R.I.P. Hayman, born Richard Perry Hayman in 1951 in New Mexico, was an American composer and performance artist. He studied at Columbia University from 1969 to 1973, working with figures such as John Cage, Ravi Shankar, Chou Wen-chung, Petr Kotík, and Philip Corner. In 1973, Hayman rented a room in the James Brown House in New York, which he later purchased with friends and renamed The Ear Inn, hosting music and literary events featuring artists like Michael Bloomfield and Laurie Anderson. He co-founded and edited EAR Magazine with Beth Anderson from 1973 to 1991. Hayman also organized Dreamsound, a series of events designed for sleeping audiences. Beyond music, he was a sinologist and a sea captain.
