Nick Didkovsky is a guitarist, composer, and music software programmer.
He founded the rock band Doctor Nerve in 1983 (www.doctornerve.org) and is a member
of the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet. He has composed for Bang On A Can All-Stars,
Meridian Arts Ensemble, ETHEL, loadbang, and others. His $100 Guitar Project passed
a guitar through the hands of over 60 players, culminating in a double CD on Bridge
Records, whose profits are donated to CARE, a leading humanitarian organization
fighting global poverty (www.100dollarguitar.com). His Black Sabbath Guitar Lessons
on YouTube have been received with great enthusiasm by metal fans all over the
world. His metal band Häßliche Luftmasken premiered in June 2011
(www.tinyurl.com/maskenmetal). With computer music pioneer Phil Burk, Didkovsky
created Java Music Specification Language (www.algomusic.com), which is used by
composers all over the world. He has taught JMSL at Dartmouth College, CalArts,
Columbia University, and NYU. With composer Georg Hajdu, he has created MaxScore, an
object that uses JMSL to bring music notation to Max/MSP. His compositions and
guitar work appear on over 50 records with releases on Cuneiform Records, SONY
Classical, New World Records, Bridge Records, Pogus Productions, Koch Classics, and
Cantaloupe. His Punos Music record label serves up his more extreme musical projects
(www.punosmusic.com).