Nick Russo http://www.nickrusso.us Radio Producer. Sound Artist. Percussionist. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:45:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Some New Work?! http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/11/17/some-new-work/ http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/11/17/some-new-work/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:45:48 +0000 Nick Russo http://www.nickrusso.us/?p=69 Yeah, with all the free time that I have I was able to churn out some new sound work. Well, this wasn’t actually done in my free time. And I had to do it. For a class. But I’m fairly happy with how it turned out. Check it out.

Madness Is War.

Thanks!

]]> http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/11/17/some-new-work/feed/ On The Media: Prognosis Negative http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/11/14/on-the-media/ http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/11/14/on-the-media/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:09:35 +0000 Nick Russo http://www.nickrusso.us/?p=64 As a (budding) Communication scholar, I’m inclined to criticize all forms of media. Now, I realize that this is a little hypocritical (me writing THIS media that you are reading), but I think that this is an important piece to bring to your attention.

On The Media is an NPR program produced at WNYC which (also quite hypocritically) examines the media which surrounds us. Co-host Bob Garfield interviewed Gary Schwitzer, an editor of the website Health News Review, about the (negative) impact that news media have on influencing health decisions of the general public.

If this piece doesn’t make your skin crawl, you need to listen to it again. As infuriating and seemingly wrong as it is, this type of reporting has become the norm and as you can see, is incredibly problematic. Don’t trust what you hear on the news, but don’t trust me or Bob Garfield either.


]]> http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/11/14/on-the-media/feed/ SORRY http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/11/12/sorry/ http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/11/12/sorry/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:40:17 +0000 Nick Russo http://www.nickrusso.us/?p=61 I’ve decided that I’m going to begin to actually update this again. And more regularly than before.

As for downloads of my radio program, that won’t be happening because I forgot that laws exist that prevent me from just uploading artists’ work. And I like to abide by laws (for the most part). However, I invite you to listen to my program LIVE every Tuesday night from 10 PM to 12 AM on WMUA (either streamed online or at 91.1 FM in the Pioneer Valley).

Have a goooood Thursday!

]]> http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/11/12/sorry/feed/ Back At UMass http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/09/06/back-at-umass/ http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/09/06/back-at-umass/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:50:02 +0000 Nick Russo http://www.nickrusso.us/?p=56 Now that I’m back at school, my program on WMUA will be available for download on this site. Or, if you’re in the Pioneer Valley, tune in to 91.1 FM WMUA.

Nothing to Say and Saying It will be on the air from 10pm to 12am each Tuesday night. Stream it live here.

Enjoy!

]]> http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/09/06/back-at-umass/feed/ FdSnd http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/08/13/fdsnd/ http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/08/13/fdsnd/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:26:20 +0000 Nick Russo http://www.nickrusso.us/?p=40 Another new track. This time, using FreeSounds and the program QLab. Expect more ‘music-concrete’-influence in my work in the next few weeks.

FdSnd

Enjoy.

]]> http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/08/13/fdsnd/feed/ YrP http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/07/31/yrp/ http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/07/31/yrp/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:20:42 +0000 Nick Russo http://www.nickrusso.us/?p=36 Another experiment.

YrP

Enjoy.

]]> http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/07/31/yrp/feed/ SmSN http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/07/25/smsn/ http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/07/25/smsn/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:24:22 +0000 Nick Russo http://www.nickrusso.us/?p=30 Here’s some sound I worked on earlier this week. I was just messing around with Reason.

SmSN

Enjoy.

]]> http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/07/25/smsn/feed/ More to come soon http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/07/24/more-to-come-soon/ http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/07/24/more-to-come-soon/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:00:27 +0000 Nick Russo http://www.nickrusso.us/?p=23 I will be uploading some more work in the next few days. Stay tuned.

]]> http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/07/24/more-to-come-soon/feed/ Keeps Falling and Falling http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/07/16/keeps-falling-and-falling/ http://www.nickrusso.us/2009/07/16/keeps-falling-and-falling/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:01:08 +0000 Nick Russo http://www.nickrusso.us/?p=17 An example of my sound work.

Keeps Falling and Falling

Enjoy.

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