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Patch In 12: Bombarded in the Dark

Posted on 18 Oct 2014 by nate

In this episode, Tim Reed joins Ben and Nate in a discussion on the importance of balancing work and life, festival programming decisions, and if it’s really “tape music” anymore. Also, Avid’s new license model, and Nate explains FM synthesis.

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Avid has changed the terms/pricing of ProTools to an annual subscription model, with a good list of new features!
Reason 8 is out and it’s awesome. Ben is particularly happy with the new browser.
Big Apple announcement!
Got $1500 burning a hole in your pocket? Order your Linnstrument multitouch controller today!
And if that’s a little too expensive, you can always try Rob Fielding’s Mugician app!
And some sad news – UC Berkeley Center for New Media and Audio Technologies founder David Wessel has died. He was an important innovator in the field, pioneering a number of innovations in real-time computer music, and will be missed.
In this episode, composer, educator, and new father Tim Reed joins the panel in a discussion on the importance of balancing work and life, festival programming decisions, and if it’s really “tape music” anymore. We discuss some of his fantastic work, including Tracings, and Nocturne.
In this month’s 2-minute challenge, Nate talks about FM synthesis.

Posted in Patch In, podcast | Tagged acousmatic, Avid, balancing work and life, FM synthesis, Linnstrument, Manchester College, Manchester New Music Festival, small town opportunities, sopranino sax, Tim Reed | Leave a comment

SoundNotion 182: Really (Really) Long Music

Posted on 13 Oct 2014 by nate

This week on SoundNotion, Avant Media founder and artistic director Randy Gibson discusses cross-discipline works, the Avant Music Festival, Avant Media’s new monthly series Tangents, his upcoming premiere, and really (“really”) long music.

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This week on SoundNotion, the panel is joined by composer, performer and Avant Media artistic director Randy Gibson.
After five years running the successful Avant Music Festival, the Avant Media team is now tackling a monthly concert series. Tagents focuses on creating space for composers and performers to mount large scale works that would otherwise have difficulty finding a home.
If you’re in the Colorado area don’t miss friend of the show R. Andrew Lee performing Randy’s work The Four Pillars Appearing from the Equal D under Resonating Apparitions of the Eternal Process in the Midwinter Starfield at the Atlas Institute.
AND – Things are either semantically or suppositionaly crazy in Atlanta as the musician lockout continues.
And on a personal note (this is Sam talking), if you’re interested in really (really) long music by one of the best in the business, check out this recording from the 2000 June in Buffalo performance of Morton Feldman‘s Crippled Symmetry by Eberhard Blum, Nils Vigeland, and Jan Williams. Special to me because I was there. Some of those coughs and chair squeaks are me.

Posted in podcast, SoundNotion | Tagged Andy Warhol, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Avant Media, Avant Music Festival, Fred Herko, Gus Solomons Jr., John Giorno, R. Andrew Lee, Randy Gibson, Tangents, Woodruff Arts Center | Leave a comment

SoundNotion 181: Not a Michael Jackson Glove

Posted on 5 Oct 2014 by nate

Trumpeter and composer Brian Groder explores the realm between jazz and contemporary classical music and gives us insight on the nature of improvisation.

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Trumpeter and composer Brian Groder explores the realm between jazz and contemporary classical music and gives us insight on the nature of improvisation.
Brian’s frequent collaborator Tonino Miano is working on a book of atonal piano technique we’re looking forward to.
Protesters visit the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and hold a demonstration tied the events surrounding the killing of Michael Brown. The audio of the event that Alex Ross posted from the radio broadcast is well worth your three minutes.
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s CEO, Stanley Romanstein, resigns amid a tumultuous lockout.

Pick of the week:

Brian Groder‘s fluiDensity – bandcamp

Posted in podcast, SoundNotion | Tagged Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, atonal, Brian Groder, Fluidensity, Improvisation, jazz, Michael Brown, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Stanley Romanstein, Tonino Miano, trumpet | Leave a comment

SoundNotion 180: Computer Understudy

Posted on 28 Sep 2014 by nate

This week on SoundNotion we have composer and educator Ronald Bruce Smith. His work Constellation for orchestra and electronics is on the BMOP season opener October 12th. Plus: Composers want Atlanta to get back to work and Klinghoffer protests continue.

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This week on SoundNotion we have composer and educator Ronald Bruce Smith.
His work Constellation for orchestra and electronics is on the BMOP season opener this October 12th.
While the musician lockout continues in Atlanta, a group of American composers have issued an open letter urging reconciliation and getting back to work.
Klinghoffer madness continues for The Met.
Joshua Bell goes slummin’ once again.

Posted in podcast, SoundNotion | Tagged Anthony Paul De Ritis, Atlanta Symphony, BMOP, Constellation, David Felder, David Tanenbaum, Death of Klinghoffer, Del Sol String Quartet, John Adams, Joshua Bell, Northeastern University, Ronald Bruce Smith | Leave a comment

Patch In 11: Kind of like NASCAR

Posted on 28 Sep 2014 by nate

In this episode Jay Batzner stops by to talk about tenure, teaching, and composing with the infamous [bubbler~] plugin, natural horns, and a Flaming Carrot. In other topics, we dig into Electro-Acoustic archaeology, and Ben explains amplitude modulation.

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News from the software/hardware front:

Ableton 9.1.5 is out! (important maintenance update for bug fixes/improvements)
Reason 8 comes out on September 30th (Ben is planning to stay up until midnight to get it).
iOS 8 is out, so everybody update your apps!
Keith McMillen has come out with version 2 of the 12 step MIDI controller.

Ben will be performing the electronics part to Saariaho’s “Laconisme de l’Aile.” Kathryne Salo will be performing the flute part. Free at 8pm at Michigan State University on Friday, Sept. 30.
Our guest this month is Jay Batzner, composer, blogger and CD reviewer, Programming Director for Electronic Music Midwest, and a great follow on Twitter!

Among other things, we discuss teaching, composing in Max/MSP (especially with the infamous [bubbler~] plugin), natural horns, Electro-Acoustic archaeology and much much more!