K406/K506 — Projects in Electronic Music: Journal

Journal Schedule

Before the class whose date appears in the Due Date column...

Listen to the assigned selection.
Jot down some thoughts about the music.
Send the notes to me in a plain text email. Please: no HTML, no attachments (e.g., Word docs).

Due Date	Assignment
9/10	Zack Browning: Network Slammer (1998) Listen to it in Variations (track 6). Read Browning’s program note. While you’re at it, check out Banjaxed (track 5).
9/17	Christian Fennesz: Saffron Revolution (2008) Listen here. Here’s some Max/MSP software that he supposedly uses: lloopp. Lengthy interview with Fennesz.
9/24	Some live coding examples... • Andrew Sorenson: Face to Face (2009). Watch here. • pd~graz: blind date (2005). Watch (excerpt) here. • Scott Hewitt/Sam Freeman: bang (2009). Watch here.
10/1	Paul Koonce: Pins (1996) Listen to it in Variations (track 3).
10/8	Katharine Norman: Hard Cash (and small dreams of change) (1997) Listen to it in Variations (track 9).
10/15	Robert Normandeau: Jeu (1989) Listen to it in Variations (track 1). Read Normandeau's program note for Jeu. The Perotin piece, Viderunt omnes, quoted throughout Jeu, is on a Hilliard Ensemble CD in Variations (track 1). If Jeu is too all-over-the-place for you, try Le Cap de la Tourmente, on the same CD as Jeu.
11/5	Autechre: tewe (1997) Listen to it in Variations (track 3). If you want, also listen to cipater on the same CD.