And the Envelope Please….
OK, it’s a month later and people are still asking me about the coolest stuff I saw at the Winter NAMM 2008. So I guess I’ll have to come clean with my top 5. For those of us looking for big music...
View ArticleOlympic Sampling
I’m not big on television. As a matter of fact, about the only screen time I get is when I’m captive in a hotel room on family trips. As I’m now headed home after twelve days in Scotland, there one TV...
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ICMC 2 – The Portable Orkestra
Musicians will always figure out some way to use current technology to make music, sometimes in unexpected ways. The idea of using a computer to make music has been around just about as long as...
View ArticleResolutions and a 2008 Wrap-up
OK, it’s time to make good on at least one of my New Year’s resolutions, and that is to keep up with my Berkleemusic blog… That said, I wanted to reflect a bit on some trends and developments from...
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NAMM 2009: The Year of Living Live
Given the state of the economy current conditions taking a hit on discretionary spending, I was somewhat apprehensive about traveling west for the NAMM show this year. While times are indeed tough, I...
View ArticleThe Beat Goes On…
One of the things I like about the NAMM show is that no matter how connected you are to a given part of the industry, there are always things that surprise you. In 2009, it was the return of the...
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AES New York
The Audio Engineering Society held it’s annual convention in New York City the weekend of October 9. The event has a number of components from work group meetings that discuss proposals for various...
View ArticleNAMM 2010: Soft Stepping
One of the questions I had after attending the NIME conference in June 2009, was on how new performance technologies made it to market. One innovative manufacturer, Keith McMillen Instruments has been...
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MUTEK 2010
Earlier this summer, I was in Montreal for the 11th annual MUTEK Festival of Electronic Music and Art, June 2 through June 6. The festival organizers have worked hard over the years to make this a...
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