May your Year of the Rabbit bring bountiful joy, good health and fortune. I have taken an extended break and shall resume M&C imminently! I shall see you then. :)
A clip from S2E14 "Music & chat": Lee Stringer touches on the style of TV/film production by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson in the ā60s that used puppets.
In this clip from S2E14 of āMusic & chatā, Lee Stringer discusses the idea behind Marionation and Supermarionation, and the use of mo-cap in the animated New Captain Scarlet series (where Lee was CG supervisor). For the full interview: https://youtu.be/Ep9BWAddftg
A clip from S2E11 "Music & chat": Michael Spicer and Shueh-li Ong chat about improvisation over the internet with their own experiments.
Michael Spicer and Shueh-li Ong share the programs and instrument setup they used for the real-time jam session they conducted over the Christmas period, where Michael was in Singapore and Shueh-li in Nashville.
For the full interview and video of their experiments:
https://youtu.be/R063nhAYOn4
Clip from S2E6 "Music & chat": Chris Boardman, orchestrator/conductor/composer (Color Purple, Nightmare Before Christmas, Payback)
A teaser clip. For the complete livestream where Chris Boardman talks about working with Danny Elfman, how he was trained as a side-man and how it differs from being a collaborator, and how the creative journey begins to turn inward the longer you stay in it?
Watch it here: https://youtu.be/asnY8NhinzA
A clip from S2E5 "Music & chat": Lee Stringer (vfx supervisor/model maker on movies/tv)
Watch this clip and youāll want to head over to the livestream where Lee Stringer indulges us with anecdotes on working with Ron Thornton (godfather of CG) at Foundation Imaging, managing and supervising the creation of digital assets on Battlestar Galactica the miniseries, Firefly, Iron Sky, creating miniatures and models, and more!
Full stream: https://youtu.be/PVc0NFEbF2M
A clip from S2E4 "Music & chat": Daniel Liston Keller on MI design: traditional shape or experiment?
Did you miss Daniel Liston Keller and I talk about the idea of unorthodox interfaces for MI, marketing to different genders, whether keyboard skills should remain a mainstay of our music curriculum at higher education, and more? Check this clip out, then watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/uajj4tQB2nM