you might have noticed footage from the cuba is japan clip. it’s the first time it’s graced the intertrons and it may actually be completed sometime in the near future. ooh, tantalising eh?
for something not so completely different… i’m playing in adelaide next saturday! poster:
this site is going to be revamped in preperation for the launch of the new album so prep those eyeballs for some amazement.
i’ve upped some video from last weeks birmingham gig. i think this might be an internet debut for this track and one of the first examples of axis out in the wild! much more coming up soon.
I’ve been getting asked for this keypad to midi patch a lot recently so I thought I’d upload it. You can get it here. You’ll also need the free max/msp runtime from cycling74.com. If you’re on windows you’ll need loopbe too.
and remember – Zeal’s live Melbourne debut this Friday!
I’ve had a few questions and comments regarding playing chords with axis. Here’s how to do it in ableton:
This’ll only work in ableton but there might be ways to do this using comprable vst plugins etc.
The new Zeal set is coming together and the first of many Melbourne gigs is lined up for April. Oh yeah, and did i mention I have a new album ready for release? next few posts should be bigguns…
so it took almost exactly a year to write and record and now my next album “with the moon alongside racing us home” is mixed! complete! done! finito! pung! bahoogled! i made a lot of those words up, feel free to use them (CC non-profit, attribution, share-alike).
now all this mixing’s done i’m focusing on my live show and getting axis out into the world. i’m also enjoying playing with max for live as an audio visual environment. getting sensors to the party is the next step i think… like some sort of reactive audio-visual “thingy”.
artwork for the album has to be done too… might start on that now.
this is the little video patch i’m working on for the new show. eventually it will do more fancy stuff like multiple layers, zoom, rotate etc. the live show will probably involve fewer aliens…. but more robots.
As promised/hinted at the first Zeal EP “This is how I hear your voice” is now up on . Click that button to make sure I’m not lying. I don’t like iTunes so I’m going to change the subject… right now, I’m busy playing with max for live and developing my new live show. Did someone say midi controlled video and animation?.. hooray for comprehensive video control from with in ableton! shall share shortly.
upped another vid demoing the Guitar Hero to MIDI app AXIS that i’ll be releasing soon. tilt sensors should be on everything! they make the world so much more fun.
Zeal is 25 year-old Melbournite, Robert Jarvis. He makes indietronica in his bedroom studio and animated music videos about cats in space on his bedroom floor.
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