Hugging Composer David Behrman, photo by Cleek Schrey
who is he?
Daniel Fishkin’s ears are ringing. Daniel’s lifework investigating the aesthetics of hearing damage has received international press (Nature Journal, 2014); as an ally in the search for a cure, he has been awarded the title of “tinnitus ambassador” by the Deutsche Tinnitus-Stiftung. He is the only luthier that studied directly with the daxophone’s inventor, Hans Reichel. Daniel’s instruments have traveled the world, including Canada, Norway, Germany, France, Japan, Kazakhstan, and Australia. He is the first USA-based artist to receive the P.I.G. Prize (2021) from acclaimed fashion designer Henrik Vibskov. Daniel received his MA in Music Composition from Wesleyan University, and earned his PhD in Composition and Computer Music at the University of Virginia. He teaches at Ramapo College of New Jersey, where he is Assistant Professor of Music Production. His current favorite wood is prunus serotina, or black cherry.
Contact
daniel.fiction AT gmail.com
Bibliography, Written Words, Articles, Media
Essay on the Musical Oscilloscope for the journal eContact
https://econtact.ca/19_2/fishkin_oscilloscope.html
How to build a daxophone: instructional blog series for popular woodworking magazine
https://www.popularwoodworking.com/editors-blog/introducing-the-daxophone/
https://www.popularwoodworking.com/editors-blog/how-to-build-a-daxophone-soundbox/
https://www.popularwoodworking.com/editors-blog/the-mystery-of-the-acoustic-cantilever-building-a-dax-for-your-daxophone/
Composing the Tinnitus Suites: 2008 through 2016 (until death) — From the Society of American Music Bulletin
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.american-music.org/resource/resmgr/docs/bulletin/vol423.pdf
Nature Interview on Tinnitus
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v505/n7482/full/505159a.html
KCRW Podcast
http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/the-organist/episode-19-composing-the-tinnitus-suites
Tinnitus Ambassadors!
http://www.deutsche-tinnitus-stiftung-charite.de/en/partners/ambassadors/
