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i may not have been blogging terribly often the last few weeks but that’s because i was making this! it’s for james annesley’s virtual proximity – the track’s called suburbia. dig the album here. the clip was made using a combination of stop motion animation and projection mapping and i put together a little video describing the process. dig that below.
And then I made this. It’s called Archaeopteryx, it’s a MIDI controller designed with VDMX in mind and I think it’s pretty hot. I’m going to make a run of similar, smaller controllers called The Sleep Crime so if you’d like to get your hands on one shoot me an email. But for now here’s how this one came into being. Continue reading Archaeopteryx: a DIY MIDI controller much is happening. earlier this week i released an update to VIZZable, my set of video plugins for ableton live. it’s a big update with fancy new features like GL optimisation and autoconnection(!) the auto connection code is thanks to chris gough from the jitter in live google group. if you’re into video and ableton live and maybe even max/msp, you should join us to help us test and make various awesome things.
if you’re in melbourne, you can see these plugins in action along with some button pressing, singing and jumping around when i play live at plugnplay next thursday the 28th of april at the kent st cafe, 201 smith st, fitzroy. i think i’m playing with vdmokstati, jean poole and others… bit short on details at the moment… but it’ll be awesome, i’m sure. the day after that (friday 29th) i’m playing at the builders arms with time shield, the leafs and sun blindness. i’ll also supplying visuals for the leafs and sun blindess. check the fb event! and the poster:
in other news, the dudes at projuice have thrown up a little write up about me which makes me feel a little warm and fuzzy. projuice is a media creation showing airing on abc at the moment – it’s really great seeing tutorial style programming making the airways especially since it’s pretty much favorite sort of thing to watch on the interwebs. that and videos of baby sloths. in other, other news, i’ve been inspired by this, this and this and have decided to build a midi controller (i’ve undertaken a similar project in the past). i’ll be using the guts from two korg nanokontrols and a usb qwerty keyboard and it should end up looking a bit like this:
can’t wait.  Leave a comment  DIY, excitement, gigs, video, vj  DIY, excitement, faux pas, gigs, making of, max msp, melbourne, midi, music, software, sun blindness, the future, the leafs, time shield, video, VIZZable, VJing, zeal My good friend Subsketch has started a podcast and this week it features me talking about all things Zeal thusfar. He’s done some tricky editing to make me say things i never really said… check it out Y’all! Oh yeah! Give me that podcast!
While you’re at it, check out all things Subsketch. He makes tremendous stuff. It is worthy of your attention. Leave a comment animation, DIY, excitement, music, the intertron, video, video games adelaide, animation, art, excitement, making of, mp3, music, music video, space-time, stop motion, Subsketch, the future, This is how i hear your voice, time, video game, with the moon along side racing us home, zeal peeps have been quick to jump on my new little max4live project Vizzable which has been great. this is going to be the format of the new Zeal live set except expect some acoustic guitar, live sampling and words that sound nice but don’t mean much. 2 comments animation, DIY, excitement, gigs, music, video, vj art, DIY, excitement, max msp, midi, music, software, the future, video, VIZZable, VJing, zeal New clip for Vigilante! mmmmm…. lights. The pretty colours are provided by a Novation Launchpad which is sequenced/animated in Ableton Live. This track and the rest of the album are still free. Go get it. UPDATE: Sydney was awesome. Pictures and thing will surface, I’m sure. like these ones: If you’re heading to this year’s TINA I’m going to part of a panel discussing making music with game controllers smart phones, not so smart phones etc. I imagine I’ll be talking about AXIS and and MAX/MSP… The TINA/Sound Summit Program puts it like this: Saturday, October 2nd: 2.00pm – 4.00pm: Artist Presentation Facilitator: Andrew Tuttle (Sound Summit) Should be a lot of interesting ideas in one place! If you’re in Adelaide Monday the 20th of September (tonight) come down to the wheatsheaf from around 8 to see Virtual Proximity play with me in my VJ disguise. Leave a comment DIY, gigs, music, video games, vj adelaide, axis, DIY, gigs, guitar hero, max msp, music, the future, video game, VJing, zeal
My goodness. There’s alot coming up over the next two months. One biggie in about a fortnight is HOBART + MUSIC = YEAH! A festivus of wonders… I just made up that byline… maybe it’ll be picked up next year. I’m playing with the splederous tiger choir who i’ve played with twice before and there are a stack of other great bands playing. Also it’s cold and there are devils. what more could you want?
I’m also working on a new VJ set for a live audio visual project for james annesley in his solo electronic guise. I’m incorporating live video feeds into this set which is something new for me. Dr Who style video feedback FTW! I’m going to trial some of the new material still in it’s learning-to-walk phase this sunday at the workers club. We’ll see how it goes… but wait there’s more. I’m playing a show in Sydney September 18th which is way exciting as i’m yet to have carved up that particular town with my plastic axe of doom. I’ll put a proper post up about that show soon. There’s still more because there’ll probably be a radelaide show shortly after that. Ampersand there’s even more because after that i’ll be at this years This is Not Art speaking as part of panel on alternative controllers in electronic music… spoiler alert: ergonomics, stage presence and the buttler did it. My new album is still free BTW.
My new album “With the Moon alongside Racing Us Home” launched today. It’s available as a free download and also as CD in lovingly handmade cardboard sleeves made just for you. I wrote and recorded the album throughout 2009 in my bedroom studio dubbed The Pentagon, It has reoccuring themes of robots, dragons, anarchism and the night sky and a little three note refrain scattered throughout. You can download or buy the album here.
To celebrate the albums release I’ve also sent my new website live. mmmmm… orange.
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