Tag: music and video

  • making sense of: recording

    making sense of: recording

    On July 20th 2023, with the help of Jorge Vallejo, Karin Schistek and I recorded my solo piano piece making sense of at the Folkwang University’s Tonaufnahmestudio. There are no electronics in this piece but Jorge did make a single-camera video recording—with some music manuscript paper flourishes after the recording was done—which Karin then used…

  • pulsed. like a star.

    pulsed. like a star.

    In 2021 I finally finished the mix and master of a 40-minute immersive audio-visual project that was on the go for quite a while. Details below. The first five minutes, in stereo, are available on YouTube:   pulsed.like a star. is a composition for single channel video and immersive audio by: Michael Edwards: composition, improvised sound processing,…

  • for rei as a doe: the making of the video: an online interview with the artists

    for rei as a doe: the making of the video: an online interview with the artists

    Below is an interview I initiated online with the artists who made the above video to my algorithmic composition for rei as a doe. CI = Chante Inglis (animation) CL = Colin Lawson (painting) KS = Karin Schistek (piano) ME = Michael Edwards (composition)   ME: What drew you to make a video to this music?…

  • for rei as a doe, with video, in Genova

    for rei as a doe, with video, in Genova

    I’ve just returned from teaching algorithmic composition for a week at the Conservatorio Statale di Musica “Niccolò Paganini” in Genova, Italy. It was a pleasure to meet and work with Professor Roberto Doati’s composition class, as well as to play with some of them in a concert on September 7th that begain with a free improvisation for a group of…

  • 5.0 mastering with the TC System 6000

    5.0 mastering with the TC System 6000

    To get to know the various dynamics, EQ, and reverb effects on the TC System 6000 I tried a mastering session with the 5.0 mix files of my piece 24/7: freedom fried for viola d’amore and computer.  This was recorded in September 2006 at ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany, by Garth Knox.  It was (is?) to be…