Julio’s Creative Music Technology Teaching

28 new pieces in 28 days

American composer Robert Ian Winstin aims to write 28 new pieces of music for each day of february 2010. Check it out, the one for today is ready… I think this is quite cool, plus he then has to play them at the piano to record them and by the sound of it, this guys is a hell of a pianist!

http://28intwentyeight.blogspot.com/

Tags: newmusic

Anglia Ruskin Students’ Union Elections 2010 Nominations

Hey guys,

check this out (the present SU president is one of ours, let’s go for double or nothing ! 

here:

Sabbatical officers work for the SU full time, they are paid and are taking a year out whilst studying or have just finished their degree.

Full Time Paid Jobs Available:

President (Cross-campus)

Academic Affairs Officer (Cross Campus)

Communications Officer (Cross Campus)

Student Experience Officer (Cambridge)

Student Experience Officer (Chelmsford)

You can apply if you are a full time or part time student registered with Anglia Ruskin University. Successful applicants take up position from the 1st July 2010.

Part-Time Voluntary Jobs Available

Any current student studying at Anglia Ruskin University, you will be a volunteer taking on the role alongside your studies.

Cambridge Positions:

International Students’ Officer

Social & Events Officer

Accommodation Officer

Clubs & Societies Officer

Welfare Officer

LGBT Officer

Disabled Students’ Officer

Mature Students’ Officer

Womans’ Officer

Part-Time Students’ Officer

Environmental & Recycling Officer

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I seriously recommend considering taking the opportunity to apply for one of these positions, they will provide you with a range of transferable skills that will look great on your CV.

For more information you can come and collect a booklet from Allison or the SU Office or check out the website: http://angliastudent.com/elections/

A.R.U. book, call for submissions

An opportunity for my students ( if you have been in one of my lectures, then that means you !!)

got this today from Beth Jones:

Do you want an opportunity to see your work published and
your name in print?

Do you want to be involved in shaping a new publishing project for the
Anglia Ruskin University?

We are Publishing MA students and, working alongside the Cultures of Digital
Economy (CoDE) Research Institute, we are publishing a unique book for publication in May 2010.

The collection will be an anthology of poems, creative writing, critical and
professional essays, commentaries, photographs, illustrations, audio-visual pieces and other art work all centred around a topic inspired by the university itself.

We are asking a selection of individuals and groups to make submissions for
consideration for inclusion in this project. Even if you think your contribution is too small to be considered, send it anyway! It is often the small touches that add to the rich and diverse feel of an anthology.

The deadline is tight and the challenge is huge, but we are sure you can do it and really want you to be part of this local and innovative project.

All contributors included in the anthology will receive an individual copy (printed or electronic) and an invitation to the book launch. Anyone not selected for inclusion will receive a personal response explaining why.

The brief and deadline are below, but if you have any questions, please contact us. We would be happy to provide further information an encouragement! Lastly, if you know of anyone else who may be interested in submitting something, please forward these details on to them, or provide us with their contact details.

We look forward to receiving your submissions.

Deadline:
Monday 15th February 2010

Email submissions (maximum 1000 words or equivalent) to Beth Jones at
elizabeth.jones4@student.anglia.ac.uk
Brief:

The digital world – Are we living in a new ‘industrial age’?

We have kept the brief broad in order to inspire maximum creativity but for those who need an inspirational helping hand, here are a few possible ideas to get you going…

Do you have an audio or visual rather than written interpretation of the brief title?
If indeed there is a new ‘digital’ or ‘industrial’ age, what implications does this have for the music industry?
Do you have predictions for the future of a digital world?
Is there still a place for creativity in a music world led by industry giants?
What is your ‘digital’ world’?
How can music bring people from circumstances and cultural backgrounds together?

If you would prefer to create a sound file, video, animation or presentation instead of a written/illustrated piece, we can include it in the e-book.

Electronically Modified Didgeridoo « Jimmy Murfitt’s Blog

Have you not been to Jim Murfitt’s blog recently?
All you droney electronica lovers really want to see this… follow the link:

Electronically Modified Didgeridoo « Jimmy Murfitt’s Blog

and… listen !

you could listen to a piece by Mulhy here: http://open.spotify.com/track/11cbqImYt9Kv5N8I6ztM0K

while you are at it, check the’Solar Life Raft’ album on spotify which has several artists on it, including Venezuelan artist Cardopusher who I am glad to see on this compilation. His name is a creole parody on square pusher !

the piece shield dub contains what is essentioally a remix of Hildegard Westerkamp by Matt Shadetek. Anyway, nice electronica stuff ranging from crackly electronica to spacey dub.

Tags: electronica

Britten Sinfonia Nico Muhly Electronics Workshop

Dear Students, a friend from St. John’s College asked me to invite my students to this event. Below is the description and a link to the facebook event page.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=304837846912&ref=mf

On 5th of Feb, at 11am, Nico Muhly will talk about composing music with live and pre-recorded elements. It’ll be aimed particularly at those new to electroacoustic composition, but’ll be interesting for all. Jonathan Green – sound technician with BCMG and Sound Intermedia, amongst others – will also be on hand to answer any questions or discuss ideas.

In the second half of the morning, Nico will be *WORKSHOPPING STUDENT COMPOSITIONS*. These compositions can be entirely pre-recorded or involve acoustic and electronic elements, can be in any genre, but must not be longer than 5 minutes. Four pieces will be chosen for the workshop. To submit compositions, email Joe Snape < jfs41@cam.ac.uk> with your name, contact details, sound file and scores (if applicable) attached. Write a short description of/commentary on the work if you feel it’s necessary.

The workshop will take place at the West Road music faculty:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=faculty+of+music,+west+road,+cambridge&sll=52.202241,0.107825&sspn=0.004577,0.007939&ie=UTF8&hq=faculty+of+music,&hnear=W+Rd,+CambridgeCB3,+UK&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A

If you’re interested in new music – DON’T MISS IT.

Videogame project: Happy New Year !!

Hi Guys,

if any of you want to hit the ground running, the students from the Videogame BA(HONS) are doing a two week project which starts this thursday 14th. You should contact Chris Joyce, Christopher.Joyce@anglia.ac.uk who is the pathway leader and asked me if any of you would be interested.  I said yes.

All the best,

Julio

Well done and Christmas present !

Well done guys ! you made it through the first semester, and in one piece !!

Some of you surprised me pleasantly by producing better work than I had expected. Others owe me lots of work as they took it easy and mostly coasted till the end when they went frantic. I hope everyone now is clear that you need to be committed to the subject from day 1 of week 1. I hope you will do this for next semester!

Thank you for the links you have shared in your blogs, I have alternatively found them very interesting, inspiring and curious. The best thing is, I have learned a lot from you by following your work closely. I am taking my time with your marking and discovering even more stuff I missed during the semester or just looked over lightly and can now follow through (there’s more than 20 of you and only one of me ). Well done.

Here is a ‘present’ for you all, it is a link to the work of my friend John Eacott who sonified the Thames river and had the music played by 40 musicians -all of them alive as opposed to virtual !! -

Please let me know if  you intend to follow the blog during the next few weeks and indeed into the second semester as I may be tempted to post more stuff- I will be on sabbatical so I won’t see you much if at all, but I wish you all the very best with your semester 2 stuff. You know the drill ! You already owe us 150 hours of study work for each 15 credits you take next term, think about that when you recover from the Xmas and New Year hangovers respectively, heheheh…

…and here’s John Eacott’s work, Happy Christmas, Hannukah, Holidays, New Year or whatever occupies your right-brain in justifying this well deserved rest period !!

Julio

Free standalone music studio made with supercollider !

Hi guys !

SuperCollider developer Neil Cosgrove has made available this standalone application made with SuperCollider. It is very cool and he says he made it specifically for Acid Music but hopes to make it more general-purpose soon. I think it is a good chance to see the sort of thing you can make with SuperCollider from the ground up !

Here it is:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/lnxstudio/

This is what Neil says:

“It is a standalone music studio that is meant to be…

A simple and friendly way to make music.
A way of doing real-time collaborations over a network.
An open source project with which people can program their own instruments and effects.”

a software analog synth for under a tenner !!!

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/11/27/cyber-monday-ongoing-delicious-synths-effects-for-5-20-from-audiomidi/#more-8466