Just a brief note about new page I’ve added under events about the Sound Lab project I was involved with as part of the Beautiful Octopus Club run by Heart n Soul.
Category: Events
Things are going on all the time!, This category is about things I’ve been to or sometimes would have liked to have been to. Also, it’s about events I’m a part of or have had some hand in running.
Some pictures from Sound Lab at the Beautiful Octopus Club
Setting up at RFH
We were in a cage
Getting the gear out
We had lots of headphones
And nice silver tables
Setting out iPads
Getting the vocal zone set up
First SoundLab at BOC 2013
The Sound Lab
Using bloom and Thumbjam
We all wore white coats
Tweaking
The collaboration zone
The ambient zone
Using Mira
People loved playing
I posted a long-ish piece at Palm Sounds about this yesterday, but I thought that the pictures would look nice here.
This is not helping my craving for modular synths
I saw this at Brighton Mini Maker Fair, which was just great, but machines like this do nothing for my growing craving for a real hardware modular. Anyway, it was nice to meet Mr Thonk (I don’t think that’s his name) from Thonk Synth.
Brighton Mini Maker’s Fair
Yes that’s
a
Dalek
Where else can you find a life sized Dalek that follows you around the room?
Annual trip to the environmental fair
I go to this every year, or at least I do my best to, and it never fails to please on so many levels. Firstly there’s the music, which is probably my main reason for going. There’s three stages, a main stage, a cafe stage and a performing arts marquee. The main stage is ok, I did see one thing that I liked on it this year, which was a band using repurposed tech like guitar hero controllers to make some fairly enjoyable lofi music.
The music cafe had mainly a mix of folk and blue which was really nice, and great to see a hurdy-gurdy on stage in one of the bands. In fact there were quite a lot of acts on here that I enjoyed listening to. Nothing that I’d probably go out of my way to seek out, but very pleasant listening nonetheless.
Lastly there was the performing arts stage. There were a few things on this that I really liked and a couple that I intend to seek out when I have some time.
So, overall in terms of music it was a really useful, enjoyable, and left me with one or two things to follow up on. But that wasn’t the end of the day.
But I’ll save that for another post.
A couple of little bits from the Mini Maker Faire last month
A day at WOMAD
Main stage
Radio 3 stage
Big red tent
And then the rain
Only for the day
Ticket
I go every year and love WOMAD, but, not in the rain, and this time around it rained and rained and rained. It was a shame as the day had started really well. But by 9pm it was wet, muddy and cold. I hope it’s better next year.
Purley Festival, day 1
Purley Festival
Paper windmills
Matthews Yard Stage
More paper windmills
Whilst I was only there for a couple of hours today it’s lovely to see a local event like this and see so many people enjoying the park and some live music.
A few pictures from Crystal Palace Beer Festival
Festival Glass
A Beer Voucher
Crystal Palace Beer Festival
I’d never been to this festival before, but it was very good indeed. Well run, good beer, good music, and I think I’ll be going again next year.
Rail Ale trip on the Bluebell railway
I’ve only been on Rail Ale once before, and that was before the Bluebell line extended to East Grinstead. Now that it comes all the way up to the mainline service it’s really easy to get to, and of course it’s a much longer line and therefore a lot more fun to be on.
The ale was very good (see menu above) and as it was a fine evening, as opposed to pouring rain the last time I went, it was a great night out. I’d thoroughly recommend it to anyone who enjoys steam trains and real ale.
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