The mountain did not come to Mahomet. I suspect that I have yet again thrown heart and soul into a bucket too small to hold them. That’s my fault; I look at what ought to happen and work towards that. I then meet with what will happen, somewhat less than the lofty goals I set. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Music'
The Joan Part 4: Technology works, technology delivers
September 8th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Music
Hey look, it works. Click to biggen. OK what have we here. On the left is a new DELL, because the poor old Fujitsu music laptop died in agony trying to hold the entire performance in 2Gb of RAM*. So we have an i7 with 4Gb RAM and Ableton Live. Every single instrument used in [...]
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Samples I don’t need anymore
August 15th, 2011 · Comments Off · Music
MOOG BASS 1 That was the thing in 1990 something. Borrow that Moog you could never afford and sample the crap out of it. End up with a floppy full of burps and bleeps with digital aliasing hissing through the fade. Of course you could spend a day making a single waveform loop to get [...]
Tags: 90s·post digital·synthesis
The Joan Part 3: Apple Akbar (Update)
June 10th, 2011 · Comments Off · Music
Before we get going, here’s a party trick. Find an article about the societal function of grooming amongst primates. Where ever you see the work monkey, replace it with band. For grooming use remix. The article now about the societal remixing between bands still makes perfect sense. Especially the bit about pulling off the skin [...]
The Joan. Part 2.
June 6th, 2011 · Comments Off · Music
So I’ve been working on the Joan gig since January but I have to admit not really getting into the groove until the last few weeks. There’s always some other thing that needed attention, and there still is, but I’m sufficiently shit-scared to concentrate on getting this thing tamed before it gets too late. The [...]
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“Severed Heads” name traded for basket of chocolate?
May 18th, 2011 · 11 Comments · Music
ADELAIDE Monday. Reliable sources report that the name “Severed Heads” may have been traded for a largish basket of hand dipped chocolates. There has been no official confirmation of the report and the band are tight lipped, but if the reports are to be believed the Severed Heads name could be winging its way back [...]
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Somewhat less than Amazing and Magical.
April 4th, 2011 · 9 Comments · Music
According to newspapers people all over the world are queuing up for iPads. Some reporters say that it could be weeks before you can have your hand rubbing oil all over a screen. Lies. On Friday I waddled into the Mac store on UNSW campus, plunked down money and waddled out with toy. If one [...]
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Audio Mouth Breathers
March 10th, 2011 · 13 Comments · Music, Ranting
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a new breed of idiot to celebrate. Recently I become annoyed at people on You Tube that had my music up as soundtracks to a still image. There’s plenty of reasons to despise this: * If they had made a video to go with the music, they would have added [...]
Secret Santa mindfuck sound bomb escapade.
December 26th, 2010 · Comments Off · Music
Well hello dear readers if any. Did you have a good Christmas? My Christmas … let’s just mention one thing. On Christmas eve at around 9pm I turned off a kitchen tap. The tap would not turn off. I turned harder. The tap would not turn off. I hit the tap with some vehemence. The [...]
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Notes towards a music text.
October 31st, 2010 · Comments Off · Music
(Dear Internet. About a week ago I wrote about 1200 words on this. Then a hard drive crash took it. Obviously nature thinks I should write less. I promise). Each year the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre (the Joan) features an Australian Composer in Focus. This gives high school students a chance to study a [...]
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