BTM with SupercuZ in NC at Champs

BTM and BROTHER GREG MILLER
nailing Frankenstein at Champs in Laurinburg, NC
Photos by Charlie Hamill



* Bonus video freeze frame shot by PhotogDAVE !

In my mind......

In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moonshine
Maybe just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
Yes I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind

---------- lyrics by James Taylor

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTM GUEST APPEARANCE with SupercuZ
on Electro Spring-O-Caster Racquet Guitar on a song.

SupercuZ Rehearsal Studio 3.19.09
Greg Miller - Bill T Miller
Johnny Mac - Braz
Photos by Webby

DOUBLE DOSE of FUN on THURSDAY - 3.12.09

more info...
NoiseNight.com
@ Willoughby and Baltic in Somerville.


THIS Video was shot by Jon Schwartz



* make sure to CLICK to SEE...
VIDEOS and more PHOTOS of 3.12.09 NOISE NIGHT
and PAST 2008-09 EVENTS.



.... and then later that night caught THE SLAVES reunion show at MidEast Club in Cambridge, MA. I engineered/co-produced their WELCOME TO THE MEAT MACHINE album back in the 80s.



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KINGS OF FEEBACK 1995 FLASHBACK

KOF @ CLUB BABYHEAD in Rhode Island in 1995.
(L-R) Sean O'Brien - Vernon Tart - Bill T Miller




Black and White Film Photos by Lisa Gourley !
(click on photos to see larger image)
(L-R) Bill T Miller - Andrew Wilson
(not pictured drummer Jason King)

check out: KingsOfFeedback.com


KOF LIVE at Bill's Bar in Boston 1995 (Shot by HypeTV)

BTM WAY

Bill T Miller just declared that the sidewalk in front of his Headroom Studios is now known as BTM WAY. ...stand by for announcement about upcoming "SECRET" ORGY OF NOISE shows.

Flashbacking to when I saw U2 in 1983.

MAP to CyberArts @ Microsoft Startup Labs

Willoughby & Baltic presents THE MAKER REVOLUTION
@ CyberArts Festival

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Microsoft Startup Labs (11th floor)
1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

Bill T Miller = Orgy Of Noise will be part of this event playing a short live concert sometime late afternoon / early evening.

CLICK HERE for MORE INFO.

CLICK HERE for MAP & DIRECTIONS

NOISENIGHT.com 2.26.08

Jimmie P. Rodgers - NoiseNight.com
NEXT NOISE NIGHT is MARCH 12, 2009.
SEE MORE of PAST FUN.

BILL T MILLER - ORGY OF NOISE @ CyberArts Festival on April 25, 2009

Willoughby & Baltic presents THE MAKER REVOLUTION
April 25, 2009 @ Microsoft Startup Labs
1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA (10-11th floor)

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I will be playing a free LIVE ORGY OF NOISE SOLO SET SOMETIME LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON or EARLY EVENING? Originally when booked and planned in back in February my fifteen minute set was scheduled to be early afternoon around 2:45pm, but after all the recent curating and committee meetings and think tanking and updating by the gallery staff things have expanded and bounced around so much that as of now a few weeks before the event, the timetable for my involvement in the event is back up in the air and it is not clear when i will be performing. I plan to there with some of my toys and gizmos ready to make some noise when needed. I will might be small part of a panel talk workshop late Saturday afternoon as well. At this point just playing it by ear.




What I am doing is a very small part of the whole event. In addition to myself and Jimmie P. Rodgers (who hosts NOISE NIGHT Jam and Bent Workshops at Willoughby and Baltic) and Derek Hoffend, some of the other participants include David Nunez, Darius Kazemi, Doug Moore, Mary Murray, Andrew Sempere, and gallery founder and artist, Meredith Garniss. There will be events, panel talks, workshops, etc BOTH DAYS - April 25-26.

This two day CyberArts Fest excursion will be in Cambridge at this superb space that Microsoft Startup Labs has generously shared with the community, but the actual Willoughby & Baltic proper is in Davis Square, Somerville and hosts an amazing combination of gallery, workshop, performance spaces and is home to the Boston Dorkbot group.

* NOTE: This event is ALL AGES - bring the whole family.


BILL T MILLER
(Photo by Sheri Hausey)



Follow links below for more info...

CyberArts Festival - bostoncyberarts.org

Microsoft Startup Labs - mssl.mslivelabs.com

Willoughby & Baltic - willoughbybaltic.com

Noise Night - NoiseNight.com

SEE BTM Photos of Noise Night

Jimmie P. Rodgers - jimmieprodgers.com

Derek Hoffend - derekhoffend.com

David Nunez - davidnunez.com

Bill T Miller - billtmiller.com

Orgy Of Noise - OrgyOfNoise.com

BTM's Collection - CircuitBending.com

RSVP THIS EVENT on LAST.FM

RSVP THIS EVENT on FACEBOOK

PRIME MINISTERS OF QATAR

PRIME MINISTERS OF QATAR compositions are quiet and ethereal in the stylings of the "library drone noise" genre. Undisputed pioneers lost in a sea of clones.

Each side of the "Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead" album is one complete composition full of secret coding steeped in death and irony. Often quoting the prophet and original circuit bender (via key, kite, & lightning) Benjamin Franklin and translating his words into Latin. This long out-of-print vinyl-only release was a limited edition pressing of 99 hand-number copies on the German label Emmerich Musikarchiv (1982). Originally conceived and captured via analog tape machines and vintage tube equipment during sessions in Berlin and London from 1979-1981 as the post punk new wave and disco dance trends sputtered on. When the core band reunited at the Festival de Artiste in Berlin in 2002 to perform the entire work they had the analog masters transferred to digital bits by old friend and collaborator Sir Holger, embracing the mac laptop trackball as a conduit to their soul.

The ensemble performed their past entire album at that 2002 reunion concert in the darkened gallery glow of laptop screens with humanoid whispers of Latin texts via contact microphones. They never engaged the audience or smiled, attesting to the weight of their pieces as sonic art sculptures and focused on moving the trackball mouse in their computer vessel. The live sound system was a trio of speaker arrays in the patented TRI-FONIC configuration. Once seated the audience was blind-folded and black duct tape was placed over their mouth to enhance the alchemy.

The maestro and principal of the group Dr. Guilliam T Mueller is shrouded in mystery. He rarely leaves his recording studio except to get treats for his kitties (who are part of the studio recordings.) PMQ has been cited as a major influence by the likes of Johnny Cage, Liberace, Jandek, up and coming trumpeter/plumber Gregory Kelley, and even the famed contra bassist William Murderface. Blixa Bargeld proclaimed the early PMQ 80s concert he witnessed was responsible for guiding him to new sonic realms in his formative years.

Dr. Mueller, who is now in is fifties is currently working on his memoirs which will be published on handwritten parchment scrolls. A documentary film is being edited from archival Super 8 black and white footage and a trunk full of old photographs. There is colour digital footage of the 2002 reunion concert and short backstage interviews with Dr GTM and some of the members of the cult. Search the net for preview trailers and recent GTM studio collaboration side projects.

To HEAR earlier related studio side projects, LISTEN TO THIS or THIS.

Although I have heard some of the pre and post collaborative releases, as far as I know there was only one official PMQ release studio release. Recently some audience shot clips of the 2002 reunion show popped up and then disappeared on YouTube. Unreleased studio mixes and other live concert bootlegs are rumored to exist. If you have a copy of the PMQ vinyl, please let me know. I heard it once under blotter haze in 1982 when a friend and collaborator of mine (poet Verno Tarte') scored it on trade with his pal from Munich. I remember being blown away and confused and focused to the point that I was never the same again.

Mueller's Father is a respected scientist and ecologist who played clarinet and ukulele and his mum is a artist, filmmaker, photographer, so it is clear where the early influence roots sprouted from. Guilly started playing toy piano at the age of two and by nine was a simulated prodigy savant playing tennis racquet and kitchen junk percussion at the pace of a young Edgard Varese possessed by the Road Runner. A steady diet of 60s cartoon and sci-fi movie music and a insatiable sugar addiction kept him in a zombie-like craze, eventually imploding the fragile balance of reality and helped inspire the 1982 PMQ masterpiece.

Tired of waiting for others to catch up and appreciate the genius of his sonic talents, he changed channels and mushed up a smorgasbord of other art exploring the "three Ps" - photography, painting, poetry.

The last official public sighting of GTM was the 2002 PMQ concert. Recently there are tales of GTM secluded in his Mum's basement holding seances trying to reach Joe Meek and Syd Barrett. Collaborations and remixes via internet audio exchanges have surfaced, but are still unconfirmed as to their authenticity. Others tell stories of semi-retirement with him writing jingles for Japanese products (sugary breakfast treats and kid's toys) for piles of cash and living the playboy lifestyle in a penthouse full of gadgets and excess. The myth and legend makes it clear that the real truth will always be elusive.

ALL HAIL the LEGENDARY PMQ and GTM.

Hospice of the 300 (Gang Clan Mafia with skinny vinny) on 2.13.09 @ The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

Noise Night @ Willoughby and Baltic on 2.12.08

Bill T Miller (hey that's me on my Thom Uliasz Bent Guttar)
& Jimmie P. Rodgers (the host on his Bent GooseBumps Gizmo) jamming out at Noise Night on 2.12.08 at Willoughby and Baltic.

Boston Phoenix writer Richard Beck and photographer Eric Baumann (who snapped the above photo) made it out to witness the fun. READ THE ARTICLE HERE. (Look for a quote from "long-haired recording engineer Bill". HaHa.)

Also on joining in for the JAMS were regular participants, circuit benders Wayne Wylupski and Fred Owsley.


BTM @ Noise Night
Video shot & edited by Jimmie P. Rodgers
SEE THIS SAME VIDEO LARGER
(click on higher quality in bottom right below screen)



Video shot by Wayne Wylupski & edited by Jimmie P. Rodgers
SEE THIS SAME VIDEO LARGER
(click on higher quality in bottom right below screen)


YOU ARE INVITED....
Circuit Bending / Electronics Workshop and Experimental Noise Jam
2nd and 4th Thursday of Each Month
@ Willoughby and Baltic,
197a Elm Street in Somerville, MA.

Hosted by Jimmie P. Rodgers - more nfo: NoiseNight.com
NEXT ONE is on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 7pm.


SEE a few more PHOTOS that I snapped in between jamming from
THIS 2.12.09 NOISE NIGHT & Previous 2008 Bent Workshops/Jam Outs.

ME and MY ROBOT jamming out at Noise Night...
(the image is a frame grab from a video I shot.)


SEE my personal BTM Circuit Bent Collection at: CircuitBending.com
LISTEN and DOWNLOAD my ORGY OF NOISE CDs.
VIDY YER EYEHOLES with ORGY OF NOISE VIDEOS from the DVDs.


That Phoenix article reminds me about a decade old BTM feature article from April 1999 by Ted Drozdowski with photo (above) by Geffrey Kula. Man, time flies. Seems like yesterday.

ORGY OF NOISE = BILL T MILLER

OrgyOfNoise.com

CircuitBending.com

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND - THIS LAND IS MY LAND... CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN... YES WE CAN... I WANT TO BELIEVE !

I don't believe in Jimi (OK, maybe just a little)
I don't believe in Zimmerman
I don't believe in Beatles
I just believe in ME...

BTM VID EDITING HIBERNATION REALM

OON on Bandwidth TV * Un-Aired Bonus Video

SPECIAL THANX to BANDWIDTH TV at CCTV.
cctvcambridge.org/orgyofnoise
COMPLETE HALF HOUR EPISODE and CREDITS BELOW.
The episode is also airing several times this month on CCTV cable tv.

SEE and DOWNLOAD THIS VIDEO (and many others) at LARGER SIZE with complete credits at BTM TV on VIMEO.

TONS of VIDEOS are ALSO available at...

! 2009 !

Orgy Of Noise at Bandwidth TV now available on DVD ! PLUS, STRYMISH B&W FILM PHOTOS !

========> Get in touch for a promo copy of the DVD.

+ LOOK for the episode to be broadcast on New England area cable TV. Much more info in posts below.

ALL B&W PHOTOS in THIS POST
by THE JON STRYMISH



remember click on images to see larger version

Speaking of DVDs... do you have the original ORGY OF NOISE DVD with new menus and even more videos? Includes TWENTY OON VIDEOS !

+ LOOK for ORGY OF NOISE at TTs @ Halloweeny gig on DVD with bonus studio sessions and photo slideshow out in early 2009.

The HITS just keep coming.... are you ready for MORE MORE MORE?

SEE Orgy Of Noise on Bandwidth TV

"Bandwidth TV @ CCTV is real public television that really includes the greater Boston community by putting people on the air and giving them a chance to learn about all facets of production in a professional setting. When my band Orgy Of Noise was invited to appear on an episode we had a blast and the crew there was top notch. The host Matt Mitchell and the director Marissa Acosta are fans and creators of experimental music so they understood my whole noise improv vibe. I brought my large ensemble and a bunch of studio audience guests and Bandwidth provided food and refreshments before the broadcast and captured the morphing chaos of our performance that featured circuit bent toys, outsider instruments (like electro tennis racquet) and percussion, guitar, violin, sax and a choir of insanity all directed live from several cameras to the final cut in real time. Plus a few weeks later they even had a fully edited pro DVD of the show. All for free. Thank you Bandwidth TV." - Bill T Miller

* BIG THANX TO ALL WHO WERE PART OF THE FUN !
OrgyOfNoise.com

Santa Rox !

X-Mas 1965. Gotta luv Santa. He looks like some sorta hippie guru. That's me standing on the left. I scored some Beatles records on X-Mas 1964 and around the time this pic was snapped I formed my first mega rock band with my two younger brothers. Since we didn't have real guitars or drums we used racquet guitars and trash can drums. Funny how things haven't really changed much. I still want more toys and everyday is a holiday in my world.

BTM Winter Hibernation 2008

That's the view looking outside to the building accross the street from my studio door (in Allston/Boston) the day before winter officially starts.

My PLAN is to HIBERNATE and stare at Final Cut Pro Video and Pro Tool Audio screens until I spin mountains of media into audio visual gold. Several DVDs and CDs and Photo Books and etc are in the works.

By the time spring arrives I should have unleashed more video and audio that you can consume. For that matter I already have more than you have even heard or seen online already at: MP3ORGY.com (fifteen full albums) and http://youtube.com/btmtv (over fifty videos) and http://btmtelevision.com (tons of archived webcasts) and http://billtmiller.com/photos (thousands of photos) and so on.... SO DIG IN and DIG IT, man.

* OK, I prob will poke my head out of my cave to see NEPTUNE (Dec 22nd) and MAGIC PEOPLE (Jan 12th) and MISSION OF BURMA (Jan 24th)... but that's it... sure it is.

Have ya seen the ORGY OF NOISE BOX SET with SIX CDs and the DVD?
Does everybody out there at least have their very own copy of the ORGY OF NOISE DVD? If not get in touch and I will hook ya up.


* UPDATE... Here's a snapshot of my studio entrance on the first day of winter. I don't have any windows in my studio (except my computer and tv screens) so for the most part it doesn't really matter if it is night or day or sunny or snowy I live in my own little dreamworld of fun. I try to share what I can with YOU via all the videos and cds and mp3s. Look for more BTM TELEVISION Webcasts direct from my studio in 2009.