Handmade Music
2:00 - 5:00 pm
FREE
December 16, 2007
at the Openhouse Gallery, 201 Mulberry Street, NYC

Hosted by createdigitalmusic.com, Make Magazine, and Etsy.com
* Featured Performance: Mister Resistor Ensemble from Parsons
* Free Workshop: Soldering-free Sonic Electronics for Beginners, with
Peter Kirn and PAiA (paia.com); free kits (limited availability)
* Open musical show-and-tell

Handmade Music is a semi-regular event hosted by
createdigitalmusic.com, Etsy.com, and Make Magazine celebrating DIY
music creation. It's a party, performance, and show-and-tell for
musicians who build their own expressive tools, in hardware,
instruments, and software.

This month is headlined by the Mister Resistor student ensemble from
Parsons, featuring instruments constructed by cassette tape,
microchips, oatmeal boxes, and much more. Ensemble director Ranjit
Bhatnagar has already wowed audiences with musical robots and ironing
boards, and now shows off what his students have been doing.

To help newcomers learn how to make their own creations, Create
Digital Music's Peter Kirn will lead off with a workshop on musical
electronics, with free kits from PAiA Corporation that uses pencil
markings to produce circuits. (No soldering required, so total
beginners can give it a try. Kits for the project are free, on a first-
come, first-served basis.) Throughout the afternoon, New York's top
musical makers will meet and display their creations.

Everyone is welcome, from curious visitors to those bringing in-
progress projects of their own.

RSVP to:
rsvp@etsy.com