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NORM SCOTT

interdiscliplinary artist and sonic tinkerer

    • Bio/CV
    • Music
    • Professor Ratfinkel
    • Beyond
    • Scott Mediaworks
    • Sonic Devices 
      • Interruptor
      • Penumbra
      • Mother
      • Scratch-o-Matic
    • …  
      • Bio/CV
      • Music
      • Professor Ratfinkel
      • Beyond
      • Scott Mediaworks
      • Sonic Devices 
        • Interruptor
        • Penumbra
        • Mother
        • Scratch-o-Matic

    NORM SCOTT

    interdiscliplinary artist and sonic tinkerer

      • Bio/CV
      • Music
      • Professor Ratfinkel
      • Beyond
      • Scott Mediaworks
      • Sonic Devices 
        • Interruptor
        • Penumbra
        • Mother
        • Scratch-o-Matic
      • …  
        • Bio/CV
        • Music
        • Professor Ratfinkel
        • Beyond
        • Scott Mediaworks
        • Sonic Devices 
          • Interruptor
          • Penumbra
          • Mother
          • Scratch-o-Matic

      NORM SCOTT

      interdiscliplinary artist and sonic tinkerer

      • I made my first tape recording at the age of 5.

        "Norman's Jokes"; runtime 60 minutes, 1978

      • Later, I learned how to build machines.

        Wacky contraptions, harebrained devices, functional and imaginary.

        James Madison University, B.S. in Art/Sculpture, 1999

        The Story Machine

        The De-Anxietizing Machine

        Food Replacement Artificial Heart (detail)

        WRD-103 Device

      • Meanwhile...

        Telemarketer.

        Vacuum cleaner salesman.

        McDonald's cashier.

        Gladiola harvester.

        Hardback specialist.

        Pie Baker.

        Welder.

        Thrift Store Sales Associate.

        Bagel maker.

        Shoe stockperson.

        Blacksmith's apprentice.

        Plastic bottle inspector.

         

        This might seem totally irrelevant, but it isn't.

      • I began composing/recording music for robots.

        Fringe electronica, experimental lazerstyle, and even a musical puppet show.

      • And then:

        The Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences

        Tempe, AZ 

        After many years of pushing buttons and twisting knobs in my own way, I finally learned how to "do it right".  

        Harmonic Ranch

        New York, NY

        Studio Manager and Recording Engineer at a cozy, well seasoned post-production studio in Tribeca. Worked with Noemie LaFrance, Gerard Malanga, Lee Ranaldo, Martha Williams, Karen Bernard.

        Farm Sanctuary

        Watkins Glen, NY

        Served as Photo/Video Coordinator, working amongst rescued farm animals, and saw pigs, cows, sheep, goats, chickens, turkeys, and rabbits as learned colleagues and friends.

      • Now I work at PhotoSynthesis Productions.

        I do video editing and videography, sound design, motion graphics, and sometimes wash dishes.

      • Other things I am:

        Dad.

        Member of Ithaca Generator.

        Collaborator at Arhanta Studio.

        Turntablist.

        Up With People alumnus.

        Maker/Tinkerer/Inventor.

        Avid audio diarist/field recordist.

        Obsessed with ice.

         

      • Favorite Projects from the Archives

        A Song a Week

        A cover song every week for one year, with my wife Kristin.

        Grand Deceiver Records

        A home-baked record label; home to creations by Norm Scott & Sherwin V. Jones, and experimental audiozine Lo-Fi Confessional.

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