dave watkins
  • home
  • sounds
  • videos
  • photos
  • studio
  • DMFW
  • shows
  • links

it's Birds

7/11/2018

0 Comments

 
Good news everyone! On June 7th I premiered a new sounds installation at the Valentine Museum. I was supposed to uninstall it June 22nd, but due to popular demand it will remain for at least the rest of the summer! Below is a little preview and artistic statement:
It's Birds is a multi-channel sound installation that takes the sonic sensibilities from Watkins's 2017 music release Respite and both deconstructs and expands its elements into a site specific piece. It utilizes synthesized sounds and heavily processed stringed instruments to maintain a meditative auditory experience while providing it's listeners a different experience depending on their relation to the speakers, and embraces the randomization of un-synchronized audio loops to create an experience that doesn't repeat the same way twice throughout its duration. Lastly it's also a lighthearted sonic jab at the terrifying bird sounds being amplified at the nearby John Marshall Courts Building. It asks: if it's possible to amplify actual bird sounds and cause repulsion, is it possible to amplify synthesized bird sounds and cause bliss? 
0 Comments

DUMB Watier - Heck

7/3/2018

0 Comments

 
The new Dumb Waiter is out now! tracked at Gallery5 and mixed at my new studio space in Scott's Addition, we then handed this jammer off to Colin Marston for mastering. It's totally bonkers. give it a listen.
0 Comments
    Picture
    I am a musician, engineer, luthier and audio/visual artist currently residing in 
    Richmond, Virginia.

    Thank you for being here.
    Thank you for listening.
    You can find me on stage coaxing any number of sounds out of my homemade electric dulcitars in conjunction with assorted effects, looping mechanisms and sometimes sound reactive video projections.

    You can find me behind the scenes recording the music of fellow Richmond area artists in a addition to my own musical works.  

    I also work full time for
     Richmond Ballet as A/V supervisor and do freelance theatrical sound and projection design from time to time.

    Archives

    March 2022
    October 2020
    July 2018
    August 2017
    August 2016
    October 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    March 2014
    June 2013
    July 2012
    May 2012
    December 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    August 2010
    June 2010
    May 2010
    November 2009

    Categories

    All
    Art
    Colloquial Orchestra
    Dave Watkins
    Design
    Dulcitar
    Music
    New Album
    Richmond
    Rva
    Rva Music

    RSS Feed

All content © 2023 Dave Watkins unless otherwise noted