Hal McGee

Hal McGee is a noise recording/sound manipulating artist living in Gainesville, FL, but originally from Bloomington, Indiana where he graduated from Indiana University.

McGee has been creating noise releases, collecting and trading cassettes, and elevating the boundaries and content of sound manipulation since the 1980s and has released over 340 albums, collaboration, split and live pieces throughout his recording career. Furthermore, the Gainesville resident was known for staging his "Apartment Series" shows where fellow noise, improvisational, electronic musicians were invited to perform short sets in his apartment to be released later. He has also recorded with Deborah Jaffe under her 60 Minutes of Laughter noise recording project and then going to have a release under the banner of Swamp Patrol 64 alongside David Mattingly (Gabble Ratchet, Bright Too Late) and the aforementioned Jaffe. McGee has also released industrial music style recordings under the name Dog As Master.

McGee is also a dog aficionado and his dog, Stanley, can frequently be heard on his home recordings along with humorous phone conversations with his friends; he also records hobbies in an everyday context for his releases, such as transactions made in a post office to purchase stamps or shopping for goods at a Home Depot.