TOM CAMERON - Music To Wash Dishes By - '82 private synth outsider LP - NM

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TOM CAMERON - "Music To Wash Dishes By". (private/Bathing Records; Stereo; 1982). *RARE. (**Click on the pictures above for more info - *Double click for larger image**). **This is an original NM vinyl copy of this private outsider experimental synth LP from Chicago, IL.

**NOTE: From the MUTANTSOUNDS Blog review: "A flat out stunning private press synth music mega-rarity from an artist controlling his keys with a homemade biofeedback monitor rigged to manipulate his synth parameters. The results range from eerie baths of narcotized 5 AM blear to nervously chittering and ticking cascades of cartoonish Tom Dissevelt/Raymond Scott-like melodies and rhythms. This is truly a marvel to behold".

**NOTE: From the MATRIXSYNTH Blog interview with Cameron: "My name is Tom Cameron and I would like to explain what is going on in the picture on the back cover of my old album "Music To Wash Dishes By". I was pleasantly surprised to see the album profiled and transcribed in the Matrixsynth Blog. The synthesizers (EML 101, EML 4004/401) and the Shure Vocal Master powered mixer were correctly identified as was the location of the performance. What I think might be of most interest is what I was doing in the performance and how I was controlling the synthesizers. There is a white headband that I am wearing which contains three electrodes which are monitoring my brain waves using a biofeedback machine. This biofeedback monitor would register a small voltage pulse each time that I could successfully maintain a relatively steady alpha state. The brain biofeedback monitor is then connected to an optical interface. This allows me to use the feedback voltage to control the synthesizers without the risk of a ground loop frying my brain. The control voltage of about five volts was then used to control the pitch and filters of the EML 101 and also advance step by step the sequencer on the EML 4004/401. The result was that I could control and play the synthesizers with brain waves alone. OK, so I couldn't play "Mary Had A Little Lamb" but I did create synthesizer sounds by just thinking about them. I thought that this was pretty cool but not many people understood it at the time. They were two young kids that did get it. They bought a few balloons and sneaked up behind my lawn chair and popped the balloons. As I have a slow shock response nothing happened but about ten minutes later a yellow jacket (I hate yellow jackets) came buzzing around my head and the synthesizers went crazy. At the time I thought I'd come up with a pretty original demonstration. But later I found out that Alvin Lucier had done a similar demonstration ten years earlier. He obviously did not use synthesizers at that time but he did use biofeedback to control solenoid operated percussion instruments. And currently Tod Machover is pursuing mind-music connections in a similar vein but with much more sophisticated equipment. I also painted the cover art."

**Vinyl is NEAR MINT to MINT; looks unplayed. **Cover has a faint sticker stain top right front.                                         **USPS - Postage and handling options (We ship in new custom record mailers): *Domestic (USA): Media mail w/ 'Delivery Confirmation': $5.00. **International/Foreign buyers: See eBay rate chart. **Canadian buyers inquire about special rates. *We have been selling records internationally for over 34 years. Thank you for bidding. **PLEASE CHECK OUR OTHER eBay RECORD AUCTIONS and SALES. *If you have any questions about this item ask BEFORE bidding. (Psych, Prog, Private, Folk, Hardrock, Metal, AOR, Electronic, Avant, Experimental, Jazz, Funk, Punk, Soul, R+B, Blues, Jesus Music).