Archive for September, 2009

A present for John Drumheller.

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

John Drumheller is on faculty at CU Boulder, and it was his birthday yesterday. For the past few years, John has written a piece in SuperCollider for Carter Pann’s birthday, and I decided it would be pertinent to compose a short piece for Professor Drumheller, as my own personal rendition of Happy Birthday. I did [...]

Soldering!

Friday, September 18th, 2009

I soldered my first functional circuits today. They are from a kit I purchased over the internet, and it was a designated “learn to solder” kit. It had great instructions and I didn’t even need anyone to tell me I did a good job. The thing speaks for itself! How about that? Next up is [...]

George Crumb and Microcontrollers.

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

The two are not related (in this case). George Crumb is coming to Boulder! And I have a piece in a masterclass with him on Thursday afternoon (9/7), from 4-5 PM in Gruisin Music Hall on the University of Colorado campus. My piece Apotheosis (for solo violin and electronics) will be played and discussed, along [...]

Max/MSP patches…

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

I’m thinking of creating a page where I post some of my Max patches for public use/analysis. I may or may not create one, depending on how much time it seems to take. That’s all!

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