The Original Computer Network Band consisting of John Bischoff, Tim Perkis, Chris Brown, Scot Gresham-Lancaster, Mark Trayle and Phil Stone. One of the first ensembles to investigate the unique potentials of computer networks as a medium for musical composition and performance. The group came about as an association of computer music composers who were also designers and builders of their own hardware and software instruments. Their approach to the computer music medium was and still is strongly do-it-yourself, a characteristic common both to the electronic technology community of the San Francisco Bay Area, and the experimental instrument-building tradition of Harry Partch, John Cage, and David Tudor. They approached the computer network as a large, interactive musical instrument in which the data-flow architecture linked independently programmed automatic music machines, producing a music that was noisy, surprising, often unpredictable, and was definitely more than the sum of its parts.