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Electro-Sonic Painting- e-lec-tro-son-ic paint-ing

1. The process of intertwining painting and electronic sound in the creation of a work of art and a soundscape.

2.An electronic musical form of painting or mark making. This process is performed with an amplified brush or tool to create a fine work of art. A musical brush is a brush with a sensitive microphone, synthesizer, MIDI trigger used to amplify the application of the paint or mark making material. In many ways Electro Sonic Painting is like painting with a microphone. Electro-Sonic Painting or Electro-Sonic Making combines sonic, musical and visual processes.

History of Electro-Sonic Painting

In 2005,Marcus Brown first started painting with custom designed/engineered paint brushes and canvases after relocating to Portland,Or after hurricane katrina. Brown said " there always was sound in the painting you just had to make it possibile to hear it "

After returning home to New Orleans in 2007 Brown United with old friend Nathan Weidenhaft a sound designer,computer formed a performance group called PAINT in New Orleans which uses multiple methods to paint a picture with sound.

PAINT is an electro-sonic band or performance group.

B I O

DR. Brownsounds aka Marcus E. Brown is a New Orleans Sound performance artist, sculptor, painter, etc. Marcus was born and raised New Orleans, LA. Marcus E. Brown attended high school at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts / NOCCA where he studied Visual Arts and became know as a passionate young artist.After five years of intense training at the Kansas City Art Institute, Marcus built a reputation as a prolific visual artist, gallery director, educator, and musician. Brown started his performance career by playing his unique sound objects and instruments in Kansas City, MO. at the Kansas City Art institute. Marcus Brown developed as a sound artist by making sculptural electronic instruments, performing on campus, and in the Kansas City Area with local DJs and hip-Hop artists at clubs. Brown is also an educator, gallery director, photographer and painter. In addition to showing at dozens of galleries nation wide, Marcus also has taught art education at the k-12 level as well as college art classes across the nation. Dr. Brownsounds has performed with various artists such as Tyrone Brown, Bill Summers, Chuck Barber, Devin Phillips, Signal Path, and Norman Sylvester. After evacuating from New Orleans in august of 2005 due to hurricane Katrina, Marcus and his new wife relocated to Portland, OR where he now lives and practices. Marcus aka DrBrownSounds performs with a various assortment of homemade electronic instruments. Brown is also a prolific painter and inventor who developed a form of painting called Electrosonic Painting in which the artist paints with an amplified brush or tool used to create a fine work of art as well as a work of sound or music at the same time. Dr. Brown has collaborated with many talented musicians throughout the process of creating Electrosonic painting.

Nathan Weidenhaft

Nathan Weidenhaft's exploration of all things musical began in childhood. His interests and efforts landed him at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts for jazz studies while still in high school. Following NOCCA Weidenhaft studied music at various college institutions such as University of New Orleans, University of North Texas and Loyola University. Weidenhaft's various stints with groups and ensembles have resulted in participation on more than a dozen studio recordings and many more live recordings. In 2001, he joined the live-electronic band, Signal Path. As Keyboardist/Guitarist, Signal Path’s accomplishments include over 400 shows is 3 years throughout North America, invitations to perform at major festivals around the country such as Bonnoroo, Wakarusa, 10,000 Lakes, High Sierra, South by South West and made the focus of feature articles in national media publications such as Relix and Newsweek. Beyond Signal Path, Weidenhaft is also one-half of experimental art music duo, Paint, along with long time friend and Iconoclastic artist Marcus Brown.Paint is a groundbreaking project that merges the auditory and visual into one electro-sonic existence. He has also recently released a solo record of the self-invented Delta-tronic genre of music titled, Grounded, go home, released Internationally through the Homegrown Music Network.

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