CDM: Create Digital Music/Motion * Noisepages

This is looking to be a fantastic Handmade Music - we've got the Grant Sisters showing off modular patch cords made of felt for wearable sound suits, plus the fantastic Great Tiger showing their DIY arcade button controller for Ableton Live and playing some music for us. That and - as usual - other surprise technology ...appearances you won't want to miss.

Thursday night in Brooklyn.

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FREE -- Chill out with laptop music lovers, live PA artists, and Ableton Live gurus from the CDM community. Meet + greet at 675 Bar, the cozy, underground Meatpacking hang, complete with a bar + treat menu.

Hosted by DubSpot, as part of their weekend-long Live Sessions tour, and createdigitalmusic.com

From the expressive... to the strange, electronic creators share the tools they use to play Live. Confirmed:
* Isomer Transition (aka RJ Valeo) doing some superb-quality techno with lots of knobs and a machinedrum + Ableton Live
* Ted Hayes’ EggBeater wireless shaker for rhythms, built in free software Pure Data and used (in this case) with Ableton Live
* Sound artist Ranjit Bhatnagar with a musical MIDI ironing board (pictured below) controlling Live, as seen at Handmade Music (at which it was covered by Wired.com)
* Track Team Audio’s Michael Hatsis showing some tweaked-out Live control in action – hopefully including his APC40 hacks and monome patches.
* Peter Kirn, playing a set with control TBD – possibly Lemur and/or my Android phone

NOTE: ENTER ON W 13TH STREET, between Hudson + 9th (not, oddly, on Hudson even though that's the address!)Read More

FREE, open party + free PBR+ musical gadgets!

createdigitalmusic.com presents Handmade Music Night at 3rd ward, with the good folks of Etsy.com, Make Magazine, and XLR8R. Part party, part mixer, part Science Fair, and part performance, this is an informal chance for geeksters and the geek-curious to come together, relax..., and discover new sounds.

THIS MONTH'S FEATURES
* Bizarre sonic objects made from dismembered mannequin torsos and legs, transformed into a Theremin and maracas
* Gestural controllers, made with wood and 3D printers, shaping sound with movement
* Over-the-shoulder musical fashion with snakeskin and leather
* A prepared Nintendo NES
* Make:Television screening with more projects, plus a presentation by Phil Torrone (anyone want to bring popcorn?)
* Demos, short performances, chatting, meeting (ubergeeks and newcomers alike), science-fair style show-and-tell
* Free beer provided by Pabst Blue Ribbon

SUBWAY DIRECTIONS:
Take the L line to the Grand Street stop. Head South on Bushwick Ave. (towards the school) one long block and make a left on Stagg Street. 3rd ward is located three blocks down Stagg Street on the corner of Morgan Ave.
We are also easily accessible from the Montrose and Morgan Ave. stops on the L train

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Hosted by Peter Kirn, createdigitalmusic.com
and Joel Johnson, Boing Boing (BB gadgets, Offworld)

Okay, you've beaten Mario Kart. You're through with Ratchet & Clank. You're tired of lame iPhone novelties. It's time to make some real music with your shiny portable gadget. And it's time to grab a few drinks and snacks whi...le you're at it.

While Blip Fest celebrates the underground vintage computer / game system scene, we'll be having an informal mixer to enjoy the homebrew and unusual music making apps on newer devices. We'll have a few of them going, so even if you don't have a gadget along, you can check them out! (Bring headphones!)

And it's 2-for-1 drinks / happy hour ... just outside the venue. So before Blip, get some 32-bit on and meet readers of Boing Boing and CDM.Read More

HANDMADE MUSIC
Hosted by createdigitalmusic.com with Etsy.com and Make Magazine at 3rd Ward

> OPEN PARTY with DIYers
> Strange sounds!
> Workshop 7:30-8:30p with MIKE UNA - Make your own Beep-It optical Theremin, even with no prior experience
> Drinks and snacks
> Fab gallery space in East Williamsburg, well worth the trip

P...art party, part mixer, part Science Fair, and part performance, this is an informal chance for geeksters and the geek-curious to come together, relax, and discover new sounds. The evening is a gathering of inventors of circuit-bent toys, custom software and patches, interactive digital & visual instruments, custom electronics, electricity-powered noisemakers, DIY robots and new acoustic instruments. And it’s open to everyone from hard-core hackers & newcomers to music lovers who want to learn about the DIY music scene.

Got a project in progress? Bring it along!

Just want to hang out and meet some makers and discover some new things? Drop in!

WORKSHOP BONUS - for the cost of parts!
Michael Una will demonstrate his optical theremin synthesizer Beep-it and conduct a workshop wherein attendees will build their own optical theremin. The basics of analog synthesis will be discussed. No skill level is required- all tools and parts will be provided by the participation fee.

You MUST rsvp + pay parts fee by Wed 12/10 at:
http://beepit.eventbrite.com/

195 Morgan Ave., at the corner of Stagg St., in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Take the L line to the Grand Street stop. Head South on Bushwick Ave. (towards the school) one long block and make a left on Stagg Street. 3rd ward is located three blocks down Stagg Street on the corner of Morgan Ave.
(also accessible from Montrose or Morgan Ave. L stops)Read More