It was a challenging fall semester with lots of ups and downs. The downs have been health related, exacerbated (I think) by my...

Getting setup at McGill for my postdoc!

I've just accepted a 2-year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship, beginning this fall 2024...

Here's an excerpt of a cover letter I just submitted that explains the technological philosophy/practice of post-digitalism. Could it be...

In March 2022, I began my "post-digital development" research and creation project funded by the Canada Council for the Arts. I...

Things have been very busy with a big grant application that was due yesterday and taking over a larger part of my studio space. This has...

The sessions are becoming more structured, but as I'm settling in, I'm realizing that I have more commitments than just experimenting...

I had a full few days this week at the end of this week. Not busy, as some of the things I chose to do were relaxing and fun, but it...

Not much inspiration today, no video, and a lot of breaks in concentration during my studio time. It feels like I can discover new...

Every day presents more vocabulary, more gestures! I'm reaching a point now where I'll need to start categorizing the things I'm working...

I spent most of my studio time today on this, as well as reviewing what I was doing yesterday. I wanted to come up with something that...

I forgot to take pictures of my notes today, I'll have to add them to this post tomorrow. I'm slowly documenting all of the possible...

I COULD NOT replicate some of the feedback tones with fingerings from this time last year. Slightly different mic, but everything else...

I'm trying to find a balance between building vocabulary for both feedback solo and feedback with conventional playing (feedback harmony?...

I was working with/around an AmiMaj7, with a lot of focus on the low end. I lowered the 100Hz band today which improved tuning on the As,...

I was feelin some of the percussive sounds coming from the keys, so I decided to structure some improv around those rhythms. Limiting...

It's been a while since I did a regular update, but I've had some great experiences in the past few months. The biggest piece of news is...

Not much to report, except a few thoughts: There's much more that can be done with my low feedback vocab, like some kind of Dan Deacon...

I've found new notes and ways of connecting them, but what to do with them musically? Starting with a simple ostinato to start building...

Finally found some settings that allows me to play both low feedback and high feedback with relatively in-tune intervals. The video is a...