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Art and analysis from audio data.


January 2010

At PyR I met Albert Callejo, who let me use a collection of sounds he'd generated on a Virus Synth. The result is this video, which gives a pretty good education as to what sound looks like:




My animation Gymnopedies received an honorable mention at the ifct screening in Portland this month!


An updated version of the JamMan Editor.

December 2009

I went to Punto y Raya to see Race Point in person. Had a great time, met cool people, and saw a lot of terrific animation.

Jan 17, 2010:  The IFCT festival has scheduled Gymnopedies to be screened in Portland, Oregon at the Living Room Theatres.
 

November 2009

I got a Digitech JamMan a couple of months ago and I love it.

Being me, it ended up with custom software: JMEd.  If you have one you should check it out.


September 2009

New work: Race Point

This was accepted into the PyR festival in Barcelona in November!


(click to watch on YouTube)



Composed by Erik Lindgren, recorded by Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, used by permission.

I visualized each tone as a grid spaced according to relative frequencies, to watch the interactions of the differently-spaced grids.  Didn't get quite the effect I was hoping for, but it's pleasing.


June 2009

I overhauled my pictures of music, and  interesting things happened on the way.   A lot of musical structure and theory is visible in the images.


a verse of reggae


January 2009

Wow, it's been a while since an update.

I've been preparing new work, which should show up soon.  Meanwhile..

I received word that my video Gymnopedies has been accepted into the travelling IFCT film festival (though it's not scheduled yet). 

Many thanks to Robin Alciatore for permission to use the recording!   I had originally found the track online, incorrectly labelled as public domain.

Also, Dennis Miller's Visual Music Marathon (including my video Erev) is showing in NYC on April 11

Erev has been travelling with selections from the original Marathon to various locations abroad over the past 2 years.


March 2008

Vizzy Live!

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Saturday, May 3rd at 8:30pm in the MIT Stata Center Auditorium

music by

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic

still

Room 32-123,  32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, ma, usa

free admission!

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As part of the Cambridge Science Festival, I'll be adding music visualizations to the performance, live & realtime!  Check here for lastest info.


February 2008


-- New work --

Orange Sky, music by Shimon Ben-Shir Group.  About as representational as I get.



My father has been using Vizzy (my animation software) quite a bit.  This is an image he sent me, made of Gregorian Chant:

allelulia


January 2008


-- New work --

Gymnopedies, music by Erik Satie, performed by Robin Alciatore
A new technique for calculating color.

Parade, music by Ken Field.
Like people dancing-- or marching-- seen from above.

Windswept, music by Dan Weiner.
Up close and personal with a fast guitar.  I feel like I can see his fingers touching the fretboard. 



December 2007

-- New work --

The Missing Soul, music by Ken Field.
Much of this is a solo sax, which makes the visuals really responsive.  Eerie.


November 2007

Erev plays at the CYNETart festival in Dresden.


August 2007

Erev plays at SIGGRAPH in San Diego.


April 2007

My short (5min) animated video 'Erev Shel Shoshanim,' with music by Heathen Creek, will be playing!


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Saturday April 28
at 3pm, at the Visual Music Marathon at Northeastern .

Erev

--- Full preview
(lower res) at Lumen Eclipse or YouTube. ---

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As part of the promotion for the Marathon, it will play on a public 50" screen in

Harvard Square, Cambridge
Thursday 4/26
and
Friday 4/27

For those in the Boston area, consider joining me either of those evenings where I'll be checking it out, seeing its companion pieces from the Marathon, and watching people watch!

The 1-hour loop runs continuously all day, on a screen atop the circular info booth in the heart of the Square.  Best seen after dark.






YouTube
My youtube page, with a bunch of movies.

pictures of music
Learning about music through spectral analysis.

about
A little about me, about the project, about the music.

gallery
Higher resolution than YouTube, and some not posted there.  Requires Quicktime plugin.

links
Relevant people and projects.

contact
Questions, comments, vegetables.



Software

Drifft
Live spectral analyzer.

Vizzy
Music animation program.

JMEd
JamMan loop editor.


Music Spectrograms

Clair de Lune
Classical, music by musopen

Ways
Flamenco/jazz, music by Shimon Ben-Shir Group

Shanghai
Art rock, music by Chiefly




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