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Early Adopters.
Do you know what we don’t have in the arts?
We don’t have a culture of early adopters or a culture of evangelists.
What’s wrong with that? Just because the techy crowd does something does it mean we have to…?
No, not at all.
But it works.
Without early adopters and evangelists, products fail. Yes, these highly investable, useful and sought [...] -
Concerts
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: [...] -
News
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 [...] -
Thoughts
Something I thought about yesterday.
I was sitting on a panel yesterday, and we were talking about tech integration with culture and how it helps/hinders arts organizations.
What became very clear to me during the day, and something I regretably didn’t say, was that it’s too easy to get bogged down in theory, aspirational ‘practice’ and over thinking.
Our goal is [...] -
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Stepping Stones.
I’m constantly looking for and thinking about new and (in my opinion!) interesting ways to present new music to people, so when I hear about a terrific one, I’m only too keen to share!
It is often assumed that the pop world is so wonderfully popular that it doesn’t need to bother with exciting promotion and [...] -
Thoughts
Statistics
Apparently I’m again to be quoted in a music magazine this month - this time, in a back page article about Last.fm: a site and service I’m very firmly a fan of.
I’ve just seen my “quote”, which was taken from an interview given nearly 8 weeks ago, and cites statistics that, at the time, [...] -
New Things
Remixology.
Here’s a little invitation to collaborate… I was recently commissioned by New Media Scotland to write, perform and produce a set of 8 pieces for solo electric cello.
I did a few too many and got a bit carried away.
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News
Back in the UK!
Yesterday morning, I stepped off a plane from New York - what a trip it’s been… Sorry for blog-silence, but there aren’t enough hours in the day to fit it all in!
Since I last wrote after playing at Twitter HQ (was that really 15 days ago?) , I stayed in San Francisco for a [...] -
News, Thoughts
Post Twitter, Pre Boston
So, yesterday was Twitter.
What a day - first of all, we were invited for lunch, which was jolly nice! We then set up and got on with it, with a lovely introduction from Biz Stone, co-founder and Creative Director. We were using our interaction visualising software (made by Outside Line) from The Words on The [...]
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News
Concert Programme
Well, here I am, sitting on my flight to San Francisco - the wonderful thing about Virgin America is the WiFi onboard…
Anyway.
I’m on my way to Twitter’s San Francisco offices to play a concert - we’ve been keeping it quiet for ages but now it’s time to let you in on all the knowledge.
The programme [...] -
Concerts, New Things
Video
Some exciting news for you today - Coffeeloop has just gone into an exciting partnership with Mogulus!
We will be rolling out a new exciting series of fully HD micro-concerts from around the world (starting, of course, in the UK and then in the US when we’re there in March/April) and then.. who knows! [...]
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Thoughts
The Seat of History
Germany has a long standing tradition of cultural excellence, and, pleasingly, excellent audiences. A pretty rough estimate of Germany’s total concert hall capacity is 24,863 (excluding churches, galleries and other “imaginative” venues). The UK, also with a history of excellence but less so for turnout has 46,698 seats. The US has a whopping 460,866.
Interestingly, the US [...] -
News
Date for your diary…
October 23rd 2009. In a mere 8,186 hours time, Coffeeloop will officially launch in London at a really exciting new venue - we’re keeping it under wraps for now, but believe me when I tell you that it’s utterly stunning and like nothing you’ve experienced before. Keep track of the time here.
Starting in January 2009, we will [...] -
Thoughts
Borrowing from Behance, but well worth reading.
This from the always wonderful Behance team
…in the near term, we will all suffer a bit. However, we must also recognize the many new and exciting opportunities before us.Our economy and country can only thrive if we CREATE NEW STUFF. Bold innovations take a lot of time, energy, and a stomach for risk. But, in these uncertain [...] -
Thoughts
Heist
The word ‘Heist’ evokes the gentleman maverick who relishes a challenge and who navigates less-than-friendly terrain with ease and confidence. Alfred Dunhill website
A great quote from an unusual place, I agree. But I think that this is really a great way to sum up the CoffeeLoop approach to contemporary culture. -
News
Competition!
I’m feeling generous.
Every 20th person to sign up to my mailing list will receive a free copy of my CD, SPEM. I’ll even cover the postage costs!All you have to do is sign up and wait…
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News
SPEM and beyond…
I’m just in the process of planning the least logical trip of my life, ever.
Flying from London at the start of November, I’m going straight to Los Angeles to record with producer Tony Berg, meet some people and experience LA traffic. After 3 days there, I fly east to Boston to join Hiroshi Kato, Milton [...] -
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Polarizing Thoughts
Context is such a personal thing, who am I to push my opinions on other people? I would like to experiment with live interaction; I am nowhere near arrogant enough to think that my artistic ideals are in any way right… but they are valid. At the same time I don’t think it opinions are any [...]
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News
Wow a lot has happened…
…in the past week! CoffeeLoop is really moving on with stuff - there are three new web projects (check the projects page out on the site) and a lot of exciting ideas flying around. It’s just manically busy right now.
Most excitingly (and relevant here!) is UrbCon.com, a new type of concert series that is in [...] -
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SPIN
Tonight I was lucky to be invited to the private view of SPIN in Mayfair. It was an astonishing event, and I thoroughly recommend you go to it if you’re in London. What amazed me about it most was just how many of the images I recognised but didn’t realise were record sleeves… Really wonderful, and if [...]
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News
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It’s the start of the Edinburgh Festival, and it is, of course, raining.
So I’m taking this opportunity to put my eMoney where my eMouth is, and step up the CoffeeLoop online presence.
Web 3.0 is closing in, so I have decided to take the ultimate 2.0 step, and have created a YouTube channel. I know I’m [...] -
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Recording again again!
Last night saw the performances of the Boulez, Cashian and Villa-Lobos I mentioned last week. It went really well (better than expected!) and I think the audience were pleasantly surprised. It was a great event to be a part of; Darren and Olly are super stars!
In other follow up news, this morning (8am) was my [...] -
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Recording again
I am sitting at CoffeeLoop Studios, Holland Park, writing this update, where Milton and I are recording the final bits for his PhD thesis.
More news to come in the next few days, so in the meantime, get outside and enjoy the sun while it lasts! Also, check out my Store and tell your friends! -
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Mixing
I am sitting in (relatively) warm Boston, just preparing to leave for London! The US leg of my trip has been excellent, but am looking forward to finishing off SPEM by mixing… this all starts on Tuesday afternoon!
It will be mixed at CoffeeLoop Studios in West London and then sent for mastering at a.l.l.digital in [...]
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