BEAMS Presents Western Canada Drone Day! Watch it!

Watch Western Canada Drone Day 9am to midnight May 30th, 2020 at:
  https://twitch.tv/beamsdotca
  
Current Schedule in Mountain Daylight Time (NorthAmerica/Edmonton):
11:30 Absolute Value of Noise (1 hr)
12:30 Soft Ions (30 m) 
13:00 SkruntSkrut (1 hr+)
14:00 OAS (30 m)
15:00 Low Earth Orbit (30 m)
15:30 Hamburgerlady (30 m)
16:00 eternal worm (30 m)
16:30 Brick Road (1 hr)
17:30 Family Injera (30 m) ;-(
19:00 m.o.a.i.n (1 hr+)
21:00 Shawn Pinchbeck (1 hr)
22:00 J Daniel Cramer (1 hr)
23:00 k.burwash (30 m)
23:30 Gary James Joynes / Clinker (1.5 hr)


Here's our artists!

Artist Name	Twitch	Homepage	Where
absolute value of noise	https://www.twitch.tv/absolutevalueofnoise	http://absolutevalueofnoise.ca	Vancouver, BC, Canada
Brick Road	https://www.twitch.tv/brick_road_		Edmonton, AB, CA
Eternal worm	Https://www.twitch.tv/eternalwormbk		Edmonton, AB, Canada
Family Injera			Edmonton, AB, CA
Gary James Joynes	https://www.twitch.tv/clinkersound	www.clinkersound.com	Edmonton, AB, Canada
hanburgerlady	https://www.twitch.tv/winonaryderinbeetlejuice		St Albert, AB, Canada
J Daniel Cramer	https://www.twitch.tv/jdanielcramer		Edmonton, AB, CA
k.burwash	https://www.twitch.tv/kburwash		Edmonton, AB, CA
Low Earth Orbit	https://www.twitch.tv/the_hat_mate		St. Albert, AB, Canada
m.o.a.i.n.	https://www.twitch.tv/samsonality	http://m-o-a-i-n.ca	Edmonton, AB, Canada
Shawn Pinchbeck			Edmonton, AB, CA
SkruntSkrunt	https://www.twitch.tv/skruntskrunt/	http://skruntskrunt.ca	Edmonton, AB, Canada
soft ions	https://www.twitch.tv/thee_ruiner		edmonton

BEAMS AGM May 17th 3pm

Hi BEAMERS,

This is a friendly message to let you all know that our annual AGM will be happening over the interweb on Sunday, May 17th at 3pm Edmonton time. At the moment it will be held over the Discord App. We will let you know if anything changes.

We will be able to have a voice meeting live for everyone to hear. Everyone will be able to text chat for fun and also ask questions while the AGM goes on as well.
You can get access to the server here:
https://discord.gg/wEBynYz

If you don’t have a discord account you can sign up here:
https://discord.com

It works in your browser, as an app on your phones or an app on your computers.


Also a friendly reminder that your memberships are up for renewal. Memberships are $20 a year and they go a long way with helping B.E.A.M.S run shows, workshops, and other events in the community every year to support electro-acoustic and experimental artists. We've set up an online PayPal option for renewals to make it easier for everyone. We appreciate your continued support and look forward to seeing you at all the events we have planned and are currently planning for this year and beyond.

You can pay one time for this year's membership here:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=LXG4G8EAPC7W8

Or you can subscribe to a recurring membership payment each year here:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=VCFA3QFGMB3K6

BEAMS Presents Western Canada Drone Day [Seeking Performers!]

WeirdCanada is promoting Drone Day. So is BEAMS.
https://droneday.org/

Seeking PERFORMERS and AUDIENCE. May 30th 9am to midnight.

We will be hosting a virtual drone day on twitch.

We are looking for performers for Saturday May 30th from 9am to midnight on Twitch at https://twitch.tv/beamsdotca

Do you want to listen? Goto  https://twitch.tv/beamsdotca

Do you want to perform? SIgn up for a 1/2 hour to 1 hour twitch slot at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K04O8ukUP8CgNSpZ_h-2CPm7tkuYwkbUANeeO7qNltM/edit#gid=0

Performer Instructions:

Please sign up for twitch and check if you can stream.

Please sign up for a timeslot at:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K04O8ukUP8CgNSpZ_h-2CPm7tkuYwkbUANeeO7qNltM/edit#gid=0

Welcome to BEAMS Drone Day. We're going to drone all day on twitch! The genre of music will be drone. Interpret that as you will but we retain curatorial control.
This sheet is for signing up for times to play. Currently first come first serve. If you want that time too add your name to column afterwards. Please only take up 2 continuous slots (1 hour)

Requirements:
- must feel someway associated with Western Canada (friends, family, residence, etc.)
- must produce Drone music
- must be able to stream on twitch -- please test before signing up!
- must stream for 30 minutes or 1 hour.
- must be available on that time on that day. If you think you could be flakey send abram some video to play to replace you (e.g., record one of your twitch streams)
- currently there is 0 payment (may change, no promises)
- communication will be via email. (abram@beam.s.ca)

Art's Birthday Program

Art's Birthday 2020. 6pm to midnight

For the first time in more than a decade, the Edmonton contingent involved in the international Art’s Birthday event comes back to the Old Strathcona neighbourhood, with its irreverent take on culture. This year’s event, presented once again by the Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society, takes place Saturday, Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. at the Old Strathcona Community League (10139-87 Avenue). An art exhibition at the same location starts at 6 p.m.

Performing live at the event, Art’s Birthday Edmonton 2020, will be Blip Vert, frozenlake121, Shawn Pinchbeck, Karl Michael Toepfer, Skrunt Skrunt, Damno Te, Pizzarhea! And SWILL. Videos between sets will include those by Eiduneau, Fecal Point, Mescalin and John Oparyk. 

Some of the Artists displaying a variety of their works for the art exhibition starting at 6pm are local artists Leah Wilson, Brenda Philp, and Blane Klack.  Come by to view their works, socialize, and inquire about purchasing if there is something that catches your eye.

Art’s Birthday Edmonton previously ran in Old Strathcona at the Scona Pool in 2009, the second time the event was held in the city. It first took place in 2008 at the now-defunct ARTery. Other locations that hosted Art’s Birthday include the Ortona Armoury, Bohemia, Naked Cyber Café and the now-defunct Brittany’s Lounge.

Art’s Birthday originated in 1963 when French surreal artist Robert Filliou declared that art didn’t exist until a million years ago when someone dropped a dry sponge into a pail of water. Choosing his own birthday of Jan. 17 to celebrate the event, Fillious proposed a public holiday in celebration of art. It has since been adopted by participants in more than 20 countries.

Admission to Art’s Birthday Edmonton 2020 is $10 for beams members and $20 for guests who will also receive a free membership.

For more information, contact BEAMS at info@beams.ca.  Or through our social media.

Duelling Axes

BEAMS Presents Duelling Axes

Come to the Tree frog collective space (10144 89 Street) on Saturday, November 9^th 2019 from 7pm to midnight to watch fellow BEAMERS pair up to bend, twist, morph, and experiment with sound.  They will be bringing instruments of their choosing to perform alongside each other and an Oscilloscope for a night of experimentation, good people, and interesting sound performances.

Artists include:

Wayne DeFehr and Trevor DePagie

Reinhard von Berg and Samson

Swill

Yardbin

JCNK

Alex Athron and Lee Czere

Fecal point VS Caves to Hades

Abram Hindle and Gary James Joynes

BEAMS Presents Duelling Axes

Call for artist participants.

Hey Beamers,

                  This is a shout out to all you experimentalists out there for a small different kind of show, we are looking for artists to come take part in on Saturday, November 9^th 2019 from 7pm to midnight.  It is called Duelling Axes.  I’m sure many of you are familiar with sound signals being run into an Oscilloscope which results in a variety of messy lines, shapes, or designs.  If not, you can check out my meager attempt at it here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njit_Q2A1TM&t=233s

You can search the internet to find a variety of amazing work by more skilled artists who can create mind blowing designs and audio/visual artwork using this technique.  This a pretty popular one.

https://www.youtube.com/user/jerobeamfenderson1

The concept for this beams show is to gather as many artists as we can to come by with their Oscillators, instruments, sound generators, drum machines or even a mic for their voice.  Traditionally oscillators from synthesizers work the best for this but we encourage you to try and be as experimental with it as you can.  When we’ve compiled a list of all who will take part we will pair you up.  Or if you want to come as a specific pair of artists you can do that as well.  Each pair will get 20 minutes to use their sound devices, one person gets to be the left mono signal (X axis) and one person is the right mono signal (Y axis), and will create visual art which will be projected live at the show accompanied by the sounds they are making.  Each artist can only bring one instrument/device that will have one mono 1/4” output. 

Please let us know if you individually are interested in taking part, or a group of two of you as well.

Email me at:

chris_samsonow@yahoo.ca

or for information or sending submissions, contact us at.

beams-submission@googlegroups.com

www.beams.ca