national sawdust

After several years of delays and countless months of preparation, Music in the Constellation at National Sawdust is finally here.

Before I hop on the flight to NYC, we need one final sound check. Move everything into a different room and see if we have everything needed to make beautiful music…

Of course, we can’t actually HEAR anything so for now we’ll just need to be sure the flux capacitor is… fluxing.

I’ve heard there are decaffeinated brands on the market that are as tasty as the real thing. In this case, not so much.

What’s this? I have a package, you say? Just in time…

Greg discusses the compositional advantages of working with different audio configurations.

Music in the Constellation: An In-Person Immersive Audio Experience, The Future Is… Festival June 11th, 2022 at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, NY

The Future Is… festival at National Sawdust is coming THIS June and features an immersive audio concert I’ve been creating since 2019.

Tickets are available here.

Well, we did it. We fully maxed out all the addressable channels in Sawdust’s custom Spacemap® system.

So many cables… but after some incredibly helpful support from folks who built this custom system…

The hall sang songs of pure joy. It was glorious!

It’s feeling quite “spring-ish” says the guy living in a snow-bound mountain cabin.

Tomorrow we setup and test the immersive audio playback system at National Sawdust for the first time. Fingers crossed.

This week Meyer Sound and National Sawdust announced a new partnership.

We’re talkin’ 86 high-resolution speakers and 16 subwoofers installed behind all of these beautiful wall and ceiling panels. I was fortunate to get a behind-the-scenes look at this amazing setup last month.

This is truly a one-of-a-kind performance space in NYC and some exciting things are in the works. Stay tuned…

George Crumb’s 90th birthday celebration concert took place this evening at National Sawdust in Brooklyn. His 90th birthday — can you believe it?

I was invited to view the premiere of a short documentary, experience the concert, and get introduced to their brand new Meyer Sound Constellation audio system.

Believe it or not, there are 102 magical speakers (86 full range + 16 subs) hiding behind those gorgeous wall and ceiling panels. Each one of them has me dreaming of possibilities…

The concert was a STUNNING success.

(I’ve been asked to mix and master the concert audio for the upcoming archival videos and I’ll update this post with links as soon as they’re available online.)