About

Wave & circuit

Wave and Circuit is a creative ‘idea’ space in Missoula exploring the wavy intersection of art, music, literature, and technology.  It started when Jay Bruns and Joe Glassy, who originally shared a downtown Missoula office, moved to the Hip Strip to forge a community space blending their love of music, art, and writing with their backgrounds in technology/science.

At Wave and Circuit, we’re dedicated to using of our space at 829 S. Higgins to fill gaps in the ways people connect around these creative areas, and between them.  Since its inception, Wave & Circuit has served as a neighborhood and community center-spoke, an informal social hub, connecting people from different backgrounds, cultures, and interest areas in new ways. First, some basics. Wave & Circuit does not feature any musicians performing copyrighted music, or “cover” songs. We do occasionally feature local musicians performing all original music. Wave & Circuit doesn’t solicit offers to rent out the space for various uses, due to how our (Joe & Jay) respective IT offices re co-located there with its attendent liabilties, and how the lease and maintenance for the space is currently subsidized by these businesses.

The Wave and Circuit idea is inspired by diverse cultural ideas and energy, abundantly present in avenues such as the thriving Missoula music and art scene, Missoula's First Friday events, the greater Pacific Northwest arts/music culture, and NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts.  In the future we’ll be hosting workshops and seminars on topics of interest, as well as some live music and art events, workshops, and themed gatherings.  Examples of these will include art installations, invited jam-sessions involving solo, small combo and ensemble music acts of various genres, album release parties, as well as readings, or writers groups, discussion groups, and/or mixtures of these.

What We’ve Done So Far

A few examples of what Wave and Circuit has provided are:

·         album release listening parties for local artists

·         provided technical and backend support to local events and productions

·         provided creative consultation for artists, non-profits, thinkers and tinkerers

·         a local Art+Technology group that explores novel audio visualization techniques integrating music and rich media visual displays, immersive interactive visual-reality, and visual accompaniments to live band performances. (Wednesday nights, by arrangement)

·         a release for Brine the Zine, including multiple musical acts, celebrating the publication of their most recent edition.

·         a series of music improvisation workshops led by Naomi Siegel, as well as help sponsor her new LakeBottom Sound concert series and evolving jam sessions

·         We’ve hosted art installations and blends of art/music events including live music and private parties.