Creativity – Page 6 – I am Ashley Elsdon

Pictures from Music Hack Day London

Posted by ashleyelsdonon December 5, 2011in Events, Mobile Applications

Mucking around with Game Salad

Posted by ashleyelsdonon November 9, 2011in Tech

http://e.gamesalad.com/play/49739

I’ve been playing in GameSalad which lets you use it’s interface to make HTML5 games or any other kind of application for that matter. I made this drum ‘thing’ and thought I’d show it off. It isn’t finished, and I don’t know if I will finish it for that matter, but it is kind of fun to muck about with.

The Power of Making

Posted by ashleyelsdonon September 26, 2011in Exhibitions

I went to this exhibition yesterday at the V&A and it was amazing. Not a huge exhibition, in fact quite small, but well worth getting along to, and it is free to get in to although there was a considerable queue for a Sunday.

I don’t know how long it is on for, so it’s worth checking the V&A site, but I’d certainly recommend it.

About The Ethometric Museum

Posted by ashleyelsdonon September 13, 2011in Creative Process, Events, Exhibitions, Festivals, ListeningLeave a comment

I was at the Edinburgh festival at the end of August this year and saw a bunch of shows. Some good, some not so good, some amazing. The Ethometric museum fell into the last category without a doubt.

We arrived at the venue and waited for the start of the show. We didn’t know what to expect at all. Just before the show was about to start a woman in a tweed suit asked us if we were here to see the Ethometric museum. We went with her out of the venue and around to the back of the building. She explained that we would need to wear hard hats for the duration of the show.

We went into a cellar under the building that was dimly lit and filled will racks of strange looking old machines. They looked like something out of the 1950’s. The woman gave us a 5 minute talk about the Ethometric museum and then explained that we would need to be completely silent during the demonstration.

What followed was an incredible performance of noise makers and synths that I absolutely loved. It was a triumph of making and music. The instruments were so beautifully made and the sounds so unique, it was a superb experience.

If you’d like to know more about The Ethometric Museum you can find information at Ray Lee’s site.

At night, in the forest

Posted by ashleyelsdonon July 4, 2011in PlacesLeave a comment

At the weekend I spent the late evenings in the dark, or almost dark, with nothing but a couple of candles and my iPad. That’s one of the things I love about mobile music. Being able to sit out in a forest in the dark and make music.

Beaten Out

Posted by ashleyelsdonon May 19, 2011in Creative Process, Mobile Applications, TechLeave a comment

http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F15525255 Beaten Out by PalmSounds

A little track made with Mixtikl.

Final piece from the Dirty Electronics performance at the Roundhouse

Posted by ashleyelsdonon May 17, 2011in Events, FestivalsLeave a comment

Moving forward: Back and Forth

Posted by ashleyelsdonon February 13, 2011in Creative ProcessLeave a comment

I got to spend some time with my latest music project yesterday. I’ve been experimenting with processing audio through Jasuto which has had some interesting results.

As I said before, I think that the creative process in making these soundscapes may end up being more satisfying that the actual finished product, but at the moment I’m not worrying too much about that. I think I’ll enjoy the process for now and see where I end up with in a couple of months.

‘Micro Process’ Some new music from me

Posted by ashleyelsdonon February 1, 2011in Creative ProcessLeave a comment

I’ve finally got around to finishing this off and I do quite like it really. Micro Process is 5 little tracks made on a Palm OS PDA and recorded using a Boss Micro BR. I’ve made it a page all to itself so if you want to have a listen you can find it here.

Four Track Futures

Posted by ashleyelsdonon October 11, 2010June 5, 2020in Creative ProcessLeave a comment

Since I started going back over my old tapes and retrieving them I’ve been thinking about the process of recording to tape, or if not to tape in a linear way and not wholly sequenced.

I liked that way of doing things in the past. There was more room for error and because of that more room for inspired accidents. I miss that. You just don’t get that so much with sequencing.

So I am giving serious consideration to tape again. I might even consider getting a tape 8 track at some point!

I can’t believe I missed Cassette Store Day

It was last weekend and I missed it completely. Which is a real shame for me. So, to make it up to myself I thought I’d post a few of my favourite cassette pictures.