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03Mar 2011

1st Prize

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As usual, things are rather busy in L2Ork-land. As a matter of fact, so busy we’ve completely forgotten to blog (which reminds me I need to update both L2Ork and DISIS sites)…

We are once again thoroughly excited to be working with the 4th and 5th graders of the Boys & Girls Club of Roanoke, VA, we recently returned from the national SEAMUS 2011 conference, we just got a brand new piece finished that incorporates Taiji (a.k.a. Tai Chi) choreography, pd-l2ork is progressing beautifully with already hundreds of bug-fixes and improvements committed since last November (and now with a comprehensive documentation on how to install it), and we are only a month away from series of our spring performances (which once again, reminds me, I really need to update the “upcoming events” page asap). As if that weren’t enough, a couple weeks ago I learned that the revamped version of Half-Life composition for laptop orchestra and narrator (based on a piece originally written for L2Ork) has won the first place on the first international laptop orchestra composition commission competition sponsored by our sister MONSTER laptop orchestra at Montana State University. Yay!

All that said, provided next couple of weeks go as planned, we are gearing up for another huge announcement, so stay tuned for more L2Ork goodness! In the meantime, as a shameless plug for my DISIS computer music students, they’ve just released their first Max album in the “aural pixels” series featuring real-time generated experimental tunes. So, head over to the DISIS portfolio page for some screechin’, FMlicious goodness.

19Jan 2011

We’re going on tour!

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Yeah!!!!

Why did I stay up all evening working on music and watching Dexter’s Lab instead of sleeping?

Because we’re going on tour! And we’re leaving at six! In the AM!

Well, that is actually awful logic on my part, but I figure I’ll be able to sleep in the tour van and work on my other max/pd music endeavors.

I think we’re all pretty stoked for SEAMUS. It looks to be more than just very reputable event, but a truly awesome collective of performers, ideas and music. I really feel L2Ork is just like any other music group that’s been around for this period of time, we’re just trying to get out there and play. It’s all about spreading the love/music, although in this case, we have the privilege of spreading this love in an open source/linuxy fashion. Ahhhh yeahhhhh.

Let’s talk about myself so I can figure out if I’ve packed everything and tell you what gear I’m personally using at the same time. Zing. In the backpack I got:
-Novation Launchpad
-Livid Ohm Classic
-Edirol UA-1G
on a Toshiba Satellite and into my head with some Sennheiser HD 380 Pros

Yeah, tis lookin like it’ll be a productive car ride unless I just pass out for the entire 15 hours.
Tour! Yeah! Tour! Neat! SEAMUS!

-Adam

15Nov 2010

L2Ork + Renoise = Love at First Sight

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Greetings from the L2Ork central! Amidst tons of software updates we’ve been posting over the past couple days on our Software page, earlier today I learned that L2Ork has received a generous sponsorship from the Renoise folks, makers of the amazing and quite unconventional Renoise computer music composition & performance software in a form of a site license covering the entire L2Ork ensemble. One will surely wonder, what do we want to do with all these copies? ;-) While we keep you in suspense, why don’t you go and check out the latest and greatest in the L2Ork iteration of Pd (which BTW has seen dozens upon dozens of crucial bug fixes and usability improvements covering both the core program and supporting externals) available on our Software page. Stay tuned for more updates soon!

02Nov 2010

“With Good Reason”

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This past weekend L2Ork was featured as part of an interview on the “With Good Reason” radio show that airs in Virginia and D.C. I would like to use this opportunity to extend special thanks to the radio show host Sarah McConnell, associate producer Elliot Majerczyk, as well as the rest of the production team for this wonderful opportunity. To find out more, (including interview audio footage) please click here or visit WGR website.

P.S. Apparently, the same story also aired on on Roanoke’s WVTF (89.1) on Wednesday, November 3 at 7:30 PM, and as part of the morning NPR segment on the 4th. VT press release can be accessed by clicking here.

13Sep 2010

Upcoming North Carolina Mini-Tour

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Things are off to a rather hectic start–we are already less than a week away from our first mini-tour of the 2010/11 season. L2Ork will be stopping by Duke University on Sept. 19th for an outdoor performance (weather permitting), followed by a lecture recital at WSSU on the 20th. Finally, on 21st we will be featured on two concerts as part of the UNCG’s New Music Festival. For additional info on the performance times and locations, see the Events page.

Hope to see you there!