Well, yesterday was one of those emotionally charged days, where certain events point you down a new and scary path--and saying ‘no thank you’ is simply not an option.
Within an hour I was offered a CD and online distribution deal and received a phone call from the college, informing me that my teaching services would no longer be required--just weeks before the quarter is about to start. Then, this morning, I got another distribution offer for my entire catalog.
During my initial existential crisis about the whole thing, my wonderful, loving, and supportive wife said, “What? Are you waiting for god to come down and TELL you to follow this new path, to give you permission to follow your innate nature?” OK. Here I go!
About Me
- Ryan Gregory Tallman
- Ryan Gregory Tallman is an experimental electroacoustic composer, multi-instrumentalist, and improviser. His works incorporate “sharp, piercing tones, atmospheric effects, and sinister static,” and blend “wind-like gristle noise, harsh mid tones, and wobbling drones.” His Haunted Tapes “explore timbre and space using finely focused beams of sound.” Most recently, Muscle Memories has been hailed as “a succeeded experiment of different genres . . . with influences of power electronics, noise rhythms, and even resemblances with Pan Sonic.” Tallman has performed with Fred Firth, Pauline Oliveros, Amanda Schoffs, Roscoe Mitchell, Daniel Menche, and his interdisciplinary collaborations include compositions for the San Francisco choreographer, Melissa Payne. He has released recordings through Petcord, Isolationism Records, Subspine Records, Important Records, as well as over 20 independent, self-released albums. Tallman's work ranges from harsh noise and power electronics to sound art installations and processed, ambient acoustic sounds. Tallman, whose performances and recordings span from the savage and possessed to the subdued and immersive.
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