Nick Didkovsky

Template:Short description Template:Infobox musical artist Nick Didkovsky (born 22 November 1958) is a composer, guitarist, computer music programmer, and leader of the band Doctor Nerve.<ref name="Dorsch">Dorsch</ref> He is a former student of Christian Wolff, Pauline Oliveros and Gerald Shapiro.<ref name="Dorsch" />

CareerEdit

Didkovsky formed Doctor Nerve in 1984.<ref>Taylor, Graham "Doctor Nerve" in Buckley, Peter (1999) The Rough Guide to Rock, Rough Guides, Template:ISBN, pp. 302-3</ref> He received a master's degree in Computer Music from New York University in 1987 and went on to develop a Java music API called JMSL (Java Music Specification Language).<ref>Didkovsky, Nick & Burk, Philip L. "Java Music Specification Language, an Introduction and Overview", in Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Computer Music Association, 2001, p. 123</ref> JMSL is a toolbox for algorithmic composition and performance. JMSL includes JScore, an extensible staff notation editor. JMSL can output music using either JavaSound or JSyn.<ref>Dean, Roger T. (2009) The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music, OUP USA, Template:ISBN, p. 127</ref> He has presented papers on his work at several conferences.<ref name="Dorsch" />

Ensemble activities include founding the blackened grindcore band Vomit Fist in 2013.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was a composing member of the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet for the ten years of the band's tenure, and has also played in John Zorn's band.<ref name="Dorsch" /> His Punos Music<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> record label is a harbor for his more extreme musical projects such as "split",<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> a guitar collaboration with Dylan DiLella of the technical death metal band Pyrrhon<ref>Pyrrhon (band)</ref>Template:Circular reference.

His debut solo album was released in 1997 and featured contributions from Frith.<ref>Jurek</ref> His second album, Body Parts, came out of a collaboration with Guigou Chenevier.<ref>Couture</ref>

Didkovsky has composed for or performed on a number of CDs including:

1987, Doctor Nerve Armed Observation, Label: Cuneiform, produced by Fred Frith
1988, Rascal Reporters Happy Accidents
1995, Doctor Nerve SKIN, Label: Cuneiform
1997
- Every Screaming Ear, Label: Cuneiform (January 21, 1997)
- Ayaya Moses, with the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet
- Binky Boy
1999, Upbeat, with the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet<ref>Schultze, Tom "Upbeat" in Bogdanov, Vladimir et al (2002) All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz, Backbeat Books, Template:ISBN, p. 443</ref>
2000, Ereia, with Doctor Nerve and the Sirius String Quartet
2003, Bone - uses wrist grab, with Hugh Hopper and John Roulat
2015, Vomit Fist Forgive but Avenge
2017 Alice Cooper Paranormal
2019, Vomit Fist Omnicide

Didkovsky's music has also been arranged by the experimental music group Electric Kompany. He is a co-owner of the "$100 Guitar", a guitar which was circulated amongst many musicians (including Alex Skolnick, Fred Frith, and Nels Cline) for the recording of a concept album about the guitar.<ref>Kozinn, Allan (2013) "A Generic Guitar Inspires a Distinctive Project", The New York Times, April 2, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2014</ref>

Solo discographyEdit

Now I Do This (1982), Punos Music
Binky Boy (1997), Punos
Body Parts (2000), Vand'Oeuvre
The Bright Lights The Big Time (2005), FMR
Tube Mouth Bow String (2006), Pogus
The $100 Guitar Project (2013), Bridge
Phantom Words (2017), Punos

NotesEdit

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SourcesEdit

Couture, François "Body Parts Review", Allmusic. Retrieved August 16, 2014
Dickenson, J. Andrew: "Electric Counterpoint", Urban Guitar, July 2006
Dorsch, Jim "Nick Didkovsky Biography", Allmusic. Retrieved August 16, 2014
Jurek, Thom "Binky Boy Review", Allmusic. Retrieved August 16, 2014
Ross Feller, Ice Cream Time: The Raunchy and the Rigorous [1]Template:Dead link
Rose, Joe, A $100 Guitar Makes A 30,000-Mile Odyssey, [2], National Public Radio, 4 December 2012

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