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Preserving Chicago’s Living History of Improvised Music
1 Allison Schein - Archive Manager Patrick Seymour - Project Archivist
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A Little Background Experimental Sound Studio Mission:
2 A Little Background Experimental Sound Studio Mission: A non-profit, artist-run organization Focused on sound in all its exploratory cultural manifestations Serve the artists engaged in these disciplines, the audiences who listen to them, and the public who may as yet be unaware of sound's many creative dimensions. Approach integrates production, presentation, education, and preservation, often in partnership with other organizations, constituencies, artists, and individuals.
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Creative Audio Archive
3 Creative Audio Archive The Creative Audio Archive (CAA) is a Chicago based center for the preservation and investigation of innovative and experimental sonic arts and music. CAA is an initiative of the Experimental Sound Studio, formed in response to growing concerns over the general state of historical preservation of non-mainstream audio, in particular, recordings, print, and visual ephemera related to avant-garde and exploratory sound and music of the last five decades. Established in 2003 Currently houses 4 multi-format collections Chicago-centric with an international flair
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Malachi Ritscher and collection beginnings
4 Malachi Ritscher and collection beginnings Political activist Collection dates from early 1980’s until his death in 2006 Early live recordings of new wave artists Cassettes DAT’s
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Malachi Ritscher Collection
5 Malachi Ritscher Collection By the mid-90’s focus became jazz and improvised music Became Ken Vandermark’s archivist Chicago’s Improvised Music Community Period of collaboration between European and Chicago Players Venues
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Funding gap and outreach solutions
6 Funding gap and outreach solutions Traditional fundraising vs. emerging platforms Focus Goal Impact on future funding Interest generated as we asked for permission for off site listening events Partnering with retail outlets and venues for listening opportunities
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Kickstarter Community members as spokespersons for video
7 Kickstarter Community members as spokespersons for video Approached two artists within the collection that are considered accessible to a wide audience Incentives Other deliverables Realistic goals
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Results Successfully funded within two weeks
8 Results Successfully funded within two weeks Information provided by Kickstarter and how to make the best of it Communication with backers Additional accounts for payments/fees associated Delivering incentives
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Digitization - Kickstarter
9 Digitization - Kickstarter Equipment Adobe Audition (yay metadata control!) Panasonic SV-3700 Mac Mini Digi 002 Shure SRH940 headphones Event 2020 monitors 237 DAT’s identified as at risk 100 of the oldest were a priority for the first round Three transfer engineers Oldest of the 100 were given to the engineer with most experience
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Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
10 Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation $30,000 one year grant for preservation and outreach Preservation: Completion of transfer for remaining 137 DAT’s Cassette condition report and prioritization based on same guidelines as DAT’s Cassette transfer Equipment maintenance
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Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
11 Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation Outreach Roundtables with artists and scholars on the importance of the genre, archives in general and accessibility Permissions database creation of artists within the collection for future use Partnerships with radio stations, venues, etc. Performances with artists culled from the collection to create awareness of archive
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If we could do it all over again…
12 If we could do it all over again… More crowdsourcing funding options Asked for more money! Incorporate grant proposal i a ideas incentives Would not have attempted a major online overhaul prior to launching Plotted out information needs better
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13 Contact information and links Allison Schein Patrick Seymour 5?token=bdfaa26d
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