Brave New World

I gave my notice at work today. I'm filled with anxiety about the uncertain future, but relieved that my stint at full-time programming work is over. I am hoping to get a lot more composing in and also get some breathing room...

I've been making a lot of conceptual and also actual coding/technical progress with my video piece... I'm basically going with the idea of blowing "bubbles" of magnifying lenses that keep the video distorted/magnified as they pass through it. Another performer will probably restore different parts of the picture by blowing... prob, slowly, like it blurs, then it returns to normal. I have a lot of code for the magnification done already although some of the behaviors are still sometimes wonky...


Okay, progress report:

1. practice/run though "In C" on accordion

This performance is over... I never did practice TOO too much but it was a great experience. Also got mentioned in the NYTimes, and that is generally good :)

2. start on minimal composition for pepe collab.

This has kinda started but not really gotten off the ground... we've really only laid down the barest foundation for something. Not sure how serious to be about it, since Pepe hasn't been around for practicing the last 2 Sundays.

3. practice folding some more for convention coming up

Convention over and done! It was fun... I practiced folding a little but folding more actually *since* the concert. Should start on origami piece though... or at least book it...

4. look over "I will grow teeth" AGAIN and submit to Boston New Music thingy

I think I mentioned this before, but this has been submitted. I realized after I turned it still more things I should have done but prob. those are nit-picky.... less glaring errors, at least, than when I submitted to North/South Consonance. I often wonder whether I should put more pseudo-emotional descriptive words for sections, but my philosophy is more I want players to have a lot of freedom to interpret. I mean, I guess some things I should put like: 'play like tango' or something, but other than that...

5. email plz

I always need to emailz plz.

7. sign up for movement research class?

No, I don't think I'm gonna have time for that until mid-August or so

9. email eamusic about my damn server space / point url to somethingfurry for now

GAH! I still need to do this

10. work on processing video stuff

yah, oh, I've been doing that a lot.

11. think about choir piece... think. haha.

hmm, minimal thinking... I need to schedule this and start writing out a timeline, budget, compositional plan, performance plan.

12. should go to that 'share' thing at IPR

yah, this is a good idea but I haven't done it yet.