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Bret
Hart [1959 - ] is a through-improvisor, composer,
educator, instrument
builder,
sculptor and published
writer living with his family in Eden, North Carolina.
He has traveled to and lived in many parts of
the US and Asia, flavoring his music with
with their influence.
Since his first self-released project in 1979, Hart has released
numerous improvisational,
scored, and lyrical records, tapes, and CDs under his
own Kamsa, O-Right, HipWorks,
and InstrumenTales
imprints; as well as long-play
records and compilation singles
on the HomemadeMusic,
Gajoob Tapes, Zzaj
Productions, MP3.com,
Go-Kustom, Szum,
FirePiano, Instant
Dogma, Zero
Hits,
Hacienda Jiminez, Revenge,
Scatboy, and The
Facility labels, and has upcoming
compilation singles on Bulbous
Confusion and Cohort Records.
He was a recipient of Massachusetts Cultural Council
Arts grants in 1997 and 1998,
is active in non-profit,
socially conscious fund-raising efforts, is the father of three, and
teaches Language Arts, Set
Design, and creative music electives in a rural North
Carolina middle school.
Hart, as an painter and sculptor, has been an
two time invitee to The Northeast Open in
Worcester, MA; and had one-man
and shared shows in several New England
galleries. In 1986,
he was invited by SUNY Potsdam to
compose and perform his
multimedia performance work,
ALFA,
for the college's sesquicentennial celebration.
In 1970, at ten, Hart was
awarded a student artist scholarship for Syracuse University
studio arts instruction.
His graphics, photographs, and scores have been reproduced
in the US (Cassette
Mythos, Sound Choice, The Racquette) and Russia (Wapnk).
The Massachusetts
band, The New Pond
Fondle, took their name from a Hart
painting.
He has been published since 1977 and his 'Anthropological Studies'
have
been published
(as Chuck Lake) in Eden's
Own and The Neely Chronicle.
His on-going Improvisational Duets Series
features Hart working in spartan spontaneity
with (chronologically) Ernesto
Diaz-Infante, Mark Kissinger, David Wortman, Don
Campau, Fred "Gentlemaniac" Hall,
Scotty "Clang Quartet"
Irving, Alonzo
Phillips, Ben
Horrendous, Steve
Blake, Phil Kellogg, John
Jasnoch, Tom Nunn,
Ian Davis, Amy
Denio, Mika Rintala,
Bob Jordan,
Dick "Rotcod Zzaj" Metcalf,
Phil Hargreaves, Larry
Marotta,
and Jeff "Tragic Bunny" Mills,
.
Hart has recorded and performed with the groups: Camera Obtusa, SOME PIG, Fondling Giblets, HipBone, Maximum Love Vibes, Kudzu, Jaws of Glee, Invented Thing Quartet, The Bones, The Blunt, X's for Eyes, Trouble Boys, Flavor Crystals, Johnny & the Lawnchairs, The Elaborate 8-Piece No Drug Band, Callithump, Krupa's Ankle, The Bulbs, The Swamp Pocket, My Animal Guide, Stink-Towel, Runs With Scissors, Industrial Sonic Echo, B's of Sunrise, Automatic Music, Mille Bornes, H.I.M., Asteroid Schoolhouse, Third Program, Bunker, and The Rhythm Party; and has enjoyed improvisation with Chris Cutler, Ken Hyder, Jack and Ben Wright, microtonalist Dan Stearns, found percussionist Jonathan Thomas, instrument-builder J-Me Johnson, and spoken word artist Dave Nader.
"Current activities include getting a son through college, improving the range of motion in my right leg, creating a consultation firm designed to help businesses reduce their fear of marketing in an ethically procative way, and getting a mortgage on an ol' shack we've had our eye on."
Contact? hipworks@mindspring.com