house concerts

[Glenn Bach <gbach@xxxxxxxxx>]

Apologies for the crossposting.

I plan to publish a website with information on house concerts that 
feature electronic, free improv, electroacoustic, phonography, 
microsound, etc.  In my research on house concerts, however, I'm finding 
mostly those associated with the vast singer-songwriter/folk music 
underground (searches for "salon concerts" bring up a lot of chamber 
music and jazz, which taps into another long tradition).  Concerts in 
private homes have been around for ages, of course, but I'm particularly 
interested in more recent situations where groups of people hang out in 
someone's living room, sprawled out on couches or cushions, drinking tea 
and listening to laptop music.

If you currently run a house concert, or did so at one time, or if you 
know someone who does or did, please e-mail me off-list.  Also, if you 
know of any references to some kind of history of electronic music in 
private homes (I'm thinking of some of the sleep concerts Philip Glass 
and Co. presented in their lofts), send them my way.

I'll post the site soon (right now I only have two resources: my series, 
Quiet, and Aaron Ximm's Field Effects).

Thanks,

G.

gbach@xxxxxxxxx

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