Maker Faire Coney Island 2024
D Fiction
Home: NY, US Minor Outlying Islands
Daniel Fishkin, the instrument designer, lives in queens. At the Maker Faire, he will present two musical instruments, the daxophone and the arbrasson, each simple instruments that reside in the family called "Friction Lamellophones."
http://dfiction.com/
Maker
Daniel Fishkin
Daniel Fishkin’s ears are ringing. Composer of musical instruments. Daniel studied with composer Maryanne Amacher and with multi-instrumentalist Mark Stewart. He has performed as a soloist on modular synthesizer with the American Symphony Orchestra, developed sound installations in abandoned concert halls, and played innumerable basement punk shows. Daniel’s lifework investigating the aesthetics of hearing damage has received international press (Nature Journal, 2014); as an ally in the search for a cure, he has been awarded the title of “tinnitus ambassador” by the Deutsche Tinnitus-Stiftung. He is the only luthier that studied directly with the daxophone’s inventor, Hans Reichel; Daniel’s instruments have traveled the world, including Canada, California, Norway, Germany, France, Japan, Kazakhstan, and Australia. Daniel received his MA in Music Composition from Wesleyan University, and has taught courses on instrument design and electronic music at Bard College, the Coope
http://dfiction.com/
