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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Voxnovus] 60x60 Call for works Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:59:27 -0500 From: Vox Novus List voisey-i@voxnovus.com Reply-To: robvoisey@voxnovus.com To: voxnovus@voxnovus.com
Hello!
O.K. Here it is what you have been waiting for. The long awaited 2010 60x60 Call for Works.
AND
It is all going to be done online!
That is right! 60x60 is collaborating with ICMC (International Computer Music Conference 2010) for a unique 60x60 event and all the works submitted to 60x60 will be simultaneous submissions for ICMC.
For this special event we are looking for 360 works for 6 one hour performances at Stony Brook University and New York City: 360 degrees of 60x60.
We are also have an International Mix and a microtonal mix (the UnTwelve Mix) I also have venues for another UK Mix, Midwest Mix, Canada Mix, and Pacific Rim Mix. (if we get enough submissions. get it? if you submit.there is a possibility of 12 different mixes. that is 720 slots with a great chance of multiple performances around the globe and the possibility of a multimedia collaboration with video or dance that are getting press reviews and attending audiences in the thousands.)
So what I need is your submission. Even if it is a past submission that will be great! There were so many submissions in the past that were great that we couldn't use for one reason or another, I would love to get the chance to present them now. But I need you to submit online.
ICMC has an online submission process. http://music.oc.cct.lsu.edu/author/submit.php
check the 60x60 box
and then upload your ZIP file containing your submission form (PDF) and sound file (AIFF) (I know it says MP3 is allowed but don't do that for 60x60 submissions)
you can get the submission form here: http://www.VoxNovus.com/60x60/Call.htm
So tell everyone you know. This is going to be the biggest 60x60 yet. The idea is to activate the entire community of electro-acoustic music. I think we can do it. Let's wake up the world and show them what our music is about!
I am looking forward to listening to your submission!
Rob
Robert Voisey
RobVoisey@VoxNovus.com 60x60 Director Living Music Foundation Vice President Founder of Vox Novus http://www.VoxNovus.com
Oh yeah.... Here is the call:
Vox Novus is inviting composers to submit recorded works 60 seconds or less in length to be included in its eighth annual 60x60 project!
Download Submission form here: 60x60 PDF Submission Form or 60x60 MSWord Submission Form
Vox Novus In collaboration with ICMC (International Computer Music Conference 2010) is inviting composers to submit recorded works 60 seconds or less in length to be included in its seventh annual 60x60 project. 60 compositions will be selected to be played continuously in a one-hour concert.
The 60x60 concert season will have multiple performances in several different mixes and multi-media throughout the world. Mixes planned for 60x60 2010 include the International Mix, 360 degrees of 60x60 at ICMC, the UnTwelve Mix (including only microtonal works) as well as any other past mix (i.e. Midwest Mix, UK Mix, etc) where more than 60 submissions are received.
Please submit a ZIP file containing the submission form and an AIFF recording of the work at the ICMC website: http://music.oc.cct.lsu.edu/author/submit.php
During the concert each of the 60 pieces selected will begin precisely at the beginning of the minute, this will mark the end of one piece and the beginning of another. There will be no pause between the pieces. Works may be less than 60 seconds in length, but may not exceed 60 seconds. Works selected that are less than 60 seconds long will be "padded" with silence either before, after, or surrounding the composition. Please note that the total duration of the work including silence may NOT exceed sixty seconds.
The 60x60 project's definition of a record work is as follows: any work created as a musical composition which is captured on recorded media, which does not require live performers for its production in broadcast at concert halls, radio, multi-media, etc. Its creation can include but not limited to acoustic instruments, voice, environmental sources, and computer (Sampling, MIDI, C Sound, ProTools, etc.)
Acoustic compositions should be submitted with the understanding that it is their recording that is of prime importance and is what will be used to determine its selection. Scores of works are strongly discouraged and will not be used in the selection process.
60x60 is a project of "signature works" and short works created specifically for the 60x60 project. Excerpts of larger works are strongly discouraged. Works generated from procedures (i.e. mathematical matrices, organizational systems, or computer programs,) remixed works, or themes and motives recomposed from other of the composer's own work are acceptable.
The call is open to composers of any nationality, age, or career stage. Works submitted must not have been previously performed or broadcasted. The submission form must be sent at the same time with the submitted work. Submission form must contain the composer's name, address, email, phone number, composition title, and composition length (60 seconds or less.) Biographies and program notes may be no longer than 100 words in length.
Submissions must be uploaded by December 31st, 2009. Selected works will be announced on February 15th, 2010.
Submissions must include: Submission Forms as a PDF or MSWord can be downloaded at: http://www.VoxNovus.com/60x60/Call.htm
The ZIP file including the submission form and the AIFF sound file must be uploaded at ICMC website: http://music.oc.cct.lsu.edu/author/submit.php or http://music.oc.cct.lsu.edu/openconf.php
Works selected for the 2010 60x60 project will be announced on February 15th, 2010. Composers will be notified of the results by email or they can visit http://www.VoxNovus.com
Any questions regarding the call for works can be addressed to Support@VoxNovus.com
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http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/16/rjdj/
The future of the music album?
Check out RjDj’s Little Boots appIn an age when tracks can be copied or streamed at virtually no cost, what extras can musicians add to make a living?
A London- and New York-based startup called RjDj is experimenting with one answer. RjDj is taking albums from electronic artists like Little Boots and Air and creating reactive music experiences from them through iPhone apps. RjDj launched one this week with Little Boots, a British electropop artist who made her name by posting YouTube videos of herself playing experimental instruments like the Tenori-On.
What’s reactive music? It’s a type of music that’s different every single time you play it. The phone’s microphone picks up sounds from your environment while the accelerometer takes in the movement of your phone. RjDj’s app can incorporate both into the track, making each time you play a song entirely unique. The startup launched its own free app last year that offers an ever-changing variety of tracks and effects.
With the Little Boots collaboration, RjDj tooks three tracks from her already released album and turned them into a $2.99 app where you can apply effects to each song. One track focuses on accelerometer movement and sounds more agitated depending on how fast you’re walking or how much you’re shaking the phone. Another takes in sounds from your environment, like chatter from people around you in a cafe, and infuses them into the song. The effects range from being almost indetectable on some tracks to being completely transformative on others.
In the same way that sites like YouTube and social networks have handed people the tools to create experiences rather than passively consume them, RjDj is trying to allow music fans to influence the tracks they’re listening to. Fans can share unique instances of the generative Little Boots track and upload them to RJDJ’s site.
The company has also done its own take on headphone parties, where attendees listen to RjDj tracks while a person dubbed the “reality jockey” plays with different effects.
echelonAlthough RjDj is working with well-known electronic artists to create apps, the company doesn’t see them as their only business model. RjDj is pioneering the use of PD (or PureData), a graphical programming language, and applying it to music composition to create reactive sound tracks. Composing music with PD looks like the rather intimidating flowchart to the right. RJDJ is working on software with a more consumer-friendly user interface that may be released next spring. (If you’re interested, here’s a tutorial on how to hack RjDj’s software with PD.)
The company is the brainchild of Last.fm co-founder Michael Breidenbruecker and boasts funding from former Last.fm chairman Stefan Glaenzer and Seedcamp founder Saul Klein.
At this point, RjDj caters to more of a niche community, but its thinking may contain several hints about the future direction of the music industry.