Playing It By Ear PLAYING IT BY EAR stimulates active radio listening. Artists from around the world who use sound as their medium of expression contributed by mail or collaborated in the studio. The pieces were used in whole or in part, alone or multi-tracked, always looking to augment the aural implications of the individual's work; intertwining the pieces into a continuous soundscape construction, a unique radio experience. PLAYING IT BY EAR was a non-profit radio series produced in 1984 by Alejandro Gutiérrez and Tom Spencer in cooperation with WCVF - AM/FM and the Communication/Media department of the SUNY College at Fredonia. The second season of programs was funded in part by a grant from the Fund for the Arts in Chautauqua County, which is managed by the Arts Council for Chautauqua County. PLAYING IT BY EAR was aired on its flagship station WCVF, 88.9 FM, Fredonia, NY, USA; and internationally on Radio Centraal, 101.6 FM, BELGIUM; 3RRR-FM, Melbourne, and 2MBS-FM, Sydney, AUSTRALIA. According to a contemporaneous Australian radio survey, 3RRR-FM was the #1 listened to public radio station on that continent, with an estimated 323,000 listeners. 2MBS-FM had an estimated audience of 78,000. YOU CAN HEAR THE FIRST EIGHT EPISODES HERE. IN CELEBRATION OF THE 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SINCE ITS PRODUCTION, I HAVE RE-MASTERED AND POSTED THE REMAINING 6 EPISODES HERE. PLEASE NOTE: QUICKTIME PLUG-IN NEEDED FOR THE GRAYBAR UNDERNEATH THE PIBE LOGO TO TURN INTO A MUSIC PLAYER “Radio, The Theatre of the Mind” Acrylics on Canvas Copyright © 1984 Alejandro Gutiérrez All rights Reserved in all media. "The whole tape has that elusive, hard-to-put-your-finger-on-what-genre-this-is quality about it, which I love. It's not at all 'New Age', more New Space Age Music, and it is all interesting and fresh, but not mindless, (like New Age), or disturbed (like Industrial). Very well put together." -- John Wiggins, producer/composer "A wonderful package ... an excellent production." -- Randy Greif, composer/performer "Really enjoyable stuff, I've listened to them a lot lately. You did a nice job on them. Normally I'm not too wild about people taking artistic liberties with my music, but you did everything tastefully and it worked very well." -- Ron Slabe, composer "A fine job putting the programs together." -- Norbert L. Oldani, MVCC professor "Super radio shows. I am honored to be included." -- Donald Campau, composer "Simply Marvelous. Your broadcasts do, indeed, place radio in the foreground." -- Rod Collins, IBS VP "Excellent mixed poetry and music." -- Sandy Nys, Radio Centraal in Belgium Playing It By Ear thanks the following for getting the word out: COMPOSER'S FORUM (NYC) - Dale Anderson of THE BUFFALO NEWS - MINNESOTA COMPOSER'S FORUM - OPTION MAGAZINE (CA) - GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS NEWSLETTER (IL) - ARTIFACTS (NY) - THE DUNKIRK EVENING OBSERVER (NY) - POLLUTION CONTROL (OH) - INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF WOMEN COMPOSERS NEWSLETTER - SOUNDS AUSTRALIAN, THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC CENTRE UPDATE - 1/1 MAGAZINE and the following artists for contributing to its second broadcast season (we couldn’t have done it without you): Collette Inez (NYC) - John Wiggins (NY) - Juini Booth (NYC) - L.G. Mair, Jr. (NYC) - Keith Peterson (NY) - Al Margolis (NY) - Laura Marchese (NYC) - Mike Klein (NYC) - Tom Sluberski (NY) - Vince Quatroche (NY) - Dave Peelle (NY) - Shane McMartin (NYC) - Sue Ann Harkey, Robert Hinrix, Sharon Gannon and David Life of C.N.L.F. (NYC) - Norbert L. Oldani (NY) - Bob Hoot (NYC) - Yajé (NY) - Kevin Scott (NY) - David Lunde (NY) - John Kerswell (NYC) - Pete Clarke (NYC) - Joe Wisniewski (NY) - Ward Hartenstein, John Beck and members of the Eastman Percussion Ensemble (NY) - WOLFMAN DAVE (NYC) - Doug Walker for Alien Planetscapes (NYC) - Wallmen (NY) - Dave Kardes (NY) - Joe Kaus (NY) - Ed Plunkett (NY) - Tom Spencer (NY) - Jerry Drummond (NY) - Sharon Povinelli (NY) - Andrew McCarthy (NY) - Carol Cooley (NY) - Mike Moran (NY) - John Meerse (NYC) - Leo Haggerty (NY) - Notte & Bush, The Ghostwriters and The Zavijava Orchestra on MU-PSYCH MUSIC (PA) - Charles Bestor (MA) - Randy Greif (CA) - Craig Strasshoffer for Dream Fatigue (OH) - Carl Stone (CA) - Robert C. Ehle (CO) - Ed Zincavage (WA) - Charles Van Zyl (PA) - Ron Slabe & Trivision (OH) - Heff Munson (VA) - Tim Ski (OH) - Ralph Heibutzki (MI) - Connie Bunyer (WA) - Anthony & Lynn Barker of AVATAR (AZ) - Donald Campau (CA) - Linda Dowell, Jeff Morris, Richard Kostelanetz, Rene Fabre and Joseph Keppler of POETS.PAINTERS.COMPOSERS. (WA) - Kate Hopkins (OH) - Brook Hinton & Steven Templar (CA) - Zot Theatre, Keith Lay, The Ice Cream Blisters & Mike Crooker of GGE Records (OH) - Robin Goodfellow, David Courtney, Minnie Black and the Gourd Band, Warren Burt & Ernie Althoff on Bart Hopkins' Newsletter EXPERIMENTAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (CA) - Minoy (CA) - Bill McCandless for NAR/BANGUTOT (AL) - Dave Butler (CA) - John Oswald of Mystery Tapes (CANADA) - Peter Mumme (AUSTRALIA) - Attrition (ENGLAND) - Sam Mallet (AUSTRALIA) - Rik Rue (AUSTRALIA) - Sandy Nys for Hybryds and Internationale Audio Compositie (BELGIUM) Copyright © 1986- 2022 Alejandro Gutiérrez Pérez. 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