M.I.K.E

Reserve your time today!

Call the Arts center to sign up for a one-to four-hour recording and engineering session with a certified M.I.K.E. volunteer. Sign up for longer or multiple sessions if you have an album in mind! Information regarding bringing M.I.K.E. to your community can be obtained by contacting,
Amy Horst, Connecting Communities Coordinator, at 920.458.6144 x117.

Prices

Tuition per hour is $25 ($20 member) and includes a CD recording of your performance. Up to five musicians can “jam” during the same session. All ages are welcome to record, but children ages fourteen and younger need to bring an adult.

Recording Times

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:00–8:00 p.m.
Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

About M.I.K.E.

Created in 2006 by artists Richard Saxton of the municipal WORKSHOP and Stuart Hyatt of TEAM Records in collaboration with over 100 community participants, M.I.K.E. (“Musically Integrated Kiosk Environment”), is a transformable architectural sculpture created from a grain bin and salvaged camper and truck parts. When in its closed position, it functions as a digital recording studio, fostering community spirit through cooperative music making. The entire sculpture opens like a clamshell to reveal a dynamic performance stage for outdoor concerts and performances. The focal point of a 2006 Connecting Communities residency, M.I.K.E. was designed for travel on one flatbed semi-truck trailer to communities throughout the country. Once onsite, this functional sculpture, akin in appearance to a “midwestern lunar module,” provides previously non-existent opportunities for recording projects and outdoor performances.

The first CD created by the project is available for purchase at the Arts Center.