Over today I have been helping on the ChucK manual sprint, a consorted effort to bring the ChucK documentation upto date.
This summer the Huddersfield Experimental Laptop Orchestra (HELO) and the inclusive improv performed as part of the Sound and Music Leeds Expo.
This coming Friday (13th November) I am performing as part of HELO.pg, the post grad part of the Huddersfield Experimental Laptop Orchestra in its first live performance of the current academic year.
Playing another gig so if your in the manchester area this is unmissable.
This Friday i am going to be at the Expo Leeds Unconference.
On September 27th and October 3rd 2009 I am leading a workshop on the Laptop as a musical instrument in Manchester UK.
On Saturday I am attempting to walk the Yorkshire 3 Peaks, 25 miles and a total climb of 5,200 feet.
In support of my Chuck A Day project I have written a basic php ChucK highlighter.
Over the last week I have been doing a bit of ChucK programming every day as part of my own ChucK a Day project.
Performed by myself, Scott Hewitt and Sam Freeman as part of the inclusive improv live coding project. Details here.
Had a great time inter viewing Ray Evanoff for another Inclusive Improv podcast that I hosted. Interesting thoughts on playing amplified percussion and on improvisation in ensemble and solo contexts.
As part of the Week of Speakers Huddersfield project I performed with Mihalis Santamas and Samuel Freeman using Tweet a Sound.
Little late here but I have been working on a podcast to celebrate two years of the inclusive improv. It’s online here.
Got the Week of Speakers 2009 MP3s online.
So I have decided to take a risk;
Got the first lot of The Week of Speakers Videos online here.
Had a great time at Noise Upstairs last night in Manchester.
Finally got all the HELO videos finished and uploaded in HD.
For the first half of this week Monday through Wednesday I have been producing the Week of Speakers 2009 hence my limited time online.
Had a great time at the Sonic Arts Forum in Leeds where I was presenting.
As part of the inclusive improv live coding project I have been making live coding movies in Max/MSP.
You can see them here.
I had a great time playing at the first PubCode hosted by TOPLAP with support from the PRS.
Google Wave was announced today, looks great and really interesting.
Enjoyed a great day walking in the Yorkshire Dales with mixed weather and a lot of wind!!
Susanna was playing as part of the Durham Alumni Big Band in Stockton at The Georgian Theatre last night and I managed to get onto the balcony.
Yesterday I went to the Marsden Flickr meetup – had a great time though I had completely the wrong lens on when the heron flew past us.
This morning my G1 google phone received the over the air cupcake release.
Jay and Liz who I play with in The Simon Street Quartet had an album launch for one of there other musical venture, Quiet Rebellion.
Enjoyed another Inclusive Improv session this week and did not even played just listened.
I was invited to give a presentation at the Max/MSP symposium, part of the GEMdays festival.