Evelyn Glennie

Evelyn Glennie is an incredible musician. I saw her perform a snare concerto with the Santa Barbara Symphony and was blown away. Here she is talking about playing music and listening.

BBC

Ever notice how normal it seems when men dress as women, raise their voice and act like cranky middle-aged women in British comedy?

...today I built a small machine that mocks me...

.. . ...the good news is that I'm able to have it mock friends...

It will be needing an eye.

Alaska

I just got back from Anchorage! Highlights include Alisa running a marathon, flying around Mt. McKinley, rafting through a river, a quirky host from Holland at our bed & breakfast, Moose, outhouses and "family restaurants." Also a midnight sun, hiking and swarms of mosquitoes attacking us at a graveyard around 1am while the graves themselves refused to be photographed (until we hid in the bushes). Highly recommended place to visit. I would definitely go back, it's absolutely gorgeous up there.. although I'd like to visit the northern parts of Alaska if/when I go back.

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Fertile Sounds: DUOS

I just checked the fishbon blog and found they posted a bunch of new pics from the concert we just had.

Check 'em out at http://fishboneventlab.blogspot.com/

Here's a sampling from the concert:




Lotsa closeup shots for some reason.

New Directions

So I'm starting a blog. I've been working a lot lately in my room producing music that no one will ever hear and figured I would love a place to post some of these improvised sessions that I've been creating and a blog just seemed right. Not to mention the recent direction I've been taking in interactive music and AI. Providing MP3s alone on a website just doesn't really cut it.

Anyway, here it is. Hope you enjoy.

To kick things off I figured I'd post a pic of the setup in my studio/bedroom for my latest piece. A "Maestro" electric violin (left), a Behringer knob box (center left),my laptop running Max/MSP (center) and an assortment of metal tools for use with the violin (right) This is also the setup I've been using for electronic improvisations. More about that later though.