The Bent Festival is going on this weekend and I most likely will be going and checking it out. here are some of the details.....
"BENT FESTIVAL NYC STARTS THIS WEEK. EXCITED YET?!! Also, a big thanks to Reed Ghazala for sending us signed copies of his fantastic book "Circuit Bending" to sell at the festivals. Be sure to grab a copy!
The Bent Festival is an annual art and music festival celebrating DIY electronics, hardware hacking, and circuit bending. Each year we invite artists from across the country and around the globe to perform music with their home-made or circuit bent instruments, teach workshops to adults and children alike, create beautiful art installations and to generally come together, face to face, and showcase the state of the art in DIY electronics and circuit bending culture.
If you have the least bit of curiosity about electronics or electronic music, or if you've ever just wanted to rip your toys apart, this festival is for you. Each day we will have open studios with expert circuit benders and hardware hackers on hand to help you get started. There will be installation artists building circuit-bent artwork throughout the space. There will be a full schedule of in-depth workshops. There will be nightly concerts featuring some of the best circuit benders and DIY electronics performers in the world. It is pure unadulterated fun for the whole family. You will have a blast.
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http://www.bentfestival.org/
BENT Flickr
BENT Youtube
BENT Facebook
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
BENT FEST 2008: NYC April 24th - 26th
It's been too long......
Well its been awhile but work had really been kicking my ass so I had no time during the day to post anything. So much has went on in the last month or so. I am going to try and get back to daily posts here as I am now back to my normal schedule. Anyway I have been saturating myself with John Lennon and Beatles rarities lately. Here is a really amazing site with tons of free downloads. If you are a beatles fan make sure you check it out.....
http://yourmothershouldknow03.blogspot.com/
Friday, March 14, 2008
KORG DS-10: First Synth for Nintendo DS
This is really cool and I am extremely pissed that it is only coming out for Japan. I have a DS lite and would love to try this out. Hopefully they are going to release it for the US. Check out the sample on their site. Sounds pretty cool......
Here are some features:
- World's first music tool software created for the Nintendo DS
- Two patchable dual-oscillator analog synth simulators:
- Four-part drum machine that uses sounds created with the analog synth simulator
- Six-track (analog synth x 2, drum machine x 4) /16-step sequencer
- Delay, chorus, and flanger sound effects available from the mixing board
- Three note-entry modes: touch-control screen, keyboard screen, matrix screen
- Real-time sound control mode via touch-control screen
- Exchange sounds and songs and play multiple units simultaneously through a wireless communications link
KORG DS-10
www.nintendo.com/ds
KORG
Thanks to createdigitalmusic.com for the link...
Friday, March 7, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Monday, March 3, 2008
FREE Nine Inch Nails: GHOSTS I-IV !!!
FREE NIN!!! This is the exact kind of announcement we were all hoping for! I totally forgot that Trent said to look out for something in two weeks. What an awesome suprise on monday morning. Ordering my 5 dollar version right now. Here are the details:
Nine Inch Nails presents Ghosts I - IV, a brand new 36 track instrumental collection available right now. Almost two hours of new music composed and recorded over an intense ten week period last fall, Ghosts I - IV sprawls Nine Inch Nails across a variety of new terrain.
Trent Reznor explains, "I've been considering and wanting to make this kind of record for years, but by its very nature it wouldn't have made sense until this point. This collection of music is the result of working from a very visual perspective - dressing imagined locations and scenarios with sound and texture; a soundtrack for daydreams. I'm very pleased with the result and the ability to present it directly to you without interference. I hope you enjoy the first four volumes of Ghosts."
Nine Inch Nails: GHOSTS I-IV
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
The Sweet Ableton Live 7 Suite : [Review and Plugins]
Here is a good review for people who might have never used Ableton Live. For current users of Ableton this site has some really good links that you should check out. Scroll to the end for the links.........
Ableton Live 7 Suite Review
http://www.skynoise.net/
Ableton Live
Friday, February 22, 2008
Circuit Bending: [BENT 2004]
BENT 2004 from Derek Sajbel on Vimeo.
What is Circuit Bending? from Derek Sajbel on Vimeo.
I really have to get involved with this. Just have to find the place and time to do it. Thanks to Matrix Synth for the link......
Nintendo Wii Remote + Ableton Live = Awesome
This is so cool. I can't wait to get involved with the Wii remote and Ableton Live. I believe the program most people use is called GlovePIE
Download GlovePIE
Nintendo Wii
Thursday, February 21, 2008
President George Bush Dancing in Africa: Guess everything is fine......
Well I guess we got nothing to worry about. Economy is fine. No wars going on. What the F*@^ Let's all just dance. Such a puppet. I can't wait to see people putting this video to other music.
Radiohead to headline two nights at [All Points West]
It looks like Radiohead will be playing two nights at the eastern version of All Points West. Read it for yourself at URB Magazine. I would be really pissed if I was on the west coast and got Jack Johnson instead of Radiohead. I have went three years in a row but couldn't do it this year. Hopefully All Points West also picks up the reunited Stone Temple Pilots for a night or two.
URB Magazine
www.radiohead.com
