stillstream concert now archived
Posted on | June 28, 2009
If you missed my live performance Saturday night on Stillstream, I’ve archived the entire 60 minute concert in the .sound section of this site. I’ll also be adding a few more radio concerts from the archives throughout the month of July.
Listen here [LISTEN]
enjoy.
social [net.work music]
Posted on | June 15, 2009
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| Image produced from screen grabs of the MySpace Music artist pages used in SOCIAL [net.work music]. Click to see a larger image. Click below to hear the improv sound sample I recorded while testing for this project. Clip includes works by: ATAK, Pixel, Ryoji Ikeda, Alva Noto, Richard Chartier & Joy Division. |
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ABOUT:
Drawing influence from both contemporary DJ culture and the Fluxus musicial traditions of artists like Ben Vautier and John Cage, SOCIAL [net.work music] is a new improvised network sound project and performance which utilizes the MySpace Music social network as its core sound library.
Recently, I’ve been interested in the the aural connections created through the MySpace Music social network. By navigating the “Friends Space” link section on each member’s page, reminiscent of web 1.0 webrings, the user can access an interconnected network of each artists influences, friends and label mates, allowing them to discover new artists and different genres of music. Most of the pages feature a jukebox with samples of the musicians work which automatically begin to play once the page has finished loading.
The SOCIAL [net.work music] project and performance begins on my own MySpace Music page. I select at random an artist from my “Friends Space” list and allow the page to load. Once the music begins to play, i select a friend link from that artist’s list and open the page in a new tab. This permits the music to layer over top of the previous track. The process continues until, eventually from the inability to handle the incoming data load, the browser crashes, bringing the composition to an end.
Each performance yields a spontaneous and unique, layered score without the use of sample preparation, sophisticated hardware or software. All of the resulting audio produced in each performance is unedited and live in the moment. These works can be created and performed anywhere at anytime with simply a web browser and internet connection. I sculpt the layered audio on my end with a hacked kaoss pad, to add my own color to the sonic collage.
.UPCOMING LIVE PERFORMANCE OF SOCIAL [NET.WORK MUSIC]
Thursday evening june 25, 2009 at 8pm [EST] [-5GMT] i will be broadcasting a live set of SOCIAL [net.work music] from my studio in Baltimore. There will be a live video stream from this site on the evening of the performance. Be sure to check back the day before for any last minute information.
death [of analog]
Posted on | June 12, 2009
| Death [of Analog] October 2, 1925 – June 12, 2009 84min [18min excerpt] |
| A dead analog television signal was broadcast live online at jasonsloan.com the morning of Thursday June 12, 2009 from 12:00am – 1:24am [EST]. |