Set List - Saturday 4/12/08

I thought I'd post the set list of my solo show from Saturday, the originals are marked *:

Too Creative *
April Come She Will (Paul Simon)
My Winding Wheel (Ryan Adams)
Sister *
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away (Beatles)
Don't Think Twice, it's All Right (Dylan)
It's Only Love (Beatles)
Where do the Children Play? (Cat Stevens)
The Needle and the Damage Done (Neil Young)
On the Inside of Your Circle *
Friend of the Devil (Garcia, Hunter)
Just Like a Photograph *

Me & Bobby McGee (K. Kristofferson)
Getting Better (Beatles)
In Tall Buildings (John Hartford)
Sitting by the Dock of the Bay (Redding)
Girl (Beatles)
Sunshine (J. Edwards)
Flake (J. Johnson)
Sitting, Waiting, Wishing (J. Johnson)
I Am the Walrus (Beatles)
Late Night Traveling Friend *
Stand By Me (King) > Redemption Son (Marley)
On Alexander Street *
Glass Onion (Beatles)

ELF's The Manual

Patrick Wilson of Weezer spoke about ELF's The Manual, the cultish irreverant British guide to getting a #1 hit in a week. As this sells for over $150 for a rare print copy, I thought I'd post a copy of the PDF version here. This is also a pretty good episode of Mac Break Weekly (#82 - The Double Album) if you've got the time, with a lot of banter centered on the dilemmas of modern music distribution.

Using a Wii controller with Max/MSP

At the SEAMUS 2008 conference in Salt Lake City, Jeff Stolet of the University of Oregon did a fun piece using 2 Wii controllers to control a Max/MSP patch which in turn processed live video and sound. Here's a useful Max object developed by Masayuki Akamatsu which uses the Bluetooth API to let you use a Wii remote with Max/MSP 4.6.

CD Baby Interview with David Harrington

Every time I listen to David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet, I feel totally musically, spiritually and philosophically inspired about the art of music. More than anything, his focus on collaboration and the deep inner relation to music that trancends categorical boundaries is so refreshing in this era of self-oriented musical marketing and reputation building. The whole really is greater than the sum of it's parts.

I've been fortunate enough to see Kronos a few times, most recently by chance in a small hall in Gothenburg, Sweden where we lived last Spring and prior to that when they did a weeklong residency at the Krannert Center for the Arts in Urbana, Illinois.

Tuesday Podcast Pick

I am a sucker for podcasts, though occasionally overwhelmed by the sheer number I collect. Just one more thing to feel good about throwing away every now and then. That said, my tuesday podcast pick is Naxos classical spotlight, which includes 20 minute segments featuring interviews with modern composers and performing ensembles. Recently I've listened to interviews with composers James Hartway, Elliott Carter, Kenneth Fuchs, and Nigel Clarke.

DIY Leslie Speaker

I'm definitely going to try and build a homemade leslie speaker - plug-ins will only get you so far!