Bigballs & Kutiman
When I put together the Vision Sound Music conference and festival last year, I didn’t want just a report-back and talking shop
Music and an Expressive Life
This piece (for the Demos pamphlet, Expressive Lives) sums up a lot of the views I have regarding the perceived preeminence of “classical” culture over popular culture.
The role of music makers in the digital economy
Commissioned by the Musicians’ Union and the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters (BASCA), this report compared UK govern policy against UNESCO’s statements on the Status of the Artist
Steve Jobs, UK’s recorded music industry and the rise of digital
This 2009 report was commissioned by UK Music looking at how a for-profit industry comes to terms with competing with many, many free outlets to product that it once charged for. As one…
Music and video games report
This report was the result of my growing interest in video games as a cultural phenomenon. I wanted to explore their educational potential, and their place as a entry point for arts and…
Accidental Powercut – Looking for a new venue?
It looks like Charlie Dark and I might have lost our venue for the Accidental Powercut nights, our night of totally acoustic music at Soho’s beautiful House of St Barnabas. The House of…
What government can learn from the music industry about WikiLeaks-Cablegate
Indulge me while I riff on this for a moment… I wrote a report a couple of years ago for UK Music that explored copyright in the digital economy. Amongst a number of…
OK Go do it again…
After jogging machines and a beautifully conceived chain reaction (which was my first post on this blog) Chicago’s Ok Go’s new video, White Knuckles, features doggies, Billy bookcases (oh and a rather good…
One “digital” piece I forgot to include – Kutiman’s Thru You mash-up…
Thanks to Conor and Tim for your comments. Here’s another artwork that I think is great (and one of a very, very few mash-ups of any quality). Alongside Steely Dan’s “Peg” and “Babylon…
Videos of Ghostpoet, Sound of Rum & Fiona Bevan at August’s Accidental Powercut
Here’s videos of August’s Accidental Powercut, produced by the very talented people at squareimedia. It’s well worth watching the videos with headphones on
