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"There are more than 12 notes per octave in our sonic-worlds." vVv
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"There are more than 12 notes per octave in our sonic-worlds." vVv
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News-Updates in 2024 :
Get ready for the 3rd annual MU Microtonal Guitar Festival hosted by Angel Blanco & Michael Vick on Sunday, March 17th @ 1:00 pm EST
MU 128 will feature
Act 1 :
John Schneider Tolgahan Cogulu Wim Hoogewerf Oren Fader Seth Josel Dan Lippel Julian Woods
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Act 2 :
Jon Catler Lee Ranaldo Melle Weijters George Christian
David Dornig Cristian Amigo
Memorial: Ken Rubenstein
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Get ready for the 3rd annual MU Microtonal Guitar Festival hosted by Angel Blanco & Michael Vick on Sunday, March 17th @ 1:00 pm EST
MU 128 will feature
Act 1 :
John Schneider Tolgahan Cogulu Wim Hoogewerf Oren Fader Seth Josel Dan Lippel Julian Woods
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Act 2 :
Jon Catler Lee Ranaldo Melle Weijters George Christian
David Dornig Cristian Amigo
Memorial: Ken Rubenstein
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One of Michael Vick's newest singles called Alokinat available everywhere, hear it & Loudly.
Another cover to one of Michael Vick's other newly released singles called Bootstompers Lament available everywhere, hear it @ any volume.
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Michael Vick live above in his studio for 2 recent online concerts, 2023.
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- Check out Michael & the other excellent musicians listed for FREE on Sunday, February 19th, 2023 at 1:00 pm (NYC-time) at the 155th American Festival of Microtonal Music concert as part of MicrotonalUniversity & join now for the experience !
Amelia Huff - CHROMARIA
Michael Vick - ALOKINAT
Jair-Rohm Parker Wells - FOOTPATHS
Svjetlana Bukvich - LUCID ITERATIONS 1
Witold Maciak - RIPPLES for electric piano in 128
Stephen James Taylor - JOURNEY TO EPHEMERA
Amelia Huff - CHROMARIA
Michael Vick - ALOKINAT
Jair-Rohm Parker Wells - FOOTPATHS
Svjetlana Bukvich - LUCID ITERATIONS 1
Witold Maciak - RIPPLES for electric piano in 128
Stephen James Taylor - JOURNEY TO EPHEMERA
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MV recently hosted & performed at the 2nd annual MU Microtonal Guitar Festival 2023 w/ the full line-up below
MU84 (part 1) w/ Host - Angel Blanco, David First, Siegfried Steinkogler, Brian Abbott, Michael Kudirka, Michael Hafftka, Stefan Geritsen
MU84 (part 2) Host - Michael Vick, Wim Hoogewerf, Lee Ranaldo, Chris Vaisvil, Brendan Byrnes, Neil Haverstick, Jon Catler, Stephen James Taylor
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MU84 (part 1) w/ Host - Angel Blanco, David First, Siegfried Steinkogler, Brian Abbott, Michael Kudirka, Michael Hafftka, Stefan Geritsen
MU84 (part 2) Host - Michael Vick, Wim Hoogewerf, Lee Ranaldo, Chris Vaisvil, Brendan Byrnes, Neil Haverstick, Jon Catler, Stephen James Taylor
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- Hear Michael's recent full-length recording (cover below) called UnDocumented UnProvoked UnProtected. Everyone can stream it or purchase it from all of the major services............ac
- Hear Michael's recent full-length recording (cover below) called UnDocumented UnProvoked UnProtected. Everyone can stream it or purchase it from all of the major services............ac
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Michael Vick aka Michael aTonal Vick has been heard on recording compilations over the years on fretless guitar with some of the best musicians in our World who also happen to play guitar too including Robert Fripp, Pierre Bensusan, Elliot Sharp/E#, Steve Lukather, Adrian Belew, Jon Catler, Ron Thal/Bumblefoot, Alice Stuart, Ottmar Liebert, David Fiuczynski/Fuze, Mattias IA Eklundh, Tim Donahue, Stevie Salas, Sandor Szabo, Cenk Erdogan, Neil Haverstick, Yannick Robert, Ned Evett, Yan Vagh, Dan Stearns, Marco Oppedisano & Kevin Kastning.
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Michael Vick aka Michael aTonal Vick has been heard on recording compilations over the years on fretless guitar with some of the best musicians in our World who also happen to play guitar too including Robert Fripp, Pierre Bensusan, Elliot Sharp/E#, Steve Lukather, Adrian Belew, Jon Catler, Ron Thal/Bumblefoot, Alice Stuart, Ottmar Liebert, David Fiuczynski/Fuze, Mattias IA Eklundh, Tim Donahue, Stevie Salas, Sandor Szabo, Cenk Erdogan, Neil Haverstick, Yannick Robert, Ned Evett, Yan Vagh, Dan Stearns, Marco Oppedisano & Kevin Kastning.
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More MV newz below.....
Check out the new online musical resource MU aka Microtonal University & the 2023 schedule featuring many of the globes top microtonalists. Sign up now to learn the trUth about music & the sounds around us all.
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Hear & even purchase The Michael Vick Trip's "classic" recording Floating On A Time-Scale Inbetween available everywhere online.
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- Witness the 1st annual
MU MICROTONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL
Featuring :
Michael Vick & Angel Blanco with Jon Catler, John Schneider, Brendan Byrnes, Dave Fiuczynski, David Dornig, Neil Haverstick, Al Giusto, Mak Grgic, Wim Hoogewerf, Dan Lippel, John Gzowski, Oren Fader, William Anderson, Melle Weijters and Stephen James Taylor
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- Donate securely to support SoundAsMusic via our PayPal site.
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- As some of you may have already heard, Michael Vick is now on the Board of Directors for the American Festival of Microtonal Music which has been producing microtonal music in many forms globally since 1981.
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- BandCamp & name your own price$ w/ SoundAsMusic & MVick's full-length albums & singles. We truly appreciate all support here too.
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- Through Michael's work with Johnny Reinhard & the American Festival Of Microtonal Music, Vick has recently secured Furman University & Special Collections w/ the largest tuning systems & microtonal archive in the World. Please read the full press release for details here....... Furman University Acquires Unique Music Collection
Check out the new online musical resource MU aka Microtonal University & the 2023 schedule featuring many of the globes top microtonalists. Sign up now to learn the trUth about music & the sounds around us all.
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Hear & even purchase The Michael Vick Trip's "classic" recording Floating On A Time-Scale Inbetween available everywhere online.
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- Witness the 1st annual
MU MICROTONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL
Featuring :
Michael Vick & Angel Blanco with Jon Catler, John Schneider, Brendan Byrnes, Dave Fiuczynski, David Dornig, Neil Haverstick, Al Giusto, Mak Grgic, Wim Hoogewerf, Dan Lippel, John Gzowski, Oren Fader, William Anderson, Melle Weijters and Stephen James Taylor
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- Donate securely to support SoundAsMusic via our PayPal site.
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- As some of you may have already heard, Michael Vick is now on the Board of Directors for the American Festival of Microtonal Music which has been producing microtonal music in many forms globally since 1981.
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- BandCamp & name your own price$ w/ SoundAsMusic & MVick's full-length albums & singles. We truly appreciate all support here too.
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- Through Michael's work with Johnny Reinhard & the American Festival Of Microtonal Music, Vick has recently secured Furman University & Special Collections w/ the largest tuning systems & microtonal archive in the World. Please read the full press release for details here....... Furman University Acquires Unique Music Collection
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"Not only has he broken free of the 12 tone Western system, he has long been an advocate of found music, using ordinary objects, and even machines, to create music that fits into his infinitely pitched worldview." AL
AbstractLogix on Michael aTonal Vick
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"Not only has he broken free of the 12 tone Western system, he has long been an advocate of found music, using ordinary objects, and even machines, to create music that fits into his infinitely pitched worldview." AL
AbstractLogix on Michael aTonal Vick
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Godin Glissentar MAV-collection on Utube
Michael aTonal Vick on the Godin Glissentar
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Hear Vick's epic acoustic fretless guitar piece Observations Of Love live from the American Festival Of Microtonal Music in Boston from 2008 under the direction of Johnny Reinhard; plus enjoy Vick's Boston 2008 explorations on the Godin Glissentar on his microTonal-piece Kierancely.....
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For the past decade Michael Vick has taught a microtonal tuning course he created called "Tuning Systems & the Aural Experience" at Furman University in Greenville, SC, & it is always a highlight of the participating students journey at the university. Through this course Vick has brought in such world renowned microtonalist Kraig Grady, Stephen James Taylor, John Schneider, Tolgahan Coğulu, Terumi Narushima, Johnny Reinhard & many others for his students to learn about tuning systems dating back thousands & thousands of years…….VariousCoursePhotos
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The 1st ever MicroTonal Festival in the Southern United States was held back in 2015 in North Carolina & the above photos are from the finale on the final night featuring Michael Vick on Glissentar w/ Johnny Reinhard's 128-Tuning-Ensemble. American Festival Of Microtonal Music
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Order Michael aTonal Vick's newest/enjoyable recording ProNounced Triple-V (VVV) as a Digital-Download or CD from the various sites below & all over the World.
Listen for FREE below, thanks & enjoy.......
ProNounced Triple-V (VVV) full-on BandCamp.com
ProNounced Triple-V (VVV) on Amazon.com
ProNounced Triple-V (VVV) on iTunes.com
ProNounced Triple-V (VVV) on Spotify.com
ProNounced Triple-V (VVV) on Play.Google.com
Read some snippets of reviews below & remember to listen wide-open.......
“…..this semiserious release will have you rethinking your own musical philosophy!
Weirdly, addictively mesmerizing.” WB
Progression Magazine Winter 2017 full review of PronVVV
Weirdly, addictively mesmerizing.” WB
Progression Magazine Winter 2017 full review of PronVVV
"There is an amazing amount of sounds and a huge variety of performances which make this one of the most varied and interesting fretless guitar albums to date." JB
Unfretted full review of PronVVV
Unfretted full review of PronVVV
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Michael Vick's top 5 records which have impacted him the most in his life musically or otherwise at GuitarHoo. These really point to a clear early idea of listening for Michael?
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Hear Vick & bassist MonoNeon below on Cagey-Train microTonal-soUnds.......
***** UpComing Concerts *****
Hear SoundAsMusic live w/ Michael aTonal vVvick @ the Mountain Skies 2019 Earth & Space Music Festival May 3rd-5th, 2019 @ White Horse in Black Mountain, North Carolina & witness a part of the Global Electro-music community. Also, hear the artists' special-tracks created for the 2019 Mountain Skies Electro-music Collective digital album released on BandCamp.....
*****2018*****
Check out SoundAsMusic live w/ vVv Friday, October 12th, 2018 at the South of Broadway Theatre Park Circle in North Charleston, SC as part the World Music Cafe Charleston
Witness MAV live at Furman University on Monday, November 12th at 8:00 pm in
Daniel Recital Hall as a special-guest of Dan Koppelman
Hear SoundAsMusic live w/ Michael aTonal vVvick @ the Mountain Skies 2019 Earth & Space Music Festival May 3rd-5th, 2019 @ White Horse in Black Mountain, North Carolina & witness a part of the Global Electro-music community. Also, hear the artists' special-tracks created for the 2019 Mountain Skies Electro-music Collective digital album released on BandCamp.....
*****2018*****
Check out SoundAsMusic live w/ vVv Friday, October 12th, 2018 at the South of Broadway Theatre Park Circle in North Charleston, SC as part the World Music Cafe Charleston
Witness MAV live at Furman University on Monday, November 12th at 8:00 pm in
Daniel Recital Hall as a special-guest of Dan Koppelman
ALL Michael Vick CDs & Digital Downloads
Search all around the webs for Michael too.......
Below are a few from iTunes w/ Vick using different names.......
iTunes Michael aTonal Vick
iTunes The Michael Vick Trip
iTunes Michael Vick
iTunes VVVEAD
iTunes MusicaMundana.TV
iTunes WIT'S END
Sniff, Sniff..... Smell La Mitten
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"Classic" The Michael Vick Trip on CD
Floating On A Time-Scale InBetween
Search all around the webs for Michael too.......
Below are a few from iTunes w/ Vick using different names.......
iTunes Michael aTonal Vick
iTunes The Michael Vick Trip
iTunes Michael Vick
iTunes VVVEAD
iTunes MusicaMundana.TV
iTunes WIT'S END
Sniff, Sniff..... Smell La Mitten
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"Classic" The Michael Vick Trip on CD
Floating On A Time-Scale InBetween
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Free microTonal-Bananas for All since the dawn of vVv, Enjoy!!!
microTonal Banana
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Check out this duo EP w/ wunderkind bassist MonoNeon & Michael Vick called
John Cage on Soul Train
Also, give a listen to MV w/ MonoNeon on his Southern Visionary album.....
John Cage on Soul Train
Also, give a listen to MV w/ MonoNeon on his Southern Visionary album.....
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Hear MAV's new-tune Mixed-Glorys on the new ClassWar Karaoke release Survey 0031 that also features 50 other various artists including Adrian Belew and Vincent Berger Rond all right there on the edge, enjoy FreeMusicArchive!
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Hear MAV on NPR-SC-FM discussing microtones & tuning systems w/ music Vick chose to demonstrate the beauty & mystery of music in various tuning systems other than the obvious 12-TET, enjoy..........
MAV on the Radio 11.24.15
MAV on the Radio 11.24.15
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Be sure to pick up this excellent new book
Fretless Guitar - The Definitive Guide
Do yourself a favor & learn about one of the most
overlooked instruments in the history of music, &
learn to understand why it is finally coming into
favor & what to do to get on board w/ the fretless guitar
& the various tuning systems having zero-frets
can offer............mv
Fretless Guitar - The Definitive Guide
Do yourself a favor & learn about one of the most
overlooked instruments in the history of music, &
learn to understand why it is finally coming into
favor & what to do to get on board w/ the fretless guitar
& the various tuning systems having zero-frets
can offer............mv
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Also, pick up Neil Haverstick's new book Harmonics and Spirals. Vick gets alittle mention in this deep but approachable tuning theory book.
Family of FretlessZ ala VVV-style.......
"Technically, I think Michael has the aptitude to outplay many indie musicians and make tons of dough from it, but in my opinion, he chose the more solitary path because a true musician never compromises his creativity and individuality, and, in the end, that’s the most important thing one can have." MikkiTarro on MV
from MikkiTarro full 2006 Interview with Michael Vick
from MikkiTarro full 2006 Interview with Michael Vick
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MV w/ Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya after a concert near Asheville, NC.......
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Unfretted.com article about the 1st ever MicroTonal Festival in the Southern US, MicroFest-South was held on September 24th-26th, 2015 in Winston-Salem, NC. Check out the Unfretted.com article & be on the look for audio & video from this historic event. www.afmm.org
MV gets micro-mention about Fretless Guitars alongside Jeff Berg in this book from 2010 called The New GuitarScape in Critical Theory, Cultural Practice and Musical Performance
by Kevin Dawe.
Observations of Love
by Kevin Dawe.
Observations of Love
2-InterViews & performances
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"I feel we're at a turning point where the fretless guitar is shedding its novelty status and becoming a viable instrument in its own right." Vick in Guitar Player mag
….. no fret zone …..
….. no fret zone …..
microTonal.sFears
muvick ie. muvickal-style X-3 in the Key of VVV
"This stuff is very foreign to the uninitiated & should be approached with a venturesome open mind"
www.ProgressionMagazine.com
www.ProgressionMagazine.com
VVVick spitting out XenHarmonicX with Jeff Sipe/Apt.-Q258's group & below that MAV on acoustic fretless guitar w/ Debashish Bhattacharya, Subhasis Bhattacharya, Jeff Sipe/Apt. Q-258 and a few select Furman U. music students..............
Concert Calendar (s)
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Check out SoundAsMusic live w/ vVv Friday, October 12th, 2018 at the South of Broadway Theatre Park Circle in North Charleston, SC as part the World Music Cafe Charleston
Witness MAV live at Furman University on Monday, November 12th at 8:00 pm in Daniel Recital Hall as a special-guest of Dan Koppelman
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Come check out vVv as SoundAsMusic for Dojo-NoWhere an ongoing music series event to be held at the Charleston City Gallery on Wednesday, August 16th from 6:00-8:30 pm. This event is Free & open to the public & will feature 3 different musicians including XenHarmonix by Michael aTonal Vick aka vVv w/ support from Geoff G5 Cormier on percussion & puppets w/ extra visuals from Scott Ebenezer Hilton.
http://citygalleryatwaterfrontpark.com/event/dojo-nowhere/
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https://www.facebook.com/events/1060682070728663/
***** 2016 *****
So far "private" & in-progress only.......
***** 2015 *****
Hear MV on the SC Public Radio FM Tuesday, November 24th, 2015 at Noon on Sonatas & Soundscapes.
VVV will discussing various tuning systems & microtonality; alongside a special program of pieces MAV picked which are all in different tuning systems. This will be a special show that any lover of music should not miss!
American Festival of microTonal Music in Winston-Salem, NC live Saturday, September 26th, 2015 w/ Michael aTonal Vick on fretless guitars & various other artists (full line up list & venue for each night) at Brendle Hall on the campus of Wake Forest as part of Johnny Reinhard's 3 day event in North Carolina more info afmm.org
Sound As Music will be performing at the Furman University Summer KeyBoard Institute 2015 on
Monday, June 22nd at 7:30 pm, Free.
Check out Vick performing at the 2015 Asheville Electro-Music Fest in Asheville, North Carolina. VVV's performance will be held on Saturday, May 16th at 9:45 pm.
Be sure to check out the Festival web site for more details & the other artists etc. & get those Ears Ready!
*****2014*****
Vick w/ Jeff Sipe/Apt. Q-258 on drums performing as a Power-Duo at Furman University on Wed, December 3rd, 2014 @ 8:00 pm
MV performing w/ the Wayang Modern Shadow Puppet Troupe feature Jumaadi at the
Halsey Gallery in Charleston, SC
Fri., November 14th at 8:00 pm
MV performing w/ Jeff Sipe/Apt. Q-258 & jammin'-friends at the Phoenix Lounge in Brevard, NC
Mon, October 27th at 8:00 pm
MV performing w/ the Pioneer of the Hindustani slide guitar Pandit Debashish Battacharya w/ Jeff Sipe/Apt. Q-258 on drums & Subhasis Bhattacharya on tabla.
This concert will also feature a few choice Furman Music Students.
Furman University McAlister Auditorium FREE Concert w/ Q&A following
Wed., October 8th at 8:00 pm
MV performing w/ G5-Comier as MusicaMundana.tv at the Pickens Amphitheater on
Sat., August 9th, 2014 from 7:00-10:00 pm
MV performing at Furman University for the Summer Keyboard Institute on
Monday, June 23rd at 8:00 pm
MV performing at the Pickens Amphitheater in SC on
Sat., June 14th, 2014 from 7:00-10:00 pm
w/ Todd Campbell as VVVEAD
MV performance (Sound As Music) at the Asheville electro-music festival
Sat., May 17th, 2014 at 9:00 pm
www.emavl.com
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MV workshop (Tuning Systems & the Aural Experience) at the Asheville electro-music festival
Fri., May 16th, 2014 at 4:00 pm
www.emavl.com
MAV sitting in Jeff Sipe/Apt.-Q258's group at the Phoenix Lounge in Brevard, NC
Mon, April 28th at 8:00 pm
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MV performing at Furman University on
Tues., November 19th at 8:00 pm
MV performance & interview on Carolina Now on
Tues., November 19th, 2013 at 11:00 AM & Web
MV performance & interview WNCW FM NC late-night session mini-show on
Mon., Nov 18th FM & the Web
www.wncw.org
MV performance & interview on the Your Carolina TV Show on
Mon., Nov 18th, 2013 at 10:00 AM & Web
MV performing at the Shawn Lane 10 Year Memorial Fest in Memphis,TN on
Sat., September 22nd, 2013
MV performing as WIT'S END DUO in Atlanta, GA NorthSide
Wed., September 4th, 2013
MV performing for Scott Hilton's Art Show in Asheville, NC on
Fri., August 16th, 2013 at 7:00-10:00 PM & Web
tour archives re-populating
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*** 2018 ***
Check out SoundAsMusic live w/ vVv Friday, October 12th, 2018 at the South of Broadway Theatre Park Circle in North Charleston, SC as part the World Music Cafe Charleston
Witness MAV live at Furman University on Monday, November 12th at 8:00 pm in Daniel Recital Hall as a special-guest of Dan Koppelman
*** 2017 ***
Come check out vVv as SoundAsMusic for Dojo-NoWhere an ongoing music series event to be held at the Charleston City Gallery on Wednesday, August 16th from 6:00-8:30 pm. This event is Free & open to the public & will feature 3 different musicians including XenHarmonix by Michael aTonal Vick aka vVv w/ support from Geoff G5 Cormier on percussion & puppets w/ extra visuals from Scott Ebenezer Hilton.
http://citygalleryatwaterfrontpark.com/event/dojo-nowhere/
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https://www.facebook.com/events/1060682070728663/
***** 2016 *****
So far "private" & in-progress only.......
***** 2015 *****
Hear MV on the SC Public Radio FM Tuesday, November 24th, 2015 at Noon on Sonatas & Soundscapes.
VVV will discussing various tuning systems & microtonality; alongside a special program of pieces MAV picked which are all in different tuning systems. This will be a special show that any lover of music should not miss!
American Festival of microTonal Music in Winston-Salem, NC live Saturday, September 26th, 2015 w/ Michael aTonal Vick on fretless guitars & various other artists (full line up list & venue for each night) at Brendle Hall on the campus of Wake Forest as part of Johnny Reinhard's 3 day event in North Carolina more info afmm.org
Sound As Music will be performing at the Furman University Summer KeyBoard Institute 2015 on
Monday, June 22nd at 7:30 pm, Free.
Check out Vick performing at the 2015 Asheville Electro-Music Fest in Asheville, North Carolina. VVV's performance will be held on Saturday, May 16th at 9:45 pm.
Be sure to check out the Festival web site for more details & the other artists etc. & get those Ears Ready!
*****2014*****
Vick w/ Jeff Sipe/Apt. Q-258 on drums performing as a Power-Duo at Furman University on Wed, December 3rd, 2014 @ 8:00 pm
MV performing w/ the Wayang Modern Shadow Puppet Troupe feature Jumaadi at the
Halsey Gallery in Charleston, SC
Fri., November 14th at 8:00 pm
MV performing w/ Jeff Sipe/Apt. Q-258 & jammin'-friends at the Phoenix Lounge in Brevard, NC
Mon, October 27th at 8:00 pm
MV performing w/ the Pioneer of the Hindustani slide guitar Pandit Debashish Battacharya w/ Jeff Sipe/Apt. Q-258 on drums & Subhasis Bhattacharya on tabla.
This concert will also feature a few choice Furman Music Students.
Furman University McAlister Auditorium FREE Concert w/ Q&A following
Wed., October 8th at 8:00 pm
MV performing w/ G5-Comier as MusicaMundana.tv at the Pickens Amphitheater on
Sat., August 9th, 2014 from 7:00-10:00 pm
MV performing at Furman University for the Summer Keyboard Institute on
Monday, June 23rd at 8:00 pm
MV performing at the Pickens Amphitheater in SC on
Sat., June 14th, 2014 from 7:00-10:00 pm
w/ Todd Campbell as VVVEAD
MV performance (Sound As Music) at the Asheville electro-music festival
Sat., May 17th, 2014 at 9:00 pm
www.emavl.com
&
MV workshop (Tuning Systems & the Aural Experience) at the Asheville electro-music festival
Fri., May 16th, 2014 at 4:00 pm
www.emavl.com
MAV sitting in Jeff Sipe/Apt.-Q258's group at the Phoenix Lounge in Brevard, NC
Mon, April 28th at 8:00 pm
****2013****
MV performing at Furman University on
Tues., November 19th at 8:00 pm
MV performance & interview on Carolina Now on
Tues., November 19th, 2013 at 11:00 AM & Web
MV performance & interview WNCW FM NC late-night session mini-show on
Mon., Nov 18th FM & the Web
www.wncw.org
MV performance & interview on the Your Carolina TV Show on
Mon., Nov 18th, 2013 at 10:00 AM & Web
MV performing at the Shawn Lane 10 Year Memorial Fest in Memphis,TN on
Sat., September 22nd, 2013
MV performing as WIT'S END DUO in Atlanta, GA NorthSide
Wed., September 4th, 2013
MV performing for Scott Hilton's Art Show in Asheville, NC on
Fri., August 16th, 2013 at 7:00-10:00 PM & Web
tour archives re-populating
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BIO
Michael Vick aka Michael aTonal Vick, is a multi-instrumentalist & as Guitar Player magazine dubbed him, the Ringleader behind the Fretless Guitar Festival. In Asian circles, he is also known as vVv, often with Free-Bananas & enjoys performing & composing on what he calls extended & limited guitars, basses, micro-keys, Glissentar, bansuri, polychord, ipAds, percussionz, found-objects, Earth & vox to create SoundAsMusic. Vick’s style is hard to describe because it can range from the conventional to the abstract utilizing microtonal tuning systems & natural sounds to the beyond……..
Michael's formal musical training began when he was fourteen years old when he was invited to study classical guitar and music theory at the College of Charleston under Michael Poulos and in Master Classes with Frederick Hand. Around this time, he was also invited to study with Christopher Berg at the University of South Carolina delving deeper into advanced classical guitar and compositional techniques. Over the years that followed, Michael worked under Carroll Brown at Oceansong Records as a recording engineer, and then later moved to Atlanta, Georgia and became a freelance recording engineer and studio musician. As an artist, Michael has performed with the American Festival of Microtonal Music, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Wayang Modern Shadow Puppet Theater, Footlight Players, Pat Curtis Jazz Trio, C of C Guitar Quartet, Modern India w/ Debashish Bhattacharya etc, and he has performed at the Spoleto Festival, Hotlanta's Acid Jazz Festival, American Festival of Microtonal Music, NYC Fretless Guitar Festival (which he founded in 2005), Gagliarchives FM, Shawn Lane 10 Year Memorial Celebration in Memphis, Asheville Electro-Music Festival, National Slide Guitar Festival & the Mountain Skies Festival etc. Vick has also toured and recorded as Wit’s End, The Michael Vick Trip, Bass Fight (w/ Benjamin Funk Johnson), MusicaMunadana.TV (w/ G5 on Gamelan ) and VVVEAD (w/ Todd Campbell aka Electro Acoustic Drummer).
For his work with fretless guitars & tuning systems, MaV has been featured in books, magazines & on the internet, as well as; on tv & radio, and for over 10 years he has taught a course of his own creation at Furman University called Tuning Systems & the Aural Experience. Through his work w/ FU & the AFMM; Michael was instrumental in bringing Johnny Reinhard’s revered microtonal/tuning systems archive to Furman’s Special Collections, & in 2020, Reinhard & Vick started the online music resource Microtonal University aka MU. Vick has personally released over 15 CDs & can also be heard on the CD compilations: World's Fretless Guitarists: Village Of The Unfretted (w/ Ron Thal/Bumblefoot, David Fiuczynski/Fuze, Ned Evett & Elliot Sharp/E#), Artists For Charity: Guitarists 4 The Kids (w/ Robert Fripp, Steve Lukather, Mattias IA Eklundh & Pierre Bensusan,) and Unplugged & Unfretted: A Collection Of The World's Acoustic Fretless Guitarists (w/ Neil Haverstick, Kevin Kastning, Cenk Erdogan & Edward Powell). MaV has also released music w/ eclectic-bassist MonoNeon, & he has been featured on various label compilations including Spectropol Records & ClassWarKaraoke at the FreeMusicArchive. His newest full-length is called Sound As Music Presents Pronounced-Triple-V (vVv), & his most recent single dropped in 2021 is Observations of Love. Be on the lookout for his upcoming full-length release Undocumented Unprovoked Unprotected on Earth Day 2022 too!
"Not only has he broken free of the 12 tone Western system, he has long been an advocate of found music, using ordinary objects, and even machines, to create music that fits into his infinitely pitched worldview."
AbstractLogix
"He plays fretted and fretless guitars, and sometimes his music takes a little getting used to."
FretNet
“This semiserious release will have you rethinking your own musical philosophy!
Weirdly, addictively mesmerizing.”
ProgressionMagazine
Michael Vick is currently endorsed by Godin Guitars & FreeNote Music.
www.MichaelVick.net
www.SoundAsMusic.com
Michael Vick aka Michael aTonal Vick, is a multi-instrumentalist & as Guitar Player magazine dubbed him, the Ringleader behind the Fretless Guitar Festival. In Asian circles, he is also known as vVv, often with Free-Bananas & enjoys performing & composing on what he calls extended & limited guitars, basses, micro-keys, Glissentar, bansuri, polychord, ipAds, percussionz, found-objects, Earth & vox to create SoundAsMusic. Vick’s style is hard to describe because it can range from the conventional to the abstract utilizing microtonal tuning systems & natural sounds to the beyond……..
Michael's formal musical training began when he was fourteen years old when he was invited to study classical guitar and music theory at the College of Charleston under Michael Poulos and in Master Classes with Frederick Hand. Around this time, he was also invited to study with Christopher Berg at the University of South Carolina delving deeper into advanced classical guitar and compositional techniques. Over the years that followed, Michael worked under Carroll Brown at Oceansong Records as a recording engineer, and then later moved to Atlanta, Georgia and became a freelance recording engineer and studio musician. As an artist, Michael has performed with the American Festival of Microtonal Music, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Wayang Modern Shadow Puppet Theater, Footlight Players, Pat Curtis Jazz Trio, C of C Guitar Quartet, Modern India w/ Debashish Bhattacharya etc, and he has performed at the Spoleto Festival, Hotlanta's Acid Jazz Festival, American Festival of Microtonal Music, NYC Fretless Guitar Festival (which he founded in 2005), Gagliarchives FM, Shawn Lane 10 Year Memorial Celebration in Memphis, Asheville Electro-Music Festival, National Slide Guitar Festival & the Mountain Skies Festival etc. Vick has also toured and recorded as Wit’s End, The Michael Vick Trip, Bass Fight (w/ Benjamin Funk Johnson), MusicaMunadana.TV (w/ G5 on Gamelan ) and VVVEAD (w/ Todd Campbell aka Electro Acoustic Drummer).
For his work with fretless guitars & tuning systems, MaV has been featured in books, magazines & on the internet, as well as; on tv & radio, and for over 10 years he has taught a course of his own creation at Furman University called Tuning Systems & the Aural Experience. Through his work w/ FU & the AFMM; Michael was instrumental in bringing Johnny Reinhard’s revered microtonal/tuning systems archive to Furman’s Special Collections, & in 2020, Reinhard & Vick started the online music resource Microtonal University aka MU. Vick has personally released over 15 CDs & can also be heard on the CD compilations: World's Fretless Guitarists: Village Of The Unfretted (w/ Ron Thal/Bumblefoot, David Fiuczynski/Fuze, Ned Evett & Elliot Sharp/E#), Artists For Charity: Guitarists 4 The Kids (w/ Robert Fripp, Steve Lukather, Mattias IA Eklundh & Pierre Bensusan,) and Unplugged & Unfretted: A Collection Of The World's Acoustic Fretless Guitarists (w/ Neil Haverstick, Kevin Kastning, Cenk Erdogan & Edward Powell). MaV has also released music w/ eclectic-bassist MonoNeon, & he has been featured on various label compilations including Spectropol Records & ClassWarKaraoke at the FreeMusicArchive. His newest full-length is called Sound As Music Presents Pronounced-Triple-V (vVv), & his most recent single dropped in 2021 is Observations of Love. Be on the lookout for his upcoming full-length release Undocumented Unprovoked Unprotected on Earth Day 2022 too!
"Not only has he broken free of the 12 tone Western system, he has long been an advocate of found music, using ordinary objects, and even machines, to create music that fits into his infinitely pitched worldview."
AbstractLogix
"He plays fretted and fretless guitars, and sometimes his music takes a little getting used to."
FretNet
“This semiserious release will have you rethinking your own musical philosophy!
Weirdly, addictively mesmerizing.”
ProgressionMagazine
Michael Vick is currently endorsed by Godin Guitars & FreeNote Music.
www.MichaelVick.net
www.SoundAsMusic.com
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