Ok – I have a major temp mix starting in 6 days time, there are more VFX unlocked (latched is the optimistic term) than I can count on ten sets of fingers and yet, there is progress… but the progress…
We have a map of the piano….
I’m borrowing the name of a great tune by the icelandic band Mum for this post, not because its about them but because it is about the piano…. On Sunday I’m going to a film at the NZ Film festival…
We Love Foley Artists!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsPdLr5btow direct youtube link for iphone/ipod touch people that use ‘LOL’ all the time do my head in, but that really was LOL!!!!
8 bit viz in ableton LIVE
This has to be one of the more lateral uses for ableton LIVEs arrange window… of course it has a cute 8 bit soundtrack but i’d love to hear the dense note clusters that the space invader MIDI regions actually…
WANTED: Bamboo Forest
I have visited bamboo forests plenty of times but only with a camera & never my record kit…. so I am wondering if anyone reading this lives near a bamboo forest & would like to be commissioned to record some…
15 x 3
Thanks to Kelly for the spark….. 1. What are the last 3 things you purchased? • a 21 string Gu Zheng • barcus berry Planar Wave contact mic (here) • Metasonix TM6 tube multimode filter (same (link as above) (&…
Playing Bottles…
I’m sure we’ve all tapped half full/empty wine bottles & listened to the resonant note produced, but I sincerely doubt many people have taken it to the extreme of this space cadet/genius: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePjkCySBCs direct youtube link for iphone/ipod touch It…
Beach Record Mission
Spent yesterday at the beach, no not relaxing – working! We were on a mission to record a lot of sand FX; body falls, bodies being dragged on sand, objects being dropped on to sand, sand debris… Getting packed up…
New ProTools Blog!
A new blog well worth a regular visit; ProTools for Audio Pros is the creation of Brent Heber, a very experienced ProTools user who also works for Digidesign in Austraila. Accordingly he gets to gain valuable insight into how different…
Oobleck + Subwoofer?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px9jcA4decA direct youtube link for iphone/ipod touch I like the idea, not sure if its fake or real but i strongly suspect the soundtrack for the first 1’20” is a red herring & bears no relationship to what we are…
The Wind of Breath
Further to a previous post mentioning my exploration of wind instruments (ie blade of grass whistles etc) via a friend of a friend I had the exquisite pleasure last Thursday evening of directing & recording some of the infinite possible…
Re-scoring Dead Media
Is there a more worthwhile application of talent than re-interpreting the past? Its a rhetorical question I know, but after being asked if my 2003 remix/rescore of Metropolis is available (& so here is a link to an mp4 vid…
Safe Hands?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbJgAthnTo4 via the ever life affirming failblog
Frozen Music
My favourite saying is by Goethe: “I call architecture frozen music” and combined with my love of FFT, spectrums, waveforms & audio visualisation in general, my radar instantly pinged when I heard of an exhibition in Amsterdam (my passport says…
Stop Motion Western Spaghetti
Another great stop motion short from pes – I love how “real” sound makes stop motion seem physical and real – suspension of disbelief at its best! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBjLW5_dGAM direct youtube link for iphone/ipod touch via here which is via here…
Re-Scoring Celluloid
I came across this fantastic footage (Eames Power of Ten) recently & it reminded me of a few years back, ripping the DVD, and then working out how to get visually in & out of their footage by (a) shooting…
Ahhhh Post Production….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvZZNwDnJuk
Happy Birthday Len Lye (5 July 1901)
A quote (with accompaniment by Nina Simone) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpGeGAXYKLE Free Radicals (1958) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGyVYDseGc4 Talking about his kinetic sculptures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-EttQDeVBc And from a previous post: While it may not have been created recently the work of Len Lye is contemporary in that…
Music for Driving
Back in the early nineties I always used to listen to drum & bass whenever I was driving anywhere….. It served me & my subwoofer well until (a) someone broke into my car & stole my subwoofer and (b) I…
Stochastic response…
What a week! Apologies for the lack of posts but all of my waking hours have been fully utilised with being back from hiatus and returning to this film, Laundry Warrior, that I am working on… A two week hiatus…