(amb) Our own David Beardsley on NYC Public Access TV

From Alan Blattberg
Sent Mon, Sep 13th 1999, 19:00

Whilst late-night channel-surfing, last night, I happened upon one of the
four public access channels we get to enjoy, here in Manhattan.

The music caught my ear -- it was warm, low and drone-y, static upon first
listen, but constantly evolving upon closer inspection, and the tuning
sounded a bit, well . . . different -- "kind of like a microtonal
Jliat," was my first thought.  

The visuals were very minimal (mostly black screen with three narrow
vertical bands equally spaced, giving what appeared to be a glimpse into
the shifting light patterns that were taking place behind the black
screen), but the music was nicely mesmerizing, so I turned the volume up
and went about getting ready to turn in for the eve.

The piece ended, and I looked over to the set just in time to see
the words "Music by David Beardsley."  It's always nice to see a familiar
name . . .  Well done, David.

This was followed by another (equally minimal, visually-speaking) video
piece, music by Beardsley and one other person.  This piece was much more
"active," loaded with beating patterns, and the sounds had much more
"attack" to them (personally, I felt that this detracted from the
sounds).

Anyhow, the program came on unannounced, and wasn't listed inthe program
guide, so I have no idea what it "was."  DB, you should announce yr TV
appearances in the future   ;-)