Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
On the evening of Friday, November 7th, we were delighted to feature musician/composer/instrument maker Nick Demopolous’ solo project Smomid (NYC), sound designer TC Cryder’s solo project Fractured Eons (OH), experimental electronic musician/digital artist Doug Leed (CMH), and improvisational musician Torin Jacob’s solo project Obsessed with Sound (CMH).
Supporters of our 2025-2026 season include the Greater Columbus Arts Council, the Ohio Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Columbus Foundation.
About the artist:
Nick Demopoulos is a visionary musician, composer, and instrument inventor known for pushing the boundaries of sound and technology. As the creator of the Smomid (String Modeling Midi Device), Nick has redefined the possibilities of live music performance, blending traditional instrumentation with cutting-edge innovation. With a background in jazz guitar, sound design and electronic music, Nick’s work spans a unique fusion of genres, offering audiences an immersive experience that is as visually captivating as it is sonically groundbreaking. Smomid music often features glitchy and scattered beats, sampling, abstract textures, ambient spaces, and improvisation. Smomid music draws on many varied influences and creates bizarre juxtapositions with deft sonic versatility, with heavy beats, Gregorian Monks chanting and Taiko drum sounds all coexisting comfortably. In listening to Smomid one gets the impression that anything is possible and that all sound universes can coexist. Nick designed and created his own instruments for the purpose of facilitating live interactive, audiovisual performances realized by using the gestures one would associate with playing an acoustic instrument.These instruments create sound, emit light through high powered LED displays embedded in the instruments and control video animations.
On the evening of Friday, November 7th, we were delighted to feature musician/composer/instrument maker Nick Demopolous’ solo project Smomid (NYC), sound designer TC Cryder’s solo project Fractured Eons (OH), experimental electronic musician/digital artist Doug Leed (CMH), and improvisational musician Torin Jacob’s solo project Obsessed with Sound (CMH).
Supporters of our 2025-2026 season include the Greater Columbus Arts Council, the Ohio Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Columbus Foundation.
About the artist:
Nick Demopoulos is a visionary musician, composer, and instrument inventor known for pushing the boundaries of sound and technology. As the creator of the Smomid (String Modeling Midi Device), Nick has redefined the possibilities of live music performance, blending traditional instrumentation with cutting-edge innovation. With a background in jazz guitar, sound design and electronic music, Nick’s work spans a unique fusion of genres, offering audiences an immersive experience that is as visually captivating as it is sonically groundbreaking. Smomid music often features glitchy and scattered beats, sampling, abstract textures, ambient spaces, and improvisation. Smomid music draws on many varied influences and creates bizarre juxtapositions with deft sonic versatility, with heavy beats, Gregorian Monks chanting and Taiko drum sounds all coexisting comfortably. In listening to Smomid one gets the impression that anything is possible and that all sound universes can coexist. Nick designed and created his own instruments for the purpose of facilitating live interactive, audiovisual performances realized by using the gestures one would associate with playing an acoustic instrument.These instruments create sound, emit light through high powered LED displays embedded in the instruments and control video animations.
