{"id":3151,"date":"2012-04-01T07:12:09","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T11:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=3151"},"modified":"2012-04-01T07:12:09","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T11:12:09","slug":"for-elliott-sharp-musical-experimentation-was-inspired-by-shortwave-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/for-elliott-sharp-musical-experimentation-was-inspired-by-shortwave-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"For Elliott Sharp, musical experimentation was inspired by shortwave radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In the past, we’ve noted several artists and musicians who were inspired by the audible characteristics and sonic texture of shortwave radio (check out the Besnard Lakes<\/a> and Radius<\/a>, for example).<\/p>\n

Guitarist, Elliot Sharp, was inspired not only by the sonic qualities of shortwave radio, but also the mechanical qualities:<\/p>\n

(Source: the\u00a0Star Tribune<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Elliott Sharp does not believe in categories or conventions. It’s not that he’s trying to be rebellious. He’s just very curious — the kind of tinkerer who built a short-wave radio as a kid — and smart enough not to be deterred by artificial distinctions.<\/p>\n

…[H]e’s worked with a ridiculous array of musicians, ranging from such rockers as Sonic Youth and singer Debbie Harry, to jazz greats such as Jack DeJohnette, to the legendary Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and classical music’s groundbreaking Kronos Quartet.<\/p>\n

[…]Then there is the scientific side of Sharp’s brain. He grew up in Cleveland, where his father designed speakers and microphones. Already grounded in music from studying classical piano at age 6, he built a short-wave receiver at 11 and began experimenting with layers of noise.<\/p>\n

Later he would link music and mathematics. Some compositions, he said, use algorithmic approaches “derived from the workings of recombinant RNA and the dynamics of bird flocking and wolf packs.”<\/p>\n

He was also among the first musicians to deploy computers. The last of his three solo sets at the Walker will include “additional electronics and more free-ranging improvisation,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For more on Elliot Sharp, check out the full Star Tribune article<\/a> quoted above, or visit Sharp’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the past, we’ve noted several artists and musicians who were inspired by the audible characteristics and sonic texture of shortwave radio (check out the Besnard Lakes and Radius, for example). Guitarist, Elliot Sharp, was inspired not only by the sonic qualities of shortwave radio, but also the mechanical qualities: (Source: the\u00a0Star Tribune) Elliott Sharp […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[508,8,442],"tags":[1024,1025,1023,4100,512,611,4082],"class_list":["post-3151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-2","category-articles","category-music","tag-elliott-sharp","tag-elliott-sharp-musician","tag-elliott-sharp-shortwave","tag-music","tag-shortwave-art","tag-shortwave-music","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-OP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58757,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/kim-elliott-why-we-need-shortwave-2-0\/","url_meta":{"origin":3151,"position":0},"title":"Kim Elliott: Why We Need \u201cShortwave 2.0\u201d","author":"Thomas","date":"January 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post contributors who share the following article written by our friend Kim Elliott for Radio World: Why We Need \u201cShortwave 2.0\u201d by Kim Andrew Elliott Debate about the future of shortwave broadcasting focuses on the correct observation that shortwave listening is no longer\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "International Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":37171,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/brilliant-radio-song-by-van-morrison-in-the-days-before-rocknroll\/","url_meta":{"origin":3151,"position":1},"title":"Brilliant radio song by Van Morrison: “In The Days Before Rock’n’Roll”","author":"Thomas","date":"May 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Porter, who writes: After some 20 years I have rediscovered this radio song by the UK northern Irish singer Van Morrison. \"In The Days Before Rock'n'Roll\" There are some great TX station names in the song! It's a full 8 minutes long.... Take\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Van_Morrison_1972.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10569,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/radio-world-international-broadcasters-reconsider-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":3151,"position":2},"title":"Radio World: International Broadcasters Reconsider Shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"August 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Check out this article from Radio World which addresses\u00a0the state\u00a0of shortwave radio broadcasting. Jeff White of WRMI and Kim Elliott of the VOA are both interviewed. Elliott even speaks about the virtues of the VOA Radiogram experiments which have had success circumventing shortwave radio jamming (broadcasts which were completely omitted\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sackville-radio-towers-li","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Sackville-radio-towers-li.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Sackville-radio-towers-li.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Sackville-radio-towers-li.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":36710,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/bbg-watch-former-analyst-challenges-usagm-audience-measurement-methods-claims-of-sharp-increases\/","url_meta":{"origin":3151,"position":3},"title":"BBG Watch: Former Analyst Challenges USAGM Audience Measurement Methods, Claims of Sharp Increases","author":"Thomas","date":"March 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"As a follow-up to our previous post featuring Kim Elliott's commentary, check out the following article by Dan Robinson in BBG Watch: Former Analyst Challenges USAGM Audience Measurement Methods, Claims of Sharp Increases By Dan Robinson A former analyst for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees taxpayer-funded broadcast\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/USAGM-BBG-logo-horiz-RGB-hires-1024x312.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/USAGM-BBG-logo-horiz-RGB-hires-1024x312.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/USAGM-BBG-logo-horiz-RGB-hires-1024x312.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14891,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/kim-elliott-on-shortwave-radios-signal-jamming-in-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":3151,"position":4},"title":"Kim Elliott on shortwave radios & signal jamming in 2015","author":"Thomas","date":"September 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source:\u00a0USC Center on Public Diplomacy) BBC Russian Wants to Expand, But It's Not So Easy The BBC, as part of its 2015 Charter Review document, announced proposals to \u201cinvest\u201d in BBC World Service. 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