So I thought to myself, despite my sound works sounding fairly original I’m still yet to prove it’s mine to some people. So I whipped this video up tonight whilst I was having a little MINCE MASH on the lappy.

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The ingredients consist of;
a mic sitting in a coffee cup
a pair of scissors which I hit on the under side of the MDF desk
a spikey massage ball which I roll on the desk and throw at the camera

Post production consists of;
3EQ
Beat Repeat
10% Phaser
20% Echo

The sounds a little glichy due to compression but it works nicely with video, I really get it on towards the end, I feel gotta work more with that vibe.

“Hit This For A Little Video Action”:http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1H4W0S8DAQ1CZ0YE6N467N9XA0 10mb

I have a gig in Melbourne on Tuesday the 20th of December – BAR OPEN (upstairs)- 317 Brunswick st Fitzroy (Time TBA)

Got heaps done at uni this weekend which is good as I only have 14 days left till I have my final assessment. Been Jamming out with Ableton Live 5 that I recently got, it kills Live 4. Here’s a little number I belted out this arvo.

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Made with 2 tracks. One is a field recording of crickets that I manipulate to cut bits at times and resample them again over the original. The other track is an empty midi track that I add notation into whilst continuely playing. This is also sampling and re-sampling it’s self.

“Sunday Jam”:http://s4.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=08TOE8O0YC9UI28O0XENR2CFL3

I don’t usually rave about music but this shit is REAL. rEaL fresh!!

HOLLYDRIFT

check it out “HERE”:http://www.hollydrift.com

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Best track is Amphenol and it’s a free dowload

……Fluxus can best describe my current head set. I’m churning out the work but I’m already thinking “next year” which is so bizaaaaar, but I think it’s my way of not giving a fuck about NOW. Could have something to do with this crazy mish field recording music I’ve been listening to from Hollydrift.

“Here’s a track to wet your whistle”:http://www.hollydrift.com/Hollydrift-Donner%20Pass.mp3

I’ve been jamming too whilst rendering which really creates some interesting latency effects that I never get normally but unfortunately they’re too big (20+minutes) for the web.

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The best Ball I’ve been too. The 1st one was a write off for me, the 2nd one was at the Holy Grail (need I say more) and the 3rd one I missed cause I was in Japan. This one was wicked as I knew most of the guys playing and even got to have a jam myself, the tunes were A-class all night and the crowd vibe was good with some interesting costumes. Now it’s head down and run till my assessment on the 14th of November.

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“Download a 13min sample from my set HERE”:http://www.users.on.net/~nightrider/LJ249_TheArtSchoolBall.mp3

Last night was a blast at Braddon Bowlo Karaoke, everyone excelled themselves at making the entire audience contemplate our sanity with some quality tracks (that no one had ever heard of) and singing. Anyway I got heaps of shots but I like these;

Here we have Phong getting shots of Sam tackling Emily and you can see the other shots “HERE”:http://www.throwingthedice.com/blog

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Honours Report is completed!!

It’ll feel pretty good to drop this sucker off at the office tomorrow knowing that not only is it completed but it’s quality. The report ended up around 7000 words.

Been working pretty constantly on this set for the ball for a month now although it’s been cut and shut alot so I’ve only really decided on the set for Saturday, during this week. Pretty much since the “Scout Hall Party (Foolish)”:http://www.tomhall.com.au/blog/?p=51 I’ve been working with the software Ableton Live. I’ve actually had it on my comp for ages but foolishly didn’t use it at my last performance. It’s insanely good and the best live audio software for ya comp and so so deep.

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I’ve finally finished producing another video, I think I have about 2 to go. This one is titled Mind Vs. Matter.

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The construction process is coming along well and will be in full swing after Friday when I hand in my Honours Report (7000 words). I’m looking forward to just making and not have to be typing too. Also been getting ready for my set at the Art School Ball this Saturday night which should be fun.

I’m in a group show of performance artists in Boston, USA. I’m showing documentation of my performance “‘Reality Reflex’”:http://www.tomhall.com.au/blog/?page_id=67 which I performed recently at ANU School of Art, Canberra. I am also showing my video art work ‘Garage and I’.

The show, put on by Encounter Works, looks set to be pretty good. You can check the finer details “HERE.”:http://iapao.net/iapao/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=208&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

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Well I wasn’t sure how well Artcore was going to go, I’ll admit I had my doubts. But, It was pretty big with about 400 people through there for the day, despite cutting it short due to regular power failures. It was finally good to see my piece be put into context.

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I think this event has a lot of potential to be alot bigger with a little more elbow grease and PR work.