Nick Didkovsky
Nick Didkovsky | |
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 Nick Didkovsky at The Stone | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1958 |
| Genres | Progressive rock |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Associated acts | Doctor Nerve, Vomit Fist, Alice Cooper |
| Website | www.didkovsky.com |
Nick Didkovsky (born 1958) is a composer, guitarist, computer music programmer, and leader of the band Doctor Nerve.[1] He is a former student of Christian Wolff, Pauline Oliveros and Gerald Shapiro.[1]
Contents
1 Career
2 Solo discography
3 Notes
4 Sources
5 External links
Career
Didkovsky formed Doctor Nerve in 1984.[2] He received a Masters in Computer Music from New York University in 1987 and went on to develop a Java music API called JMSL (Java Music Specification Language).[3] JMSL is a toolbox for algorithmic composition and performance. JMSL includes JScore, an extensible staff notation editor. JMSL can output music using either JavaSound or JSyn.[4] He has presented papers on his work at several conferences.[1]
Ensemble activities include founding the blackened grindcore band Vomit Fist in 2013.[5] He was a composing member of the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet for the ten years of the band's tenure, and has also played in John Zorn's band.[1]
His debut solo album was released in 1997 and featured contributions from Frith.[6] His second album, Body Parts, came out of a collaboration with Guigou Chenevier.[7]
Didkovsky has composed for or performed on a number of CDs including:
- 1987, Doctor Nerve Armed Observation, Label: Cuneiform, produced by Fred Frith
- 1995, Doctor Nerve SKIN, Label: Cuneiform
- 1997
Every Screaming Ear, Label: Cuneiform (January 21, 1997)
Ayaya Moses, with the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet
- Binky Boy
- 1999, Upbeat, with the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet[8]
- 2000, Ereia, with Doctor Nerve and the Sirius String Quartet
- 2003, Bone - uses wrist grab, with Hugh Hopper and John Roulat
- 2015, Vomit Fist Forgive but Avenge
- 2017 Alice Cooper Paranormal
Didkovsky's music has also been arranged by the experimental music group Electric Kompany. He is a co-owner of the "$100 Guitar", a guitar which was circulated amongst many musicians (including Alex Skolnick, Fred Frith, and Nels Cline) for the recording of a concept album about the guitar.[9]
Solo discography
Now I Do This (1982), Punos Music
Binky Boy (1997), Punos
Body Parts (2000), Vand'Oeuvre
The Bright Lights The Big Time (2005), FMR
Tube Mouth Bow String (2006), Pogus
The $100 Guitar Project (2013), Bridge
Phantom Words (2017), Punos
Notes
^ abcd Dorsch
^ Taylor, Graham "Doctor Nerve" in Buckley, Peter (1999) The Rough Guide to Rock, Rough Guides, .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
ISBN 978-1858284576, pp. 302-3
^ Didkovsky, Nick & Burk, Philip L. "Java Music Specification Language, an Introduction and Overview", in Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Computer Music Association, 2001, p. 123
^ Dean, Roger T. (2009) The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music, OUP USA,
ISBN 978-0195331615, p. 127
^ http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Vomit_Fist/3540383352
^ Jurek
^ Couture
^ Schultze, Tom "Upbeat" in Bogdanov, Vladimir et al (2002) All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz, Backbeat Books,
ISBN 978-0879307172, p. 443
^ Kozinn, Allan (2013) "A Generic Guitar Inspires a Distinctive Project", The New York Times, April 2, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2014
Sources
- Couture, François "Body Parts Review", Allmusic. Retrieved August 16, 2014
- Dickenson, J. Andrew: "Electric Counterpoint", Urban Guitar, July 2006
- Dorsch, Jim "Nick Didkovsky Biography", Allmusic. Retrieved August 16, 2014
- Jurek, Thom "Binky Boy Review", Allmusic. Retrieved August 16, 2014
- Ross Feller, Ice Cream Time: The Raunchy and the Rigorous [1]
- Rose, Joe, A $100 Guitar Makes A 30,000-Mile Odyssey, [2], National Public Radio, 4 December 2012
External links
- Official website
- Doctor Nerve Home Page
- JMSL Home Page
- Interview with New Sounds
Uses Wrist Grab at AllMusic
- Hundred-dollar Guitar Project
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