Saturday Night at Spark…

Wow. A memorable evening. Great music, particularly by Ben Nevile and Andrew Pask and then by Randy Jones. Ben and Andrew did a trance inducing set of interlocking polyrhythms and modal melodies, whereas Randy got more …

Also…

Many of you that know me, know that for years I have wanted a granular synthesis footpedal for my electronics…Now that I’ve gone max/msp I have one. One of the gentlemen that I’ve met on this …

Friday night at Spark…

Another great day. The highlight for me was DEFINITELY Gregory Taylor and Tom Hamer performing music with Mark Henrickson doing video improvisation. Gregory was using Radial to create gorgeous loops and textures with Tom playing, among …

Thursday night at Spark

Great night! Since we performed opening night our only job now is to hang out, listen to music, and meet people. I was lucky enough to hang out with Andrew Pask, of course, and meet Ben …

Hardware-Be-Gone

Finally, Spark makes it official for me. No more hardware/stomp box based sound processing…Cycling 74’s max/msp is it for me…the versatility and portability combine to make it THE way to go, in my humble opinion. Listening …

Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art 2006

The Choir Boys (me and Andrew Pask) had a wonderful gig at the Nomad World Pub in Minneapolis, MN last night…what a great venue. Part of the Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art directed by …