by Carolyn Crist


Ian Dunham
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Musician Ian Dunham

Former Tennessean Ian Dunham, 24, is between an audio-editing job in Nuremberg last year and a master’s degree at the University of Texas in July 2009. He works three days a week on his own schedule, writing electro-acoustic music he sells to art exhibits as background music. Dunham composes in an old squatter building called Tacheles where tourists are warned not to disturb artists at work. He pays his few bills through unemployment checks from his former job. “Right now I’m just enjoying Berlin,” said Dunham. “There’s a lot to do.”