Hey, Facebook: Nervesandgel wants your noise

Johnny Wolfhart, aka experimental noise-ist Nervesandgel, is working on a new track, and he's chosen to collaborate with everybody -- well, everybody in his social network anyway. Earlier this week, Wolfhart put out a call to his Facebook friends, asking for thirty-second to two-minute audio clips of anything they desired...

By Bree Davies

February 18, 2011

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Johnny Wolfhart, aka experimental noise-ist Nervesandgel, is working on a new track, and he's chosen to collaborate with everybody -- well, everybody in his social network anyway. Earlier this week, Wolfhart put out a call to his Facebook friends, asking for thirty-second to two-minute audio clips of anything they desired to submit for a secret upcoming project.

"I'm just now intrigued by social networking, " Wolfhart says with a laugh, "And I've wanted to collaborate with my friends, so why not collaborate with everyone I know?" Though he's only gotten around a dozen submissions so far, Wolfhart says he's going to start hounding people to give him anything -- he'll even take the sound of you playing Guitar Hero, or you taking a leak, if you wish. Wolfhart doesn't care if you're musically-inclined or not, he just wants your sounds.

So far, submissions have included a raw, unused track from Hideous Men, an interview some guy did with Bill Nye The Science Guy and a reverb-heavy recording of a little girl talking. Wolfhart's looking to collect around three hundred audio clips, and would also like to stress than anyone, friend or not, may submit sounds to him directly, via [email protected].

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Bree Davies is a multimedia journalist, artist advocate and community organizer born and raised in Denver. Rooted in the world of Do-It-Yourself arts and music, Davies co-founded Titwrench experimental music festival, is host of the local music and comedy show Sounds on 29th on CPT12 Colorado Public Television and is creator and host of the civic and social issue-focused podcast, Hello? Denver? Are You Still There? Her work is centered on a passionate advocacy for all ages, accessible, inclusive, non-commercial and autonomous DIY art spaces and music venues in Denver.

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