1. How did you first get into Circuit Bending?
i was bored of standard sounds and especially sample cds and wanted to make something unique
i think i was talking to a pal of mine who does a lot of stuff on c64 and he mentioned circuit bending...
2. How important do you feel it is to have an understanding of true-theory electronics? Is the knowledge necessary to enable one to progress further into the art?
not sure really - i had a little bit of experiance from playing around with consoles... but not much else
just dived right in really
3. What factors do you think have contributed to the development and current state of the art?
i think reed ghazala's book has really help push the information out there, and also people getting more and
more sick of boring synth VST's, dull preset keyboard sound and sample cd sounds in commercial music
4. What do you think makes Circuit Bending such an easy access art form?
not sure how easy it is to just 'do' = u still have to persist and put a lot of effort in
5. Do you regularly make music or perform with your Circuit Bent instruments? Or is the thrill in the build?
i make music professionaly and the instruments i mess around with are incredibly useful -especially for generating sound fx for games
5. What do you think the future holds for Circuit Bending?
more experimentation with adding things like midi control
6. Reed Ghazala often mentions how body contacts can enable both an instrument and the player to become one entity – what is your opinion on this coming together of man and machine?
i think its a valid and very interesting point. it almost brings a bit of analog into the digital circuit
7. To what extent do you feel miniaturisation (both in circuit board and component design) has contributed to the development of the art?
not sure... might make it a bit more fiddly hehe
8. What are your opinions on people who Circuit Bend for financial reasons (eg people selling bent instruments on Ebay etc)? Do you think Circuit Bendings cottage industry could ever progress to more of a mass production type?
there is no problem at all in people selling their stuff - its up to them what they do with it.
i would say that you will always create more interesting sounds if you make the stuff yourself tho
9. Where do you see Circuit Bending in contemporary music?
oh its all over the place...
10. What first attracted you to Circuit Bending?
a need for original sounds and a willingness to experiment