And I've been kind of fascinated with him since.

I'm Michael Johnson.

I live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

And yes, I never met Tudor either, but was introduced to his music on college radio in the mid-80s, I suppose, through the Lovely Recordings.

And got very interested in a lot of spaces between the arts and started building electronics myself and sort of trying to find a way to... focus on feedback and music always with his work in mind because it was exemplary, I thought, in sort of taking feedback and turning it into a really productive idea instead of a kind of a demonstration or something.

And then over time, was lucky enough to meet not just some of the people in this group, but also gained access to the instrument collection at Wesleyan through the extreme generosity of Ron Quivola.

And because of my skills in electronics, began to study the instruments directly.

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