Joshua Van Tassel

If you’ve read this blog before, then you know I have an on going love affair with sounds of all kinds. Something I love to do is record regular everyday sounds and sneak them into my music making by flipping or reversing or destroying them. Sometimes though, I come across sounds that are just really interesting on their own. Like washing my plastic cutting board. It sounds like a combination between a thunder storm and a spaceship taking off. Today,I love it.

In honor of the 75th birthday of scotch tape, here’s a onepiecepiece made from a roll of the good stuff that we all know and love. Apparently to save money back in the day, 3M used to only put adhesive on the outside edges of the tape, leaving the middle completely bare. We’re lucky people folks.

My good friend Linda gave me a neato little stove top espresso maker last night, and I’m happy. Unlike a bodum however, these things need a little more attention while the coffee making is happening. I discovered this when I heard what sounded like an angry snake pit in my kitchen, and saw steaming black gold pouring forth from the spout. Lesson learned. here’s a one piece piece in honour of my new little steel friend. We’ll work things out I’m sure.

There was coffee in here that was a year old. I cleaned it, used it, and now I see colors I didn’t know existed.

or the fact that I’m trying to make music out of a piece of cloth, but today’s piece just wasn’t happening. I usualy give myself 30 minutes to do these things, and it just didn’t seem like enough today. That’s what I get for trusting a wannabe oven mitt. Here’s part of what came out of it……

….setting up a mic and checking it, and decided that would be enough to make something. It’s friday, it’s been a busy week and I have nothing more to say. Check it.Check.