Monday, December 5, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The 'chronotrack' alarm still goes off. I haven't been very diligent tracking but I'm still on CT Time.
Hosted a wedding. Set up a site for Kevin Daviet.
Played 11.1.11 at the Zoo Bar in Lincoln as Animato with Josh Hoyer (sax) and Andy Marker (drums, from Somasphere), the projection system rigged to my piano worked out well. Funktion from Michigan closed the night. They are a solid funk show band with modern R&B and rap flavors. First Friday was fun, got there late and played some live Lazer / Dubstep with Owlsley and Eye In The Sky. I have one Brand Ambassador gig left to execute for Clearly Promotions / Pierce tomorrow. Also Winged the show at Cultiva Coffee (without a sustain pedal) but the crowd was supportive. I've been enjoying my coding workflow (FileZilla, Notepad++). I built a custom interface for the Control app on my iPhone (Javascript). So far this has been the most productive coding project I've undertaken. FFGL is on the back burner. I had to turn down Double Daughters in Denver for a gig in November, but likely will play during the week in December (the live-in piano teaching position is a go). I sent one stem pack (Chief Rock) to Valance Drakes in London. I have two or three producers in my Soundcloud inbox who are interested in doing remixes that I need to attend to. Also as of today, Mike from Afton contacted me via Soundcloud about a show at the Oriental Theatre in Denver on Sunday, December 18th. I have one fan on Facebook who found Maestro Vex via Soundcloud and 'liked' it on Facebook.
Hosted a wedding. Set up a site for Kevin Daviet.
Played 11.1.11 at the Zoo Bar in Lincoln as Animato with Josh Hoyer (sax) and Andy Marker (drums, from Somasphere), the projection system rigged to my piano worked out well. Funktion from Michigan closed the night. They are a solid funk show band with modern R&B and rap flavors. First Friday was fun, got there late and played some live Lazer / Dubstep with Owlsley and Eye In The Sky. I have one Brand Ambassador gig left to execute for Clearly Promotions / Pierce tomorrow. Also Winged the show at Cultiva Coffee (without a sustain pedal) but the crowd was supportive. I've been enjoying my coding workflow (FileZilla, Notepad++). I built a custom interface for the Control app on my iPhone (Javascript). So far this has been the most productive coding project I've undertaken. FFGL is on the back burner. I had to turn down Double Daughters in Denver for a gig in November, but likely will play during the week in December (the live-in piano teaching position is a go). I sent one stem pack (Chief Rock) to Valance Drakes in London. I have two or three producers in my Soundcloud inbox who are interested in doing remixes that I need to attend to. Also as of today, Mike from Afton contacted me via Soundcloud about a show at the Oriental Theatre in Denver on Sunday, December 18th. I have one fan on Facebook who found Maestro Vex via Soundcloud and 'liked' it on Facebook.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Friday, September 30, 2011
Making a mailing list, whether or not I actually send it is useful. It
makes me think of my super friend list, if not super fans. Super
friends are great too.
makes me think of my super friend list, if not super fans. Super
friends are great too.
The faucet is leaking in the back and the echo sounds like birds from
here. I'm thinking we should just put some rocks and plants under it.
Sent from my iPhone
Chronotracker has been indexed, so the search works now. Need to start
transferring links from EF. Although this blog is a personal time
stream, it may hold value for the audiovisual creative and
entertainment set. Anyone with interactive, musical or VJ ambitions
might want to follow what I'm doing. Plastikman, Amon Tobin, Schpongle
as well as Zebbler Enchanti Experience (edit) are examples of the type
of thing I'm going for.
About me for branding purposes later:
I started playing piano professionally at the age of 17 in a country
band called Freeride. We played as far south of Lincoln the Office Bar
in Beatrice.
I have played in the studio with Rilo Kiley at Presto! Recording
Studio, produced beats for Rig 1 (These are Saddle Creek Artists). In
2008 I worked for the Fox Theatre in Boulder, CO, first on the street
team (for Gabriel Cortez) and later on the stage. My Production
Manager was Colin Peterson. I left the Fox to tour with Salem
representing Columbia Sportswear during which time I performed for two
nights at the Tugboat in Steamboat Springs with Bill McKay from
Leftover Salmon. In 2009 I started renting studio space in Boxcar
Gallery (Denver) where I showed my interactive electronic
installations on the Santa Fe Art Walk. In June and July of 2010 I
partnered with Kevin Daviet in operating Approaching Zero, a gallery
and event space which hosted several 100+ person events and the
talents of many Denver artists including Reak Havok and Video Junkie
Zombie. It was located next door to the Primerdome. In 2011 I built an
interactive installation at Colorado Art Center with Justin Larwick.
Also in early 2011 I began collaborating online with London IDM artist
MusSck aka Valance Drakes (recently signed to Schematic) under the
alias Maestro Vex. In August of 2011 I leased gallery space in
Historic Downtown Fairbury, Nebraska to continue working with bass,
visuals and interactive media, as well as found objects (Gallery
413). I'm 28.
Sent from my iPhone
transferring links from EF. Although this blog is a personal time
stream, it may hold value for the audiovisual creative and
entertainment set. Anyone with interactive, musical or VJ ambitions
might want to follow what I'm doing. Plastikman, Amon Tobin, Schpongle
as well as Zebbler Enchanti Experience (edit) are examples of the type
of thing I'm going for.
About me for branding purposes later:
I started playing piano professionally at the age of 17 in a country
band called Freeride. We played as far south of Lincoln the Office Bar
in Beatrice.
I have played in the studio with Rilo Kiley at Presto! Recording
Studio, produced beats for Rig 1 (These are Saddle Creek Artists). In
2008 I worked for the Fox Theatre in Boulder, CO, first on the street
team (for Gabriel Cortez) and later on the stage. My Production
Manager was Colin Peterson. I left the Fox to tour with Salem
representing Columbia Sportswear during which time I performed for two
nights at the Tugboat in Steamboat Springs with Bill McKay from
Leftover Salmon. In 2009 I started renting studio space in Boxcar
Gallery (Denver) where I showed my interactive electronic
installations on the Santa Fe Art Walk. In June and July of 2010 I
partnered with Kevin Daviet in operating Approaching Zero, a gallery
and event space which hosted several 100+ person events and the
talents of many Denver artists including Reak Havok and Video Junkie
Zombie. It was located next door to the Primerdome. In 2011 I built an
interactive installation at Colorado Art Center with Justin Larwick.
Also in early 2011 I began collaborating online with London IDM artist
MusSck aka Valance Drakes (recently signed to Schematic) under the
alias Maestro Vex. In August of 2011 I leased gallery space in
Historic Downtown Fairbury, Nebraska to continue working with bass,
visuals and interactive media, as well as found objects (Gallery
413). I'm 28.
Sent from my iPhone
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Meeting with B about social media and engagement (recorded in google
docs). Numbers on a 'day job' looking ok, but no CMT Agency. :/
docs). Numbers on a 'day job' looking ok, but no CMT Agency. :/
Remember to get a dialogue with Events and promotions scheduled.
Midnight summaries for today and tomorrow may come later tonight or
tomorrow morning. Job hunting tomorrow before that might help focus
things.
Mentioned in the meeting is the usefulness of Vlogging in developing a
video for Kickstarter, et al.
Sent from my iPhone
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Summary of 9.27.11
Music
-----
incomplete:
Send stems and track info to producers who have requested it on Soundcloud.
CD, web presence, etc. Have that done this week... At least record something new.
completed:
Installed Beads for Processing on D520. Ran noise and sine tutorial.
Downloaded some classic country samples. Setup piano.
Art
---
incomplete:
Contact the list of JeffCo artists who might be interested, as well as the list of artists I found gallery hopping in Lincoln.
Engineering
--------------
incomplete:
go through all the links (and make them searchable)
a cooler processing sketch, or none at all.
delete dead blogs
decide on design method... for Processing FFGL
complete:
Web
-----
Redid header for EF blog. Element Future needs some serious revision.
Search function isn't working (likely hasn't been indexed yet) but when it does, searching EF and links from here will be handy. Added Google Calendar. Added date stamp and live clock JS.
FFGL
-------
Becca digitized Processing/FFGL notes and annotated them with SDLC methodology definitions.
Chatted with B about FFGL and discovered vvvv thread. Asked B to research embedding JNI inside of C++. B found a tutorial for embedding JNI into C++ (linked).
Reviewed SDLC with Becca and compiled notes for Processing FFGL development. Current action is implementing a general life cycle, and decide on design method...
...documented in the Google Docs folder by linked correspondence with IB.
Business
--------
incomplete:
respond to posts on http://www.bandjob.com/
respond to events and promotions
find contact for barcade
Emailed JK and JJP to peek at CT (this will be useful for project descriptions).
I set my alarm to ring every 3 hours. 6 AM is silent.
received this email:
"Events and Promotions is looking for people in Colorado Springs to work wine and spirits events. You must be out going and good with people. Jobs usually run 4 hours and are on the weekends. I pay $25/hr per event. If you aren’t in Colorado Springs and this sounds like this is something that you would like to do, let me know!"
I'm wondering about pursuing it from my current location. <<< Can I pursue this? >
Heard about Barcade from J who says I can gig there.
"Engineering and Business are the trending topics in my mind, which I know means I am procrastinating from music and subsequently art."
"The all night sessions are fun but can be detrimental."
"It's well enough time to quit the banter and cut to the chase."
"Being novice doesn't help the anxiety."
"I enjoy the puzzle. I will keep these posts short and to the point."
iPhone battery died. Up late, too tired to start something. <<< Time to recharge >
Made black beans, lentil, and cabbage.
Ate a pepper sandwich.
Blogging should provide valuable feedback for time management. In the future my efforts are more concentrated and concise. My primary activities are divided into three areas which converge into one:
Music (audio)
Art (visual)
+ Engineering (interactive)
_______________________________
Business
How do individual objectives within the Art category fit into Business objectives, etc?
I have so many of these thoughts... logging them will increase productivity.
I need to break my creative process into sections (prep, cook, serve).
This blog makes EF seem bloated and ineffective.
email (Exchange server) and requested password. Password was entered.
Web log setup and themed. New contact created for mobile logging.
---
sample of words removed: need to hope try hopefully
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incomplete:
Send stems and track info to producers who have requested it on Soundcloud.
CD, web presence, etc. Have that done this week... At least record something new.
completed:
Installed Beads for Processing on D520. Ran noise and sine tutorial.
Downloaded some classic country samples. Setup piano.
Art
---
incomplete:
Contact the list of JeffCo artists who might be interested, as well as the list of artists I found gallery hopping in Lincoln.
Engineering
--------------
incomplete:
go through all the links (and make them searchable)
a cooler processing sketch, or none at all.
delete dead blogs
decide on design method... for Processing FFGL
complete:
Web
-----
Redid header for EF blog. Element Future needs some serious revision.
Search function isn't working (likely hasn't been indexed yet) but when it does, searching EF and links from here will be handy. Added Google Calendar. Added date stamp and live clock JS.
FFGL
-------
Becca digitized Processing/FFGL notes and annotated them with SDLC methodology definitions.
Chatted with B about FFGL and discovered vvvv thread. Asked B to research embedding JNI inside of C++. B found a tutorial for embedding JNI into C++ (linked).
Reviewed SDLC with Becca and compiled notes for Processing FFGL development. Current action is implementing a general life cycle, and decide on design method...
...documented in the Google Docs folder by linked correspondence with IB.
Business
--------
incomplete:
respond to posts on http://www.bandjob.com/
respond to events and promotions
find contact for barcade
Emailed JK and JJP to peek at CT (this will be useful for project descriptions).
I set my alarm to ring every 3 hours. 6 AM is silent.
received this email:
"Events and Promotions is looking for people in Colorado Springs to work wine and spirits events. You must be out going and good with people. Jobs usually run 4 hours and are on the weekends. I pay $25/hr per event. If you aren’t in Colorado Springs and this sounds like this is something that you would like to do, let me know!"
I'm wondering about pursuing it from my current location. <<< Can I pursue this? >
Heard about Barcade from J who says I can gig there.
"Engineering and Business are the trending topics in my mind, which I know means I am procrastinating from music and subsequently art."
"The all night sessions are fun but can be detrimental."
"It's well enough time to quit the banter and cut to the chase."
"Being novice doesn't help the anxiety."
"I enjoy the puzzle. I will keep these posts short and to the point."
iPhone battery died. Up late, too tired to start something. <<< Time to recharge >
Made black beans, lentil, and cabbage.
Ate a pepper sandwich.
Blogging should provide valuable feedback for time management. In the future my efforts are more concentrated and concise. My primary activities are divided into three areas which converge into one:
Music (audio)
Art (visual)
+ Engineering (interactive)
_______________________________
Business
How do individual objectives within the Art category fit into Business objectives, etc?
I have so many of these thoughts... logging them will increase productivity.
I need to break my creative process into sections (prep, cook, serve).
This blog makes EF seem bloated and ineffective.
email (Exchange server) and requested password. Password was entered.
Web log setup and themed. New contact created for mobile logging.
---
sample of words removed: need to hope try hopefully
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
I'm playing around with Blogger. I have too many dead blogs. Element Future needs some serious revision.
Search function isn't working (likely hasn't been indexed yet) but when it does, searching EF and links from here will be handy.
Found this:
http://www.bandjob.com/
Search function isn't working (likely hasn't been indexed yet) but when it does, searching EF and links from here will be handy.
Found this:
http://www.bandjob.com/
I decided some time ago that my waking hours should try to be between 9 AM to 3 AM (that's 6 hours of sleep, I get up relatively early, and can stay up or out relatively late. It usually gets weird after 3, anyway).
To help using this blog as a time management habit, I set my alarm to ring every 3 hours. 6 AM is silent.
I noticed that I posted a lot in one day. I will continue to track ideas as they arise, but hopefully a quarterly log will condense the posting. I'm posting everything, but with a focus on completed tasks.
To help using this blog as a time management habit, I set my alarm to ring every 3 hours. 6 AM is silent.
I noticed that I posted a lot in one day. I will continue to track ideas as they arise, but hopefully a quarterly log will condense the posting. I'm posting everything, but with a focus on completed tasks.
I received this email:
"Events and Promotions is looking for people in Colorado Springs to work wine and spirits events. You must be out going and good with people. Jobs usually run 4 hours and are on the weekends. I pay $25/hr per event. If you aren’t in Colorado Springs and this sounds like this is something that you would like to do, let me know!"
I'm wondering about pursuing it from my current location.
Becca digitized Processing/FFGL notes and annotated them with SDLC methodology definitions. I added the two design concepts I posted earlier.
Reviewed SDLC with Becca and compiled notes for Processing FFGL development. Current action is implementing a general life cycle, and decide on design method.
Method A (found by blind research): Port processing syntax into C++ using the openFrameworks library and use a string input or text file for the sketch.
Method B (recommended by Ilias ): Embed Java Native Interface into C++ and launch processing from there. This concept is documented in the Google Docs folder by linked correspondence with IB.
Method A (found by blind research): Port processing syntax into C++ using the openFrameworks library and use a string input or text file for the sketch.
Method B (recommended by Ilias ): Embed Java Native Interface into C++ and launch processing from there. This concept is documented in the Google Docs folder by linked correspondence with IB.
Right away, Engineering and Business are the trending topics in my mind, which I know means I am procrastinating from music and subsequently art. It's because I'm worried about not making enough money fast enough, and using the computer as a crutch to avoid doing any real work (imagine that!). The all night sessions are fun but can be detrimental if I burn out in the process. I don't feel like sleeping, and I don't feel like working. Go figure. It's well enough time to quit the banter and cut to the chase. At least I get annoyed with myself.
I need to record a piano album. I've never done it, and I've been performing professionally for 10 years. I've recorded for Rilo Kiley and played two night in Steamboat with Bill McKay, but I've never had my own CD, web presence, etc. Major slacking. If this time logging / birthday resolution thing works, I should have that done this week... At least record something new.
I have a tendency to ramble on about things. I don't like it.
I have a tendency to ramble on about things. I don't like it.
The Processing-inside-of-Resolume thing is pretty hot... but right now that project seems impossible. I know that it isn't and simplifying to the point of absurdity may be useful. I know I need either A) embed a Java Native Interface inside of the C++ for FFGL, or B) use openFrameworks to port the Processing sketch to C++.
Being novice doesn't help the anxiety but then I suppose I enjoy the puzzle. I will try to keep these posts short and to the point, in this case we are on the Engineering side of Art.
Being novice doesn't help the anxiety but then I suppose I enjoy the puzzle. I will try to keep these posts short and to the point, in this case we are on the Engineering side of Art.
iPhone battery died. Up late, too tired to start something. Sitting here, getting used to blogging. It should provide valuable feedback for time management. In the future I hope my efforts are more concentrated and concise. My primary activities are divided into three areas which converge into one:
Music (audio)
Art (visual)
Engineering (interactive)
_______________________________
Business
How do individual objectives within the Art category fit into Business objectives, etc? They are reconcilable fields in my case. I have so many of these thoughts... hopefully logging them will increase productivity. I need to break my creative process into sections (prep, cook, serve).
-M
Music (audio)
Art (visual)
Engineering (interactive)
_______________________________
Business
How do individual objectives within the Art category fit into Business objectives, etc? They are reconcilable fields in my case. I have so many of these thoughts... hopefully logging them will increase productivity. I need to break my creative process into sections (prep, cook, serve).
-M
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