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Awesome Air
8+ albums
ambientdroneavant gardemusique concreteexperimental
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By B. Chandrashekar B. Chandrashekar ( BC): could you please state for the record your name and where you are currently located… Mark Buzard ( MB): mark townsend buzard and i am currently a resident of freeland, washington. BC: never been there… MB: it’s on whidbey island. it’s located on the puget sound. pretty tranquil area. lots of variation considering i moved here five years ago from glendale, arizona. BC: that seems like a pretty intense move. what brought you to the northwest? MB: i’ve always had a connection here through my father. we lived here for a few years back in 1987. the time we spent here made such an impression on me. it was always in the back of my mind growing up. so when i had the chance to move here, i jumped on it. it’s been one of the better decisions i’ve made since. BC: and what’s the name of your current project? MB: “awesome air” BC: could you tell us a little bit on the origin of the name? MB: “to feel air when you inhale deeply” it was an “idea” and more of an “in the moment” kinda thing. you had to be there. BC: guess so. what instruments do you play? MB: the first instrument i learned to play was the guitar. self-taught. i started in earnest when i was 12. pretty much taught myself piano when i played in the format. i was always buying old instruments in thrift stores and yard sales; glockenspiels, chord organs, anything that made a noise. i like the experimentation of self-teaching; no boundaries or borders. BC: is that the sam
