This is a demo video of the soon to be released Borderlands app for the iPad.

BORDERLANDS - Extended Demo from Christopher Carlson on Vimeo.

Totally new analog mixing concept revealed at Musikmesse 2012

Diego Stocco performs on his Experibass. Not only did he take  instrument customization to a totally new level. He also produces awesome noises with his mutant bass.

Diego Stocco - Experibass from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.

After two posts about the digital revolution, I feel it is about time to show you that good old analogue is still alive and kicking. Buchla and Associates for instance, the makers of modular system 200. A machine that looks like lieutenant Uhura's workspace and comes with a hefty pricetag well above $10,000. Check out what it sounds like here:

More on Buchla here:

http://www.buchla.com/series200e.html

Side by Side is a documentary by Keanu Reeves and Justin Szlasa about the huge impact of digital technology in filmmaking. Premiere will be at Berlinale

http://sidebysidethemovie.com/

This is a documentary by House of Radon from Stockholm about the many opportunities in creative expression which the digital revolution has provided us with in a very short period of time.

I am not posting this movie to get everyone yet again super excited about infinite possibilities. I am more inclined to agree with Andrew Keen and Christopher Weingarten who both talk about a real danger in a so called democratized culture (not to be confused with democracy in political terms), where everything is determined by a number of clicks, that we will eventually drown in mediocrity.

Or as Weingarten points out: "Everything is a constant stream of hype and backlash. All those hyped bands everybody was talking about two years ago on the internet. Where the fuck are they? Who cares..?"

This video is based on a presentation first given at Canadian Music Week's Global Forum in March of 2011. (by fastgirlfilms)

This is pretty wild stuff...

This is a glossy new video with two guys claiming that their new piece of software, aptly named Juke Bot, frees you from worrying about your filmmusic in your video, which according to them is a complete pain in the arse anyway.

So they show off what it does and we learn that a colour and tempo detection is all you need to find perfect music. To me, it came as quite a surprise when I also learned that the detection of many animals (which can only be horses by the way) leads to the conclusion that we are dealing with a documentary. Poor John Ford..

As always this is all about efficiency and greed, maybe. Save your money for nerdy composers, who according to this video apparantly never come up with anything which is even remotely close to your vision, and have a hassle free life instead ever after. All you need to worry about in the future will be those darned horses and the colours of your video, maybe...

What's wrong with leaving music supervision, music placement and composition to humans? After all we are the ones who have to bear the results, not the bots.