• Artist Spotlight: Harris G. Thor
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  • Biography:
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  • American composer, performer and artisan Harris G. Thor received education at West Campus, Berkeley California, and Broome Community College, Binghamton, New York and studied with Bill Washer, Paul Winter, Doug Beardsley, Wavy Gravy, and Rick Masten. He premiered his composition "Nestle These Quick" at the Barbazon School of Modeling graduation ceremony of 1972. A multi-instrumentalist, he performs on guitar, guitar synthesizer, fretless bass, lap steel, synthesizer, and harmonica. Since 1978 he has led ensembles with artists including Armen Boyajian, Zane Massey, Marko Marcinko, and B. J. Liederman and has played with Ed Carter of the Beach Boys, Hank Roberts, Eric Ross and Peter Dodge. Harris is the owner and operator of the Captured Music Studio of Vestal, NY- a performance space and recording studio with remix and CD production capabilities. He has produced hand-made electric guitars and basses, and performed electronics and instrument repairs at the HG Thor Guitar Lab since 1990. He is currently president of Easy Motion Inc., inventors and manufacturers of the Woodwiz Splitter.
    •  Compositions:
  • "Road To Uzes", jazz composition for live performances, 1999
  • "Thrush", composition for live performances, UnityGroup, 1999
  • "Brown Eyes", composition for live television performance, 1997
  • "Last Tango In Lemuria", composition for live television performance, 1997
  • "Satin Latin", all instruments, multitracked, 1986
  • "Echolalia", a tone painting in three parts for electric guitar, 1984
  • "Chroma One", composition for synthesizer and female vocalist, 1984
  • "Debbie's Hair Is Still Here", The Screaming Headlines, 1985
  • "KARP", fusion ensemble music, The Screaming Headlines, 1984
  • "E-Curb", composition for found sounds and violin, The Cerbonaughts, 1979
  • "Hermine": jazz composition for Air Apparent- Washington, DC, 1979
    •  Recordings:
  • The Artists Formerly Known As Second Nature: "First Instinct", Chopper Records, 1999 CD
  • Nature Boys: "Second Nature", Hairst Music, 1999 CD
  • Nature Boys: "Hunter Gatherer", Hairst Music, 1998 CD
  • HG Thor: "Dawn Of The Ninth", Hairst Music, 1998 CD
  • UnityGroup: "Live At The Haunt", Hairst Music, 1998 CD
  • UnityGroup: "UnityGroup", Robert Weinberger producer, 1998 CD
  • HG Thor And Friends, "Fore", Hairst Music, 1995, cassette
  • Jimmy Clune, "Collected Works", arrangements, instruments, engineering, 1987, cassette.
  • The Screaming Headlines, "The Screaming Headlines", Hairst Music, 1985, cassette.
  • The Cerbonaughts, "Glandscrape", Hairst Music, 1985, cassette
  • Daniel Ansell, "Its Only Life", arrangements, instrumnents, engineering, 1982, cassette.
  • The Cerbonaughts, "Harsh Butterflies", Hairst Music, 1979, cassette
    •  Film and Video:
  • Michalak, David, "The Return", film, 1975, Actor
  • Butler, Michael, "Adelaine In Ruins", video, 1974, Actor, Sound, Gaffer, Camera Operator.
    •  Television Performances:
  • UnityGroup, concert, 'Mixed Bag' , WVIA Television, Wilkesberry, PA, 1999
  • UnityGroup, live concert broadcast, 'Sessions', WSKG Television, Binghamton, NY, 1998
  • The Screaming Headlines, concert, 'Sessions', WSKG Television, Binghamton, NY, 1997
  • HG Thor And Friends: concert and interview, 'Sessions', premiere stereo broadcast, WSKG Television, 1995
    •  Technical and Theater:
  • Sound engineer: Second Hand, Broadway production, The New Victory Theater, The New 42nd Street Inc., NYC, 1998
  • Sound engineer: Second Hand, Broadway Bound, Anderson Center, Binghamton University, 1998
  • Sound engineer: Captured Music Studio, 1990-present day
  • Sound engineer: Binghamton University Festival For The Performing Arts, 1984
  • Sound engineer: Harris G. Thor, Sound engineer services, live and studio mixing, 1978-present day
  • Lighting designer: Raisin, touring musical group 1975
  • Roady: Dice, touring musical group 1974-1975
  • Lighting engineer: Canton Elementary School play, 1962
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    Contact Information:

    Harris G. Thor: PO Box 1285, Vestal, NY 13850, E-mail: guitlab@woodwiz.com

    Website: The HG Thor Guitar Lab: www.woodwiz.com/guitarlab

    Copyright 1999, Harris G. Thor. All rights reserved.