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This Wednesday, January 20th, the Sonic Explorations concert (at CCM, Cohen Studio Theatre at 8pm) will be premiering exciting new installations and tape pieces by our department, one of which is “GulpGulp!,” an interactive installation developed by yours truly.

At it’s core, GulpGulp! is a procedural audio generator which ‘feeds’ on two-dimensional image data. Based on brightness contrasts found in the image and other various programmable methods, GulpGulp! creates an audio signal comprised of various wave forms, not limited to pure sine waves, squares, triangles, saws, and noise. GulpGulp! further varies the process by assigning special waveforms to various colors and contours, making each and every input a completely different aural experience. Of course, all of this assignment is programmable to the end-user so that a single image has an infinite set of possibilities.

At the recital, I will be taking photographs of various patrons and using those images as the input data to create a truly unique experience. To further increase the experience for the guests, GulpGulp! creates a realtime visual experience which maps to the audio data and detected-contours to help the audience identify the source-material, creating a thought-provoking and entertaining listening and viewing experience.

Here I have a short video sampling three different images that were created using an older version of the algorithm. To save time, these images were only set to be twenty seconds in length, but a more dynamic and richer experience is found with longer durations and higher resolution images.

Ladies and gentlemen, Rich Brilli on guitar.

We did this improvisation for the GunGirl 2 soundtrack, and we did it in our sweatpants. Sort of like Alec Holowka (Infinite Ammo) and his Pajama Jam.

It’s so rare when I play piano for a camera that I went ahead and uploaded it. This is what I’m working on for the Indie Music Cancer Drive 2010.

“Your Name” by… me.

I wrote the music for this game “Bonesaw” a while ago, and it’s remained one of my most popular soundtracks. It’s free for you to download and enjoy if you stroll on over to this page here. Someone did me the high honor of uploading every song to youtube and making a playlist of it. Too flattering.

I also just finished taking down syntesis.org and moving all of the old perma’linked references (like /tse2-selections and /bonesawost) to their new destinations. I want jwmusic.org to be the obvious place to go for my music - but I’ve got big plans for syntesis.org later, but I’ll talk about that some other time.

Interesting side note, this next video in the playlist I was going through also had some old music I wrote for Clickteam, you can see that here. I wonder how many videos are floating on youtube with my music. (ego+10)

(i found some more (this one is flattering))

Hear me rap at 2:03

Hear me burn to the core at 3:54 (also - i’ll show you magic tonight, in a fever of delight). Also, I think it’s lovely fitting that my music is used to introduce the party fever. So good.

Hear me guitar solo at 5:03 (also - i will astound you AND surround you. it happened).

But you REALLY should just watch the whole episode. It’s a great one!

You can hear all of this and more at: http://www.poolsideband.com

RELAY FOR LIFE 2009 CAMPAIGN VIDEO

This is a promotional video for our Indie Music Cancer Drive, which by the way: we’ve raised over $1,000 already! This features one of the songs I’m working on with Karen Kosowski, called “Left Behind,” which will only be available on this album.

Please reblog, retweet, or whatever you would like this video - it’s a simple video and it goes a LONG way! We’re trying to make it to $2,500 before April 24th, and I have full confidence we can do it with YOUR help!

More details:
$10+ contributions = free digital album, DRM free, hi-res artwork included in package
$25+ contributions = all that + free CD with jewel case and art, freely shipped

THANKS AGAIN!

I talk about RELAY FOR LIFE - we’ve raised $947! Huge numbers, new goal: $2,500! Also talk about exam week woes and CCM.

Check out Karen Kosowski!

I promise, this one is worth watching.

This is what I’m going to orchestrate for the RFL Cancer Drive. I’m working on some other stuff too.

This one is important for several reasons. First, there is a band called “For Squirrels” who had a member pass away due to Cancer. This was written by them. Then, on thesixtyone.com, a user known as “supergrover” was diagnosed, and several musicians banded together to cover his favorite band (“for squirrels”) for him. This is named “for supergrover.”

The vocalist you hear in this video, Karen Kosowski is very talented and so kind to send me her vocal mix of this song. So I played along to it to demonstrate that I knew the structure well enough to begin orchestrating it.

Plus - this song is gorgeous.

i blatantly stole this from Alec Holowka at Infinite Ammo because HE TOLD US TOO.

“I’m looking forward to seeing your Pajama Jams as well as seeing what the rest of the IA team can come up with. Its not just limited to music… I bet Katie could jam out some pretty amazing art in her PJs, for example!”

- saideth the water-music-man here (also go to figure out what a pajama jam is)

My Pajama jam is more like an hours after 10am exam jam.