Call For NYC Participants!



The Light Surgeons request the collaboration of NYC based musicians, mc’s and poets who are willing to participants in a series of live recording sessions taking place in Brooklyn, New York throughout the month of March.

Participant Guidelines

We’re interested in musicians and performers in the following areas:

Bluegrass
Roots
Folk
Blues
Classical
Jazz
Rock
Alternative
Spoken Word
MCs
Poets


Musicians will be asked to improvise to a series of pre-recorded rhythms and respond to other pre-recorded participants in the style of the Dadaist game of exquisite corpse.

Vocal artists, MC’s and Poets will be asked to react to a series of documentary sound recordings and interviews conducted on the theme of truth and myth, touching themes such as the modern day folklore of conspiracy theories to national icons and archetypes.

Strong opinions and personalities are encouraged but please have collaboration in mind!

In order to participate, you need to be able to commit to a minimum of one 2 hour recording and filming session taking place in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn and easily accessible by the A,C, 2, 3 and F lines. The project can offer a small stipend per session.

Please submit links of your work via email [myspace profiles are ok]


DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS 03 / 05 / 2007

Contact: avfolk@thelightsurgeons.co.uk

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