Category: interactive music

I often write at the Connecticut Muffin near my apartment in Brooklyn. It’s not my preffered workspace, but such is life with a toddler who won’t stand not to be playing with you if you’re in the apartment (despite …

I am very excited to be working on a new piece with the percussion group Mantra. The piece is for 3 drumsets and gesture-controlled electronics (my fancy way of saying that one of the “sticks” at each …

Went tonight to see the Asphalt Orchestra at Lincoln Center Out Of Doors. Asphalt is a 12-piece marching band (piccolo, soprano, alto, and tenor saxes, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, sousaphone, and 3 drummers) whose repertoire includes arrangements of everything …

Daniel Wolf suggests the possibility of twitter scores.

Very interesting idea. My first crack at it:

FILL IN THE GAP

A good friend of mine (not a musician but an avid music lover and one of the more careful listeners I know) recently wrote me the following e-mail as he was listening to Beethoven’s “Moonlight” sonata (I’ve edited it slightly …

I read earlier this week that Max Neuhaus passed away.

Last year, when I was working full time at Electronic Music Foundation, I was briefly involved with trying to find a commercial home for Auracle, Max’s online interactive improvisation tool.  …