit of fair play - I do want to mention that due to some scheduling issues (aka - family obligations!) all 3 members of Balloon Marsupials were not available on Saturday afternoon (EST)....

So we are going to record our hour of performance on Friday night and stream the recording on Saturday. I hope this isn't considered cheating ;-)

Cheers
Eric

[PHOBoS]

That's ok, I am glad Balloon Marsupials will still perform eventhough it isn't live

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[Blue Hell]

Thanks for stitching it all together PHOBoS - the programme and the switching schedule look, respectively, great and okay to me

Working on patches here

[AlBaldwin]

Updated to BUTT 0.1.16. Tested on 8132 at 10:00 p.m. eastern. All systems go.