open-circuit, quiet percussion: test #002
a short test video, playing around with open-circuit percussion practice (as heard in Bonnie Jones, Machinefabriek, etc.), but used to drive passive loudspeakers and transducers on percussion...
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Building a USB MIDI controller
Figure 1: A basic 6-button footswitch USB MIDI controller. LEDs show button state. I’m working on some pieces at the moment that require some electronics to be triggered via footpedals in performance....
View ArticleJust Tuning In
Some resources for microtonality, just intonation, xenharmonic systems, being out of tune, and other tunings. I’ve been thinking about microtonality and alternate tuning systems a bit recently. It’s...
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Interloper: Menschenstoff Quartet, Ultima Festival, 2019
Menschenstoff quartet – Interloper (2019) at Ultima festival, Oslo. I’ve just returned from Ultima festival in Oslo, Norway, for the premiere of a new collaborative work, Interloper, with Swiss improv...
View ArticleScore Scanning: my digital workflow for PDF editing with GIMP
A topic that’s probably of limited use for most people, and limited interest for even fewer: how I batch-process scans of my scores for digital editing. I write all my scores by hand. Always have. I...
View Articlethe heart is a knot
Late last year I had the pleasure of being commissioned by the Riot Ensemble to write a short solo for Marianne Schofield as part of the wonderful Zeitgeist platform. Given the pandemic, the piece was...
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Percussion Studies (LINE, 2021)
I’m thrilled to announce my new album Percussion Studies will be released in August 2021 by LINE, Richard Chartier’s inimitable label. It is available to pre-order now. Percussion Studies by OLIVER...
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