December 10th, 2023
For the last two years, I have been part of Stetson’s Quality Enhancement Plan through my Electronic Music (DIGA 365) course. Our QEP is focussed on information literacy and teaching students to gather credible information from dependable sources. At first glance, it seems like a strange learning goal for a course emphasizing the production of […]
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June 8th, 2019
My students in DIGA 366 put together the third edition of DIGAHERTZ, a concert to showcase their electronic music projects. This year, I had more students interested in sound design, so the program reflects that. The first half featured original sound designs for examples from music videos, anime, Cartoon Network, and classic animation. The second […]
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January 5th, 2019
Every so often, I run into someone that has fond memories of the Hipno plug-ins and asks me if they will ever be resurrected. These folks inspired me to spend the tail end of 2018 looking back in my archive and trying to resurrect one of my favorites from that collection: GoMoDo. My contributions to […]
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May 5th, 2018
For the second year in a row, students in my advanced electronic music course worked together to produce a concert of original works. Once again, Collective Church graciously hosted us and helped produce the live stream (which is still available as an archive here). Overall, it was another great learning experience and another great night […]
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February 28th, 2018
In the Spring 2018, I was able to work out an agreement with Essential Pianos, who generously loaned us a Yamaha Disklavier grand piano for two full weeks. The Disklavier is a fully acoustic piano with added mechanics that allow it to be controlled by computer using MIDI. My students and I held a joint […]
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