Archive for March, 2008

New tune – and check out Noel’s new project!

I just uploaded my 4th gameboy music track, “All of Us.” It took a LOT of revisions to get me happy with this one, but I was able to bend it to my will and I’m really digging the second half. I’m going more in that “soundtrack-style” direction for my next song. I’m determined to [ READ MORE ]

C.C. Chapman interviews me on SXSW for Newbies

While at SXSW, C.C. Chapman created a video series called SXSW for Newbies using mDialog. Here’s my interview with him, where he asked for advice for Newbies: We also recorded a quick demo of Nanoloop, the Gameboy music creation cart I’ve been working with. Watch the nanoloop demo[ READ MORE ]

Classes at NYC Resistor start April 5th

I’m part of a collective called NYC Resistor – as it says on the top of our site “We learn, share, and make things”. We’ve been meeting over the past few months to get up and running, and things are really starting to take shape now! We’ve gotten an awesome space in Brooklyn, and as [ READ MORE ]

Handheld Music #3 – Chibi Ninja

My third nanoloop tune is done! I challenged myself to write an uptempo song in a major key, and I’m extremely happy with the result. When playing it back, I can’t help but smile and see a side-scrolling platformer, perhaps with a happy super-deformed ninja or something similar, hence the name. Download: Chibi Ninja[ READ MORE ]

We’ve got BarCampNYC3 T-shirts!

We’ve got BarCampNYC3 T-shirts thanks to the extremely awesome Mr Joshua Keay of Insanely Great Tees!. The BarCamp logo is traditionally just the flame next to name of your camp, and I LOVE how different, quirky, and inspired this new design is. Aside from the fact that it’s delightfully python-esque, Josh’s logo communicates giving and [ READ MORE ]

Handheld Music #2 – Underclocked

I’ve spent some more time with the Gameboy and Nanoloop that Bre lent me, and I think I’m starting to get the hang of this thing. Here’s the track: Underclocked also available in “delay mix” and “Under-Underclocked” flavors. My second effort on the gameboy takes the tempo down a few clicks and I dig into [ READ MORE ]

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