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Re: Call for New Works [Highways Performance Space]

2009-11-24T22:20:41Z

the aesthetics of failure...
or of redundancy? :)

eilish@... wrote:

> I am currently out of the office from Saturday, November 21 - Tuesday, December 1, 2009. The Lab is closed Monday, November 23 - Tuesday, December 1, 2009.
>
> Hope to see you at our upcoming Postcard event on December 4, 6-9pm
> http://www.thelab.org/events/406-postcard13.html
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Re: Call for New Works [Highways Performance Space]

2009-11-24T18:23:13Z

I am currently out of the office from Saturday, November 21 - Tuesday, December 1, 2009. The Lab is closed Monday, November 23 - Tuesday, December 1, 2009.

Hope to see you at our upcoming Postcard event on December 4, 6-9pm
http://www.thelab.org/events/406-postcard13.html
http://www.thelab.org/index.php?option=com_wordpress

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Re: Call for New Works [Highways Performance Space]

2009-11-24T18:23:05Z

Re: Call for New Works [Highways Performance Space]

2009-11-24T18:22:58Z

Re: Call for New Works [Highways Performance Space]

2009-11-24T18:13:30Z

Re: Call for New Works [Highways Performance Space]

2009-11-24T18:13:18Z

Re: Call for New Works [Highways Performance Space]

2009-11-24T18:13:07Z

Re: Call for New Works [Highways Performance Space]

2009-11-24T18:12:58Z

Re: Call for New Works [Highways Performance Space]

2009-11-24T18:06:10Z

Re: Call for New Works [Highways Performance Space]

2009-11-24T18:05:59Z

Re: Call for New Works [Highways Performance Space]

2009-11-24T18:05:33Z

Call for New Works [Highways Performance Space]

2009-11-24T18:05:31Z

HIGHWAYS PERFORMANCE SPACE
Southern California¹s Boldest Center for New Performance

Seeks submissions for new works for its July-December 2010
season.

Highways is inviting submissions from performance artists,
dancers/choreographers, theatrical practitioners, sound + new music artists,
and interdisciplinary artists who are creating new works addressing pressing
questions in the social, sexual, psychological, and political spheres that
blur traditional aesthetic borders, finding unexpected solutions to
traditional performance/theatrical practices.

All levels of intent, scale, length, and development are encouraged.

Highways co-presents with its artists,
and offers one + two week presenting opportunities.

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E-mail:
submissions@...

+ include a short description of the work, the time frame in which you'd
like to present, and any support materials (including website links).

Deadline: January 1, 2010

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Highways Performance Space is Southern California¹s boldest center for new
performance. In its twenty-first year, Highways continues to be an important
alternative cultural center in Los Angeles that encourages fierce new
artists from diverse communities to develop and present innovative works.

Recently described by the Los Angeles Times as "a hub of experimental
theater, dance, solo drama and other multimedia performance," Highways
promotes the development of contemporary socially involved artists and art
forms.

Throughout our twenty-one year history, Highways has presented some of the
nation's outstanding performance artists, including: Karen Finley, Annie
Sprinkle, Ron Athey, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Tim Miller, Sir Ian McKellan,
Quentin Crisp, Holly Hughes, John Fleck, Osseus Labyrint, Margaret Cho,
Simone Forti, Levan D. Hawkins, Dan Froot, Elia Arce, Dan Kwong, Denise
Uyehara, Jude Narita, Spiderwoman Theater, Keith Antar Mason + The Hittite
Empire, Luis Alfaro, Michael Kearns, John Malpede + Los Angeles Poverty
Department, Paul Zaloom, Butchlalis de Panochtitlan, Cornerstone Theater,
Mariel Carranza, Charles Phoenix as well as hundreds of other contemporary
emerging artists.

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Patrick Kennelly
Associate Director
Highways Performance Space
310-453-1755

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looking for contact

2009-11-21T13:33:52Z

i'm wondering if there's any chance to get a contact for toshio iwai.
his mail address anyone?
contact me off-list in case. thanks in advance.
nic
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Re: A series of textual compositions 1

2009-11-18T11:43:43Z

don't forget Pauline Oliveros "Sonic Meditations".

Adam Davis wrote:

> Hello Paulo,
>
> Aye, those works, as well as those by La Monte Young like his
> Compositions 1960, were a big influence there. I hope to get these
> published sometime :)
>
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Re: realtime net audio platforms

2009-11-18T11:37:38Z

Halihó,

yes it's unstable especially the plug-in (vst) version for Mac. It
consumes a lot
of CPU while the Mac standalone is a bit better and consumes a very
little CPU.
The best is the Windows plugin, it never freezed (for me) but it's hard to
run it on Mac. Tubeplug is very straightforward, everybody can choose
what to
hear on monitor, and it compresses the audio so don't need a high
bandwidth. So
good luck,

Best
Balazs

Michal Seta wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Joao Ricardo <j.m.duarte.r@...> wrote:
>
>> Here's one I've used with relative success: http://www.t-u-b-e.de/
>> It's not very stable but latency is insignificant.
>>
>
> Ha!,
>
> I tried to make t-u-b-e.de work but somehow I failed, I figured that
> it had to be used with their servers? I guess I must be wrong but the
> way it works is not quite intuitive (to me at least).
> What do you mean by "not very stable"?
>
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Re: realtime net audio platforms

2009-11-18T06:21:00Z

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Joao Ricardo <j.m.duarte.r@...> wrote:
> Here's one I've used with relative success: http://www.t-u-b-e.de/
> It's not very stable but latency is insignificant.

Ha!,

I tried to make t-u-b-e.de work but somehow I failed, I figured that
it had to be used with their servers? I guess I must be wrong but the
way it works is not quite intuitive (to me at least).
What do you mean by "not very stable"?

./MiS
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Fwd: realtime net audio platforms

2009-11-18T06:18:22Z

Sorry, I forgot to make this public:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michal Seta <mis@...>
Date: Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: [microsound] realtime net audio platforms
To: Justin Glenn Smith <noisesmith@...>

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Justin Glenn Smith
<noisesmith@...> wrote:

> Jack can use CELT audio compression if both ends of the connection are
> using the same version of CELT.
>

Jack2, which I have not yet figured out. In fact, my attempts with
establishing master-slave relationships all failed. It could be that
it expects a fairly reliable network (I was trying it over WiFi, on at
least one end). Jack1 does not implement CELT.

One thing I forgot to mention before, with regard to the original
post, netpd does not send audio data over the net, it only sends
control messages. It is a clever system and certainly fun (I have
never tried it) but it forces you to use the provided synths/effects.

ciao

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Re: realtime net audio platforms

2009-11-18T06:14:37Z

Here's one I've used with relative success: http://www.t-u-b-e.de/
It's not very stable but latency is insignificant.

Cheers,

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Re: realtime net audio platforms

2009-11-18T06:09:29Z

Michal Seta wrote:
> That said, I had fairly good results with jack.udp on a LAN
> (seb-second latency). I have not tried WAN but it would probably be
> less optimal. Note however that jack sends raw audio data, no
> compression. The problem with systems that use some sort of
> compression is that there is encoding/decoding overhead which,
> naturally, adds to the latency.

Jack can use CELT audio compression if both ends of the connection are
using the same version of CELT.
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Re: realtime net audio platforms

2009-11-18T05:52:30Z

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Justin Glenn Smith
<noisesmith@...> wrote:
> The jack audio connection kit (primarily Linux, but availible for Mac and
> Windows also) has the netjack backend, which can be used simultaneously with
> the regular sound-card based one. I have heard good things about low latency
> usage over ethernet, but I am not so sure about using over longer network
> distances.

Yes, but I have installed Jack2 on Mac and it told me that the IP
component was broken and was going to be available on Mac in the
future. You could try to compile Jack1 and have access jack.udp,
though, but I have never tried any compilations on the Apple platform
(and it seems that it is not as straight forward as on Linux).

That said, I had fairly good results with jack.udp on a LAN
(seb-second latency). I have not tried WAN but it would probably be
less optimal. Note however that jack sends raw audio data, no
compression. The problem with systems that use some sort of
compression is that there is encoding/decoding overhead which,
naturally, adds to the latency.

There is also SAT's (Society for Arts and Technology) Scenic (why do
they keep changing the name?)
http://scenic.sat.qc.ca/en/Scenic

It is a linux only (at least it was until recently) system for
high-bandwidth audio-visual communication. I have attended the
performance of National Parks in which half of the band played in
Montreal and the other half some 5000 form here and they played
(mostly) in sync with high resolution audio and video. But they had
big pipes (direct optical connection). YYMV, and installation of the
thing is quite involved.

I am presently working (and researching) a possibility to jam over
WiFi, so if anyone has any ideas, I will grab them, otherwise I will
share some info if that becomes necessary (and I actually get it
working).

Cheers,

./MiS
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Re: realtime net audio platforms

2009-11-18T04:58:35Z

I've had some fun experiences jamming with ninjam. It syncing is achieved by "being a measure behind" which takes a little getting use to but it is effective. here are some links to .ogg jams that I have been involved in. (koostix) Cheers

http://autosong.ninjam.com/index.php?search=koostix&usehist=$usehist

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Justin Glenn Smith <noisesmith@...> wrote:

Roger Mills wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I hope this is ok to post here but I am doing some investigating of
> realtime net audio platforms and wondered if anyone knew of any others
> than ninjam, eJammer, netpd, Keyworks ?
>
> Anyone had experiences (particularly improvising) using any of these or
> any other platforms ?
>

The jack audio connection kit (primarily Linux, but availible for Mac and
Windows also) has the netjack backend, which can be used simultaneously with
the regular sound-card based one. I have heard good things about low latency
usage over ethernet, but I am not so sure about using over longer network
distances.

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Re: realtime net audio platforms

2009-11-18T04:34:32Z

Roger Mills wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I hope this is ok to post here but I am doing some investigating of
> realtime net audio platforms and wondered if anyone knew of any others
> than ninjam, eJammer, netpd, Keyworks ?
>
> Anyone had experiences (particularly improvising) using any of these or
> any other platforms ?
>

The jack audio connection kit (primarily Linux, but availible for Mac and
Windows also) has the netjack backend, which can be used simultaneously with
the regular sound-card based one. I have heard good things about low latency
usage over ethernet, but I am not so sure about using over longer network
distances.
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realtime net audio platforms

2009-11-18T04:23:10Z

Hi Everyone,

I hope this is ok to post here but I am doing some investigating of
realtime net audio platforms and wondered if anyone knew of any others
than ninjam, eJammer, netpd, Keyworks ?

Anyone had experiences (particularly improvising) using any of these
or any other platforms ?

Cheers

Roger

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Re: any interest in participating in a research project?

2009-11-16T13:55:46Z

Count me in.

On Monday, November 16, 2009, MSC Nelson <mnelson2@...> wrote:

> Um... Perhaps I missed something. This is a discussion list but you want
> to eliminate discussion from the list? Seems a bit oxymoronic.
>
> Mark
>
> M.S.C. Nelson
> Associate Professor
> Design Studies Department
> University of Wisconsin-Madison
> Room 235
> 1300 Linden Drive
> Madison, WI 53706
> 608-261-1003
> mnelson2@...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: microsound-bounces@... [mailto:microsound-bounces@...] On
> Behalf Of Phil Thomson
> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 8:47 AM
> To: microsound@...
> Subject: Re: [microsound] any interest in participating in a research
> project?
>
> Can future replies re: this go directly to the original poster and not
> to the list please?
>
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:58 PM, MSC Nelson <mnelson2@...> wrote:
>> Samuel:
>>
>>
>>
>> I would enjoy participating in your project, as it sounds interesting. If
>> you are going to gather data formally, asking questions about experience
>> levels with algorithmic composition and using that as a variable would be
> a
>> way to use responses from a pool of people who have different intensities
> of
>> previous use. It could be interesting to compare responses from the high
>> and low ends of that spectrum.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark
>>
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Re: any interest in participating in a research project?

2009-11-16T11:39:16Z

Um... Perhaps I missed something. This is a discussion list but you want
to eliminate discussion from the list? Seems a bit oxymoronic.

Mark

M.S.C. Nelson
Associate Professor
Design Studies Department
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Room 235
1300 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
608-261-1003
mnelson2@...

-----Original Message-----
From: microsound-bounces@... [mailto:microsound-bounces@...] On
Behalf Of Phil Thomson
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 8:47 AM
To: microsound@...
Subject: Re: [microsound] any interest in participating in a research
project?

Can future replies re: this go directly to the original poster and not
to the list please?

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:58 PM, MSC Nelson <mnelson2@...> wrote:
> Samuel:
>
>
>
> I would enjoy participating in your project, as it sounds interesting. If
> you are going to gather data formally, asking questions about experience
> levels with algorithmic composition and using that as a variable would be
a
> way to use responses from a pool of people who have different intensities
of
> previous use. It could be interesting to compare responses from the high
> and low ends of that spectrum.
>
>
>
> Mark
>

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Re: any interest in participating in a research project?

2009-11-16T06:59:08Z

2009/11/16 Phil Thomson <hellomynameisphil+mcrsnd@...>:
> Can future replies re: this go directly to the original poster and not
> to the list please?

why so? as we both have gmails, it groups into one thread anyway.

>
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:58 PM, MSC Nelson <mnelson2@...> wrote:
>> Samuel:
>>
>>
>>
>> I would enjoy participating in your project, as it sounds interesting. If
>> you are going to gather data formally, asking questions about experience
>> levels with algorithmic composition and using that as a variable would be a
>> way to use responses from a pool of people who have different intensities of
>> previous use. It could be interesting to compare responses from the high
>> and low ends of that spectrum.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>> M.S.C. Nelson
>>
>> Associate Professor
>>
>> Design Studies Department
>>
>> University of Wisconsin-Madison
>>
>> Room 235
>>
>> 1300 Linden Drive
>>
>> Madison, WI 53706
>>
>> 608-261-1003
>>
>> mnelson2@...
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: microsound-bounces@... [mailto:microsound-bounces@...] On
>> Behalf Of Samuel van ransbeeck
>> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 6:51 AM
>> To: microsound@...
>> Subject: [microsound] any interest in participating in a research project?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello
>>
>>
>>
>> As a student of composition, I always felt a lack of a method for
>> algorithmic composition. For counterpoint and harmony, there are treatises
>> and structured methods but for the 20th century idiom with all its facets,
>> there is no structured pedagogical means for students to learn about
>> algorithmic composition. I would like to write a method book to allow
>> students to learn about algorithmic composition, giving them information and
>> i the end of each chapter some exercises. It would be like the book of
>> Straus about posttonal theory, only it will focus on algorithmic methods.
>>
>>
>>
>> I have spoken to my professor about this but he told me I need a rather
>> large group of people to test my texts and exercises on. My question now is:
>> Are there people from the microsound mailing list interested in
>> participating in such a research. I would write a chapter and exercises,
>> share them with you and letting you write small exercises and then
>> collecting and comparing the results of each exercise. This would be like
>> one year. What is in it for you: eternal glory and I will try to record as
>> many compositions possible to include in a CD.
>>
>>
>>
>> Let me know what you think
>>
>> Samuel
>>
>>
>>
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Re: any interest in participating in a research project?

2009-11-16T06:46:53Z

Can future replies re: this go directly to the original poster and not
to the list please?

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:58 PM, MSC Nelson <mnelson2@...> wrote:

> Samuel:
>
>
>
> I would enjoy participating in your project, as it sounds interesting. If
> you are going to gather data formally, asking questions about experience
> levels with algorithmic composition and using that as a variable would be a
> way to use responses from a pool of people who have different intensities of
> previous use. It could be interesting to compare responses from the high
> and low ends of that spectrum.
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> M.S.C. Nelson
>
> Associate Professor
>
> Design Studies Department
>
> University of Wisconsin-Madison
>
> Room 235
>
> 1300 Linden Drive
>
> Madison, WI 53706
>
> 608-261-1003
>
> mnelson2@...
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: microsound-bounces@... [mailto:microsound-bounces@...] On
> Behalf Of Samuel van ransbeeck
> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 6:51 AM
> To: microsound@...
> Subject: [microsound] any interest in participating in a research project?
>
>
>
> Hello
>
>
>
> As a student of composition, I always felt a lack of a method for
> algorithmic composition. For counterpoint and harmony, there are treatises
> and structured methods but for the 20th century idiom with all its facets,
> there is no structured pedagogical means for students to learn about
> algorithmic composition. I would like to write a method book to allow
> students to learn about algorithmic composition, giving them information and
> i the end of each chapter some exercises. It would be like the book of
> Straus about posttonal theory, only it will focus on algorithmic methods.
>
>
>
> I have spoken to my professor about this but he told me I need a rather
> large group of people to test my texts and exercises on. My question now is:
> Are there people from the microsound mailing list interested in
> participating in such a research. I would write a chapter and exercises,
> share them with you and letting you write small exercises and then
> collecting and comparing the results of each exercise. This would be like
> one year. What is in it for you: eternal glory and I will try to record as
> many compositions possible to include in a CD.
>
>
>
> Let me know what you think
>
> Samuel
>
>
>
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>
>

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Re: any interest in participating in a research project?

2009-11-15T19:58:17Z

Samuel:

I would enjoy participating in your project, as it sounds interesting. If you are going to gather data formally, asking questions about experience levels with algorithmic composition and using that as a variable would be a way to use responses from a pool of people who have different intensities of previous use. It could be interesting to compare responses from the high and low ends of that spectrum.

Mark

M.S.C. Nelson

Associate Professor

Design Studies Department

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Room 235

1300 Linden Drive

Madison, WI 53706

608-261-1003

mnelson2@...

From: microsound-bounces@... [mailto:microsound-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Samuel van ransbeeck
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 6:51 AM
To: microsound@...
Subject: [microsound] any interest in participating in a research project?

Hello

As a student of composition, I always felt a lack of a method for algorithmic composition. For counterpoint and harmony, there are treatises and structured methods but for the 20th century idiom with all its facets, there is no structured pedagogical means for students to learn about algorithmic composition. I would like to write a method book to allow students to learn about algorithmic composition, giving them information and i the end of each chapter some exercises. It would be like the book of Straus about posttonal theory, only it will focus on algorithmic methods.

I have spoken to my professor about this but he told me I need a rather large group of people to test my texts and exercises on. My question now is: Are there people from the microsound mailing list interested in participating in such a research. I would write a chapter and exercises, share them with you and letting you write small exercises and then collecting and comparing the results of each exercise. This would be like one year. What is in it for you: eternal glory and I will try to record as many compositions possible to include in a CD.

Let me know what you think

Samuel

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please do not post announcements and calls to the main list

2009-11-15T17:19:02Z

there is another .microsound list for that purpose
please re-read the main microsound page for an explanation as to protocals
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Requesting sounds for a process oriented piece / concept

2009-11-15T14:32:05Z

Hi all,

I'm working on a simple music process (or process music concept) which
needs input sounds of duration between 8 to 15 seconds. Instead of
producing them all by myself (someone who is aware of the simple
mechanics of the concept, and as a side effect partially perceptually
blind to the unexpected opportunities that can be provided by
unexpected source materials) I thought it might be interesting to ask
the great people here for cooperation.

Here are some notes:
* 8 to 15 seconds long
* Inclusion of one or more acoustic source is desirable
* A single piece will be created by transformations of a single source
sound, so inclusion of some sort of spectral and dynamic variation in
the source works well
* Speech works well, especially if there is other intermittent
sounds / noises (produced by instruments or otherwise) accompanying it.
* Composition of unrelated sounds also work well together in later
stages
* The listener will hear the untransformed sound once at the beginning
of a piece
* Sounds can be original productions, can be cut parts from your own
pieces (if you are willing to), or can be parts from public domain or
freely licensed recordings that you find interesting for such a
purpose, as long as I'm allowed to use them.

I don't want to give the details of the musical process here now, not
because I am intending to keep it a secret (I can't!), but because I
don't want to influence the results directly by disclosing the simple
mechanics of the system. If you want to know what it is about, please
mail me off-list and I will gladly explain.

When I make something out of them (which is kind of, instantly, once I
compile the source sounds) I am going to make a free online music
release out of them for anyone to listen (by properly attributing each
source sound to its owner of course!) and I will also provide the
(open source) software I've written to compose them (it is a unguided
stochastic system so permutations with one source is endless, if one
wants to experiment). I will, of course, disclose the details of the
process publicly if it needs any further explanation after listening.

I will also make sure the authors of the sounds will hear the pieces
before I release them and they can opt-out at that stage, so I simply
won't use that sound. And lastly, I won't be choosing anything here.
If I get many contributions, I might release the "pieces" I happened
to like the most, but I will include all the sounds in the software
I'm going to provide (with proper attributions again, of course).

Please mail me off-list if you are willing to participate, I can also
reply general questions from here.

Thanks for your attention.

Sincerely,
Batuhan Bozkurt
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Guttural: "Manipulated Image"

2009-11-15T13:38:55Z

http://sfcomplex.org/wordpress/2009/11/mi9-guttural

All the best,
Paulo
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Interview on Circuit-Bending

2009-11-14T16:28:40Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtdVucQQrQE

NUMBER 2
Computer Visuals - Paulo R. C. Barros (Sao Paulo-Brazil)
Circuit-Bent Sounds - Igor Amokian (Los Angeles-USA)

Interview on Circuit-Bending
Chris Wild aka Igor Amokian

Part 1:

http://vimeo.com/2213397

Part 2:

http://vimeo.com/3789999

Part 3:

http://vimeo.com/5710737

All the best,
Paulo
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Re: any interest in participating in a research project?

2009-11-14T10:35:28Z

Hi Samuel,
Great research project...I would definitely like to be part of it
-Stephen

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Eduardo Acosta <eduardoacosta@...> wrote:

Samuel, lovely project, count me in please, im very interested
Greetings from Spain

Eduardo

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any interest in participating in a research project: requiremnets

2009-11-14T08:22:56Z

Hello

I am happily surprised with the enthousiastic response I received here. For the requirments: you would have to be proficient in western music notation. A basic understanding of harmony would be nice but my goal is (in chronological order):
1. you read the text and ask questions (via email or skype)
2. you make the exercises at the end of each chapter. This would be 5 small exercises like: write a melodic line for flute using the algorithm
3. You give me feedback on the text and exercises; what can be improved and so.
4. The exercises I will collect, compare and eventually add in the book as examples.

I will write approx 1 chapter a month (I hope) and ask from you probably 1 day (in total) amonth. You can spread your hours as you like, as long as you send me the exercises and give me feedback on the material.

I will keep you updated
Yours sincerely
Samuel Van Ransbeeck

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Re: searching for a book... title 'development something mind something'

2009-11-14T08:15:21Z

that's the one! thanks.

On 14 Nov 2009, at 16:15, devslashnull wrote:

> The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind?
>
> written in 1976 by Julian Jaynes. Maybe not the one you are thinking
> of.
>
>
>
>
> On Nov 14, 2009, at 5:50 AM, Damian Stewart wrote:
>
>> hi microsound,
>>
>> i'm searching for a book that was a tiny bit hip in intellectual
>> circles around 2005-2006ish.. the problem was i don't remember the
>> exact title.
>>
>> it's something like:
>> The Development of Mind in the History of Cro-Magnon Man
>> or
>> The History of Mind and the Development of Something
>> .. i'm pretty sure it has the words 'mind', 'development', and
>> something anthropological/historical sounding like cro-magnon or
>> neolithic ...
>>
>> sorry for the vagueness, hoping someone can help!
>>
>> cheers
>> d
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