Tinnitus Suite

I hear ringing in my ears as a result of exposure to loud noises. Hearing damage is a birthright for experimental musicians, but most artists just try to ignore it. I let my tinnitus inspire me, and compose as a direct response to my condition. To accompany my tinnitus, I invented a system of tensioned twenty-foot long piano wires activated by mixer feedback—lady’s harp—which, when installed onto walls, turns a room into a mechanical model of the inner-ear.