Archive for January 2010

First impressions: Apple iPad

In General, Music on 28 January 2010 tagged apple, games, iPad, mobile, multitouch, Music, video, web

My first impression of the Apple iPad is: I like it. It’s pretty much what I imagined might be announced, and it would work nicely around our home for its intended purposes: browsing the web, checking emails, reading news and weather, viewing photos, videos and movies. I can even see myself reading some PDFs and [...]

‘Tis Tuesday

In General on 26 January 2010

Reading lots of Ballard; mixing down some tracks for commercial release; needing a news/social media fast; otherwise rudderless.

Digital collage, untitled.

In Art on 26 January 2010 tagged Art, collage, digital, photography

Bonus podcast mix: Max for Live/Monome experiments

In Music on 17 January 2010 tagged Ableton, electronic, generative, improv, jam, live, Max For Live, mix, monome, podcast

I’ve been exploring Max for Live and my new monome grayscale 64 using Stretta’s MFL Monome Suite and thought I would share some of the results. Max For Live/Monome experiments (31:00min, 51 MB MP3) is an aimless mix of four different pieces I’ve been working on:

Slim demo, slightly eerie and broken
Silver Keys demo, distorted and [...]

2010: A New Hope

In Art, General, Music on 5 January 2010 tagged Art, business, design, generative, live, marketing, media, Music, personal, reading

A new year brings a bounty of hope—for new attitudes, new projects, new directions. In the past year, my intentions were to play more live shows and focus on finishing select tracks to my satisfaction. Mission accomplished.
Rather than make predictions or resolutions, here are some of the things on my plate and/or on the horizon [...]