a few months ago

i performed a piece by spencer topel called

cyclone's needle

with the famed/illustrious/hilarious/wisconsin-native mike "the truth" truesdell

details on this can be found in

life of a percussionist part one, park two, and part three

discussing finding the instruments,

building them,

etc etc etc...

{here are a few photos from the process taken by the lovely jill steinberg}

{spending hours figuring out ways to suspend rebar... not really what i had in mind when i told my parents i wanted to play percussion in the 4th grade}

instruments included:

rebar

metal mixing bowls

water heater pans

ceramic tiles

metal nails

aluminum sheets

and all sounds were mutated in a computer system/technology thing that is some sort of 20th/21st century phenomenon about which i am not nearly educated enough.