60x365 - daily new music

May 11, 2008

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Danceaday -- Today, Boris has finished his year of Danceaday. To celebrate this, I have composed this 8bit minute in his honor.

Congratulaions, Boris! Your hard work and dedication to your art continue to motivate and inspire.

Labels: 8-bit, dance-a-day

April 16, 2008

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Shuffled Bits is another experiment with algorithmic composition (which is a fancy way of describing the act of creating a program that in turn creates the music). I began by building some 8-bit loops in Cbasicore64 (a favorite of mine). I then fed these loops into MaxMSP and recorded the results. After a couple of tries, I ended up with today's minute. Enjoy.

Labels: 8-bit, glitch, loop, MaxMSP

April 10, 2008

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Mario's Lament -- Poor Mario, always chasing the Princess but never quite keeping her safe...

Labels: 8-bit

March 21, 2008

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Nerves Relax -- the final installment in this little series...

I did not get my act together enough this week to get this to Boris in time for a danceaday collaboration. You should still cruise over to his site and see what he's been making though.

Labels: 8-bit, ambient

March 20, 2008

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Nervous Remix -- Yesterday's thoughts linger into today.

Labels: 8-bit, glitch, remix

March 19, 2008

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Nervous Energy
my mind races in circles
round and round and round

Labels: 8-bit, loop

March 7, 2008

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Where? - This morning Boris wrote me to remind me that I owed him a piece for this week's danceaday.com collaboration. I quickly made a little 8-bit jewel and sent it to him, but forgot to post it here... until now. Enjoy.

Labels: 8-bit, dance-a-day

February 29, 2008 (Leap Day)

There is no new 60-second piece for today. If there was this project would need to be called 60x366, which it's not.

Instead I am posting two other pieces today, each of which is built from earlier one-minute postings. The archives of 60x365 have become a kind of menu that I can use for collaborations and commissions. These pieces were each created for specific performances, using the 60x365 archives as a source for material.

First is a piece called Twine [listen]. I made it for dancer/choreographer Kristin Hapke using five earlier pieces: Simple Sin(e) 1, Simple Sin(e) 2, Stasis, Glass Canon, and Here, I'll Play It Again.

The second piece is called Creamy Pink Thrill [listen]. It started as Boop Boop Beep and evolved into a Gameboy performance piece.

Enjoy.

Labels: 8-bit, ambient, glitch, holiday, MaxMSP, remix

December 17, 2007

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Jingle Bits is today's installment in my 12-part holiday series. A little 8-bit, a little breakbeat, a whole lotta holiday cheer.

Labels: 8-bit, amen_break, breakbeat, holiday

December 10, 2007

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Here They Are is another exploration of the old cigarette commercial I found a while ago. I'm not really sure what draws me to it. I suspect its the timbre and cadence of the announcer...

Labels: 8-bit, plunderphonic

December 6, 2007

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blazing 8-bit loops
pouring out of my Gameboy
dance, Mario, dance

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If you're in the Columbus area you can come hear me live. I will be playing my Gameboy this weekend at the Colmbus Dance Theater. Read all about it.
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Labels: 8-bit, loop

October 5, 2007

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GMU Invader -- For this week's danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis, he made a video retracing his route to class across the campus of George Mason University. I scored it with a little 8bit tune created using Cbasicore64. Enjoy.

Labels: 8-bit, dance-a-day, synthesis