Once again, the handmade odyssey continues with this month's Handmade Music Night. Last month we had a terrific time thanks to many amazing projects and so much free beer. The February fun picks up where January left off, except we're not out of beer anymore, and yup – it's still free. 

Peter from Create Digital Music writes:

It’s time again for Handmade Music, the party - musical performance - science fair geek-out for musicians and the musi-curious. We’ve got an amazing lineup this month if you happen to be in the New York area. We’ll have some usual raucous racket noise-making time, but also a full live performance from a DIY gamelan ensemble. (I’ll see if I can set up a live stream, too.) And if you have a hardware or software project you’d like to show off, check out our call for works. Remember - it doesn’t have to be done / entirely working; this is a chance to get some feedback from fellow makers. We’re all learning.

Event Details:

• Presented by createdigitalmusic.com with our friends at music trend-setters XLR8R.com, DIY bible makezine.com, handmade marketplace Etsy.com, and artists’ facility 3rd Ward

• 7:30pm, Thursday, February 19, 2009

• 3rd Ward is located at 195 Morgan Ave., at the corner of Stagg St., in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. (Near the Grand St L train) Directions

• RSVP: handmade@3rdward.com

• Sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon, with free beer while it lasts!

This Month:

• Handmade Music 2/19 features special guest Electric Junkyard Gamelan. Composer/founder Terry Dame and ensemble members will demonstrate the self-created instruments, and will provide a unique live performance. Terry Dame’s Electric Junkyard Gamelan

• Also in February, a free hands-on! Learn the basics of musical electronics without any previous experience, without even picking up a soldering iron. Using the PAiA ribbon controller kit, which you can assemble on a business card with a graphite pencil as your only tool. You’ll make a simple sound-making circuit that you can apply to many other projects. Come early while the PAiA kits still last. Learn musical electronics without soldering provided through the generosity and ingenuity of PAiA Electronics

• Newcomers to music and electronics alike welcome, as always! (And you too can make a ribbon controller kit!)

Call for Works:
Got a project you want to show off? We’d love to have you bring it round for the show-and-tell / racket-making portion of the evening. View our Call for Works!

Check out this ASMO + speak & spell bent beat to put you in the mood...

...And so much more!! See more from previous Handmade Music Nights!