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What’s been happening in the past 19 days…
Much. That’s the simple and frighteningly honest answer… although I don’t have much to prove for it, the next few months will (hopefully) be a lot simpler because of my judicious use of the traditionally useless month of February.
So, where to start?
I’ve managed to maintain an average of 2 and a bit (nearly 3) meetings [...] -
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Playing with Imogen Heap
So, yesterday I got a bizarre series of DMs and emails from Ms Imogen Heap.
It turns out that she had no cellist lined up for the first night of her UK tour, and could I jump on a train and go and play?
Um…
Yes. What else was I going to do? Watch Scotland lose at rugby? [...] -
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BOS, MIT, TEI
I arrived in Boston last night and went straight to my favorite local curry house. I really love Boston, and always look forward to coming here.
This trip is no exception.
I spent this morning at the new, shiny MIT Media Lab. I have spent time in their old building (right next door), but this is just [...] -
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Travel Day.
I’m heading off to LHR now; bags are packed, passport is ready and my noise-canceling headphones have been charged. I even have change for my en route coffee.
Next stop, Boston! The TEI conference should be really interesting, and also, I get to spend a week in one of my favorite cities… it’s a hard life.If [...]
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Concerts, News
The week ahead, ending with TEI
As some of you know, last week I made a quick jaunt to Nottingham to do some preparatory work Sarah Kettley and Yann Seznec ahead of going to Boston next weekend for the TEI conference at MIT, Boston.
Basically, it’s a project involving stretch sensors weaved into a shirt that I wear to play; it maps [...] -
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Programming
I’m currently programming 10 concerts for this coming year - some of these will be done more than once, but I have 10 concert programmes this season. (When I say it out loud, that seems like an awful lot…)
For those of you that don’t know what this means, it’s basically choosing pieces of repertoire that [...] -
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That’s so 2009.
You heard it here first: 2009 is so…2009. It’s all about 2010, and there’s a lot of really exciting stuff coming up that I’m looking forward to telling you about!
However, I just thought I’d round up 2009 as it draws to a close. It’s been a crazy year: I’ve made 52 trips in 49 weeks [...] -
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Filming Today, Airing Tomorrow… Concerts and Meetings.
It’s a busy week: this afternoon, I’m filming with Howard Goodall and the Enchanted Voices for BBC Breakfast (being shown tomorrow morning from 6am) where we’re playing The Nation’s Favorite Carol. They are keeping the winning carol a tightly held secret, so much so that we’ve been sent the final few scores and will be [...]
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No way!
I’ve just landed back in London, and my oh my is it cold..!
My stay in the metropolis is short lived -am here today and tomorrow for a few meetings and some “sleep”, then off to Edinburgh for the Spirit of Scotland Awards. I’m really looking forward to it, and it’s always nice to male a [...] -
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Off again.
As I sit typing this on my sofa, I’m listening to a pre-release of Enchanted Carols, the latest CD from Howard Goodall with the same 8 soprano / organ / cello lineup as the Enchanted Voices (which held the #1 spot for 6 months!). We recorded it in early September (I talked about it very [...]
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Mixing, rain and news.
Sorry for being quiet - I’ve been away mixing my latest piece of work, ‘Terminal’. It was commissioned by Bowers & Wilkins and Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios for their Society of Sound project. It’s been a mind boggling few weeks, conceptualizing, writing, recording, producing and finally mixing the album. Total time spent in the [...]
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Travels and things.
I’m sitting in Bauhaus Coffee, Seattle, drinking what can only be described as a monster cappuccino - even by my standards, it’s seriously strong!
I arrived here on Thursday evening, and have had a really good few days: last night, I was at the Seattle Opera, half hoping to run into Drs Frasier and Nials Crane, [...] -
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This week, I will be mostly…
…working here.
Located in the middle of many (many) fields, Real World is similar to when I was in Banff, Canada: complete immersion in the project with really great people. I’m very excited.
I’m going to be recording Steve Reich’s Cello Counterpoint alongside 6 new pieces by myself and Milton Mermikides for the B&W Society of Sound, [...] -
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Enchanted Voices, more enchanted!
Just a quick news update on Enchanted Voices - it’s still riding high at 27 weeks at #1, and has just won a Special Gramophone Award in recognition of this!
The Christmas follow-up album, Enchanted Carols, will be released in November. We recorded at the start of September, so it’ll be nice to hear it so [...] -
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What’s the point?
I’m back in London from a fabulously inspiring trip to the US (San Francisco and New York). I met with musicians, designers, developers, writers, lecturers, investors, venues, baristas, CEOs and old friends.
A few things became very clear, I think.
Not only am I going to change the design of my site, but I’m going to [...] -
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#cellotweetup prelim…
I will, I will, I will I will, I promise, write a suitable blog post about the #cellotweetup that happened on Wednesday in San Francisco - it was such a lot of fun, but I don’t have time to do it justice just yet!
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On my way
I’m on my way to LHR to catch a flight to San Francisco (quickly becoming one of my favorite cities..)
I’m there for 4 days then going to NYC for another 4! I’ve got some great meetings and the exciting #cellotweetup coming up on this trip, as well as some restaurants and coffee shops to try [...] -
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All change.
In the next few weeks, probably after my upcoming trip to the US, I will be completely changing my website.
I’m almost settled on the design, but the power behind it is all in place and will be far better at integrating my variously hosted streams of content on these here internets.
I’ve got some new [...] -
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Concert kickoff tomorrow
Early tomorrow, I leave for Manchester - I’m playing at another Classic FM Live at the Bridgewater Hall with the Enchanted Voices, Nicola Benedetti, Hayley Westenra and the Philharmonia.
I then rush back to London to record the second Enchanted Voices album, whilst concurrently doing the Kings Place Festival and the Proms…! As soon as the Proms [...]
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Concerts, New Things, News
#cellotweetup SF
08.27.09 | Permalink | 2 CommentsYou might have seen it on Twitter, but alt-cellist Zoe Keating and I are planning to do an impromptu cello concert in the heart of San Francisco when I’m there next month!
We’re asking you, the lovely public, to decide where and when we should play. We will then perform an Eno-esque ‘Music for….’ that place. [...]
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I have this idea…
I have this idea for a concert that some (maybe many, if my readership has gone down..) of you will have heard me talk about at some event or other.
It involves the audience doing stuff. Stuff that results in sound and the overall experience changing for themselves and their fellow audience member.
What I’m wondering is: [...] -
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Blogging here, blogging there…
Hello! Sorry if my posting here slows down a little bit, but there’s lots happening:
First, I’m blogging over at the BBC Radio 3 during the Proms, where I’m involved in developing their digital/interactive side. We’ve got some big plans, so check it out! The Proms are on Twitter, too, with lots of behind-the-scenes info and stuff [...] -
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Concerts this week.
On Thursday, I’m playing, interviewing and paneling at the getambITion roadshow and then on Friday, doing the same at ‘Art of Digital’ symposium. Both events are held at Sadlers Wells, London, and should be really interesting.
More details about the events can be found here and here, but the hot news (!) is what I’m going [...]
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factory now on iTunes!
Just thought I’d let you all know that ‘factory’, which was launched last week at the CCA in Glasgow for New Media Scotland’s 10th anniversary party, is now also available on iTunes. If you do feel like buying it, please leave a review or drop me an email - I’d love to know what you think!
There’s [...]
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