Everything stems from something before it – after all, you couldn’t have Oasis without the Beatles, you couldn’t have the Beatles without Elvis, and you couldn’t have Elvis without … you get the idea. RSS readers / can’t see the link? click http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/8710938.stm to go to the Beeb’s Site: This is the piece I did… [Read more…]
May 31, 2010
Eurovision Hits and Misses This year, I analysed the Eurovision 2010 song contest musically for The 63336… it was great fun (apart from having to listen to all the singing) and the bum notes survey picked up a few lines of coverage in the press. Below is a breakdown of how the analysis was done,… [Read more…]
May 28, 2010
I was asked by BBC Technology to help with their Tech Know segment about making a wax cylinder. And if you ever wondered what would happen if you put together cockney grindcore band “The Men That Would Not Be Blamed For Nothing“, genius sound recordist Adrian Tuddenham from Poppy Records and of course BBC Tech’s… [Read more…]
March 31, 2009
I attended this year’s Figures of Speech event in London last week which raised money for the Institute of Contemporary Arts. Speakers included Bob Geldof, Alan Carr and Janet Street-Porter, all talking about their most treasured possessions. Spinvox‘s James Whatley, who hosted the Bloggers’ table, has asked that each of us do the same, so… [Read more…]
January 20, 2009
Phew! On returning from CES, there is much to edit, however, after a few people asking me for some stuff on music and technology, embedded below is a video I did for the mighty Dead Hub Music Blog. I recorded this especially for my blog buddy in San Diego (it’s quite a swim to Oxford from… [Read more…]
September 12, 2008
Gadget Spy Episode 2! Yes, after all that hard work, we’ve done it, it’s been edited, and this is Episode 2 of Gadget Spy Gadgets featured are: Air Guitar Rockstar Archos TV+ Power Monkey Solar Charger PVT Video Transfer Wattson Jawbone headset Linksys Router Port Coolfan And if you’re wondering what the… [Read more…]
August 20, 2008
Wow, I can’t believe it! I’m holding in my hands my FIRST grown-up looking CD! Here it is: This CD “wot I wrote” has 4 meditation tracks on it, I think the style is formally described as “new-age” or “extremely chilled”. Each track has been composed, produced, and mastered in my lovely new studio!_ I’ve… [Read more…]
June 2, 2008
I recently devoured a great book called “Quirkology” by Prof Richard Wiseman, whose experiment measuring how fast people walk in different cities around the world showed (unsurprisingly) that the pace of walking has got faster (to find out which cities were faster than others, and other weird and wonderful experiments, buy the book!) This increase… [Read more…]
April 13, 2008
So this weekend, apart from spending time in front of my new toy (see previous post and youtube clip) , I attended my first ever flash mob on Friday. I had the presence of mind to take the camcorder with me – I’ve just finished editing together the footage of this crazy event that actually… [Read more…]
April 12, 2008
Having just emerged from my self-imposed cocoon of composition, it’s now time to confess yet another addiction I have appeared to pick up in the world of technology. I’ve just submitted my first ever youtube clip – I’ve been on before, but never uploaded myself (that sounds so Matrix…) So here it is, the youtube… [Read more…]
June 2, 2010
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