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Chuck Hammer is an American guitarist and Emmy nominated digital film composer, known for seminal guitar-synth with Lou Reed, David Bowie, and Guitarchitecture. A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance This is about synthesizers which can be played like guitars for the portable keyboard synthesizers that are held like guitars see Keytar. Lewis Allan Reed (born March 2 1942 is an American rock Singer-songwriter and Guitarist. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Guitarchitecture: is a term developed by Chuck Hammer in 1977 describing an approach to soundtrack composition employing discrete textured guitar layers

As an artist, Hammer is best known for his Guitarchitecture recordings, though he is also widely regarded as an influential soundtrack composer, having scored approximately 300 documentary films.

He was born in New York City. The City of New York

Hammer toured extensively with Lou Reed from 1978 through 1980. During these concerts Hammer utilized new guitar technology, known as guitar-synth, to orchestrate songs from "Berlin", "Street Hassle", and "The Bells". This is about synthesizers which can be played like guitars for the portable keyboard synthesizers that are held like guitars see Keytar. Berlin is a 1973 album by Lou Reed, his third solo album and the follow-up to the widely accessible and upbeat glam rock classic ''Transformer''. Street Hassle is a 1978 album by Lou Reed. The studio tracks were recorded in New York City while the live recordings were made in Munich West Germany The Bells is the ninth Album by Lou Reed. Arista Records released the album in 1979 It was during this time that Hammer developed an approach to composing and recording known as Guitarchitecture. Hammer recorded with Lou Reed on Growing Up in Public, January 1980. Growing Up in Public is the tenth Album by Rock and roll artist Lou Reed, released in 1980

In March 1980, Hammer recorded guitar-synth tracks for David Bowie on the album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), including multiple textures across "Ashes to Ashes", "Teenage Wildlife" and "Up the Hill Backwards", all of which marked the earliest use of guitar-synth in Bowie's catalogue. This is about synthesizers which can be played like guitars for the portable keyboard synthesizers that are held like guitars see Keytar. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps is an album by David Bowie, released in September 1980 by RCA Records. " Ashes to Ashes " is a single by David Bowie, released in 1980 " Teenage Wildlife " is a song written by David Bowie in 1980 for the album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps. The actual instruments utilized on these tracks included a Roland GR-500 with an Eventide Harmonizer. The Roland GR-500, manufactured by Roland Corporation, was the first commercially available Guitar synthesizer. Textural tracks such as those on "Ashes to Ashes" exhibited a multi-layered, approach, to recording and composing with the guitar.

Hammer's recorded work is known as Guitarchitecture, a process and term which he developed in 1977.

The underlying thought behind Guitarchitecture is to extend the guitar vocabulary.

Guitarchitecture involves broadening the guitar's vocabulary by altering its temporal characteristics and context. This approach often utilizes extended sustain, reshaped timbres, discreet vibrato techniques, textural event layering, and simply breaking down a chord to its basic elements and recording each element separately (as a modified orchestra). The term Guitarchitecture applies to both Hammer's soundtracks in the digital film medium, as well as his recorded guitar work. Hammer was accorded pioneer status alongside an eclectic and select group, including Robert Fripp and Allan Holdsworth, having been attributed with leading a new era of development in the global guitar community, influencing instrument capabilities, form and functions in music. Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946 in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England) is a Guitarist, Composer and a Record Allan Holdsworth (born August 6, 1946 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is a British Jazz / rock Guitarist

In 1983 Hammer began composing film soundtracks with a Synclavier, adding a Digital Guitar Interface in 1984. The Synclavier System was an early Synthesizer and sampler, manufactured by New England Digital. Later that same year he worked with Laurie Anderson, attempting to trigger synchronized samples, from her Mister Heartbreak multitrack recordings live, utilizing the Digital Guitar Interface. Laurie Anderson (born Laura Phillips Anderson, on June 5 1947 in Glen Ellyn Illinois) is an American experimental Performance artist and Mister Heartbreak is the second album by Avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson, released in 1984 In 1985 he recorded "Glacial Guitars", a series of Guitarchitecture pieces that deploy cello timbres and string controlled sampling. in 1986 Hammer recorded "Cathedral Guitars", a series of solo acoustic pieces. In November 1986 he collaborated with choreographer David Gordon, composing "The Seasons", for the Next Wave Festival, which premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). David Gordon may refer to David Gordon (Australian politician (1865&ndash1946 David Gordon (dance, dancer choreographer and theatrical Hammer utilized a synthaxe as the primary instrument to reshape audio elements while recording this musique concrète piece. A SynthAxe is a Fretted Guitar -like MIDI controller created in 1986 by Bill Aitken and manufactured in England in the Musique concrète ( French; literally "concrete music" is a style of Avant-garde music that relies on recorded sounds including natural

In 1989 Hammer designed AVA studios in New York City, a multi media production facility, that focused on film and television music scoring. Between 1994 and 2004 he composed soundtracks for an extended series of non fiction documentaries; collaborating with National Geographic, Discovery Communications, New York Times, and A&E Network. Overview The NGS's historical mission is "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural historical and natural Discovery Communications LLC (DCL is an American global media and entertainment company that began as a single channel the Discovery Channel, launched in 1985 A&E is a cable and Satellite television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Atlanta, These soundtracks were widely broadcast and highly influential. In effect, darkening the tone of soundtracks that followed, while merging textural scoring with digital sound design. Additional soundtracks focused on the sonic artifacts of "touch" by combining non-processed guitars with highly processed undertones.

In 2006 Hammer composed the soundtrack for the film "Crazy Eights" distributed by After Dark and Lionsgate Films.

In 2007 he composed the soundtrack for the film "The Wreck".

He is currently developing a series of Guitarchitecture soundtracks. Guitarchitecture: is a term developed by Chuck Hammer in 1977 describing an approach to soundtrack composition employing discrete textured guitar layers


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Digital film soundtracks (partial)

Guitarchitecture recordings

Additional

Additional sessions and compilation discography:

Appears on:

Additional releases of Ashes To Ashes

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References

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