Been a minute since I wrote something. Here goes nothing.
I watched "Sunday Morning" on CBS today. I always wondered why this was always on tv at my parents house on sundays. It varies from the "in your face" reporting we're accustomed to.
One of the stories had to do with David Bryne, the lead singer from "Talking Heads". Some how he managed to connect an organ to a building in NYC.
"Creative Time presents Playing the building, a sound installation in which the infrastructure, the physical plant of the building, is converted into a giant musical instrument. Devices are attached to the building structure — to the metal beams and pillars, the heating pipes, the water pipes — and are used to make these things produce sound. The activations are of three types: wind, vibration, striking. The devices do not produce sound themselves, but they cause the building elements to vibrate, resonate and oscillate so that the building itself becomes a very large musical instrument."
www.davidbyrne.com/art/art_projects/playing_the_building/
Bryne went to design school and by doing so he brought a performance art aspect to his band in the 70s, which was dominated with groups like the Eagles (They sold 29+ million records for their greatest hits album) and the Bee Gees, among others. This seperated "Talking Heads" from the other bands.
Oddly enough, I remember watching a band perform when I was younger with a guy moving around in a oversized suit. This was Bryne's work. Funny how things come full circle. Gotta ready for work now...
Peace.
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