"If
something is boring after two minutes,
try it for four. If still boring, then
eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two.
Eventually one discovers that it is not
boring at all."
(John Cage )
LIVE
STREAMS
or maybe just previous
live recordings
As
well as a means of sharing some of the
records and other audio I have collected,
I am very interested in documenting processes
and laying them open to be seen at all
stages of development. To this end over
the last 6 years I have been webcasting
using free services. These seem to come
and go. Initially being free and then
once established charging for storage
and to remove the increasingly annoying
advertising.
Being in rural west Wales with low upload
speed means they are pretty low-resolution
but are still able to represent a live
often improvised creative process.
So if it's on and working, you should
see a collection of found and donated
audio equipment collected over the last
6 years. In the main area there are around
16 mostly usable turntables attached to
various found mixers. You might also see
a keyboard, a Yamaha VSS-200 or a Casio
PT-87, VL-Tone or 101. Theres a number
of different cameras hooked up which I
occasionally switch between, the most
used being an old Intel webcam, but theres
also a couple of b&w cctv cameras
too and a mini radio (headmounted) camera.
If you can see and hear stuff but theres
no sign of me, it will probably be a minidisc
recording from the archive. Chances are
if theres vision but no sound I will be
along to play something soon. (Alternatively
I might be playing a video or it could
be a view from my studio window, should
be obvious enough).