Jason Price

trumpet, cracklebox, electronics

jasonprice@alarmwillsound.com
www.jasonpainterprice.com

I was born in Williamsburg, Virginia, a living anachronism, with a twin brother, a living clone. My mother worked as a historical interpreter and dressed in Colonial period clothes while my father was an engineer at NASA. Until Reagan was elected I firmly believed we were still at war with the English and that my father drove a train to the moon. My first musical experiences, besides fife and drum music, were the records discarded by my older brothers: the speeches of FDR, sound effects, early Beatles, music from the Renaissance, and a recording called Music from Mathematics, played by the IBM 7090.

In an effort to emulate my older brothers in every way I took up the trumpet and have continued to bother people with it for the past twenty years. Eventually I went to school for the trumpet where I figured out how to bother people with electronics as well. Meanwhile my twin brother Phil found punk rock and vintage synths. I enjoy visual and sound poetry, experimental music, free improvisation, and teaching a course in computer music. I managed to win some competitions and got to study at some nice places but nothing makes me happier than getting to perform with my brother and playing for friends. I feel incredibly lucky to play with Alarm Will Sound and to play all this great music with such exceptional folks.

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