Category: Blog
Enjoy the latest updates and musings from the studio.
Reading about music can be counter intuitive, but I’ve found the Arcana series by John Zorn pretty inspiring, if not always well written.The entire series is riddled with typos and bad editing, but if you can look past that, the essays from a broad range of creators are usually pretty good. ...
Central PA songsmith Paul Loomis, known for award winning “Susquehanna (Here It Comes Again)” has asked me to work on his next project, Warm Light. Paul is known for his humorous, down to earth songwriting. It’s a pleasure to work with him again. Basic tracks are being recorded at Green Valley Recording ...
I’m offering a virtual Touchdesigner workshop for The Fuse Factory – an art and technology initiative focused on cultivating artistic production, research, and experimentation with digital media and electronic tools. Visual artists as well as musicians and writers can all create compelling things with Touchdesigner, so creatives of all types ...
The folks at Wealpe sent me a complementary GoPro harness, so I made this short video to test it out. ...
There’s no time like a pandemic to learn a new skill. Working with Touchdesigner has been a great way to pass the time. ...
In March the Nomadic Soundsters (NS) 2021 residents located in various parts of the world (US, Canada, Japan, Thailand, Tasmania, etc.) were presented with the theme prompt “Fragile States”. The NS 2021 Summer Showcase is a premiere of the virtual collaborative works created by the residents. Program Notes for “Ocean” ...
Testing VCV Rack running with Touchdesigner and OBS on the same machine! ...
As I’ve noted in past technical posts, I’m not very enamored of GoPro as a company because their support is not great, and they have not been very forward thinking in terms of camera configuration – particularly when it comes to using GoPros as webcams. Never willing to just give ...
Audio-visual piece inspired by Ivan on Tech on YouTube. Visuals are a combination of Critter & Guitari Eyesy and Touchdesigner. Music is a VCV Rack patch I was building at the time. ...
TouchDesigner is a node based visual programming language for real time interactive multimedia content, developed by the Toronto-based company Derivative. It’s been used by artists, programmers, creative coders, software designers, and performers to create performances, installations, and fixed media works (from Derivative web site). Why Touchdesigner? After a few years ...
Comparing and contrasting AI coding tools (Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT) for programming ESP32 microcontrollers. Navigating the insane world of AI job applications and interviews. Studying for the Technician amateur radio exam. Preparing a presentation about AI music for the 2026 Music Industry Conference. Conducting orientation on-boarding for Expressive Path. Booking Fricknadorable ...
One fateful night in the early 90s, at an open mic in Bloomsburg, PA, I met Tom Dennehy. His mix of Dr. Demento-style originals and Weird Al Yankovic covers immediately endeared him to both me and, my future wife, Audra. Life was never the same after meeting Tom. His combination ...