Travis Thatcher
Travis Thatcher is a musician, instrument designer, and programmer. Having been part of the Atlanta music scene since 2000, he has performed in many cities, among them: New York, Chicago, London and Jerusalem. Currently 1/3 of Judi Chicago and 1/? of recompas, a live collective of sorts stemming from solo work, Travis has also been active in recording and remixing artists in the Atlanta scene.
Travis is also the designer behind the Voice of Saturn line of electronic musical instruments. Working together with Scott Driscoll of Curious Inventor, Voice of Saturn kits and modules have been shipped all over the world to many ambitious noise-makers and experimenters. Both have been working on new designs and kits and hope to grow even more as a part of the DIY musical community.
As a computer programmer, Travis received a BS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech in Spring 2005. His graduate work was in the field of music technology, specifically in human computer interaction for live performance and interactive sonification. Concentrating on mobile applications for networked collaboration and on controller design, he has been involved with projects including: Brainwaves, a sonification installation that allows a group of players to interact with an auditory display of neural activity, Iltur, a series of musical compositions featuring a novel method of interaction between acoustic and electronic instruments with new musical controllers called Beatbugs, and Listening Machines, a concert series exploring concepts of machines listening and improvisation and musical human-machine interaction.
Post graduate school Travis had teaching positions at both Savannah College of Art and Design (Atlanta) as well as at the Art Institute of Atlanta. After a brief stint in the corporate world where time was spent helping to develop a Flash-based interactive meeting place, MeetSee, he decided to focus his efforts on music, instrument design, and freelance interactive programming (Flash, PHP, MySQL, JQUERY).
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