Folketone fra Sunnmøre

This video was recorded live as part of a concert in Coton, Cambridgeshire, in July 2011. Many thanks to my friend Phil Toms for the excellent arrangement, and to Nicky Anderson for the lovely venue!

Pachelbel video

For my first post of 2010 I’ve got a new video release: It’s part of the “Touchable Dreams” performance which I did with Jeremy Harmer in December 2009 in Cambridge. This clip is just me doing a looped version of the famous “Canon in D” by Pachelbel. I worked out the programming needed in order to perform it properly in it’s original form – bass line and three canonical violin lines – a while ago: It involves a straight loop for the bass line and then lots of careful loop/replace functions for the canon. I was delighted it proved possible to do; and it proves popular in live performances.

This particular concert was the first outing for my new Bridge 5-string electric violin: More about the superb Bridge instruments soon…..

Meanwhile enjoy the video, and have a great 2010!

Lord Puttnam at the OU

Tuesday saw me playing at a reception at the Open University in Milton Keynes, where they were welcoming Lord David Puttnam as Chancellor.

Steve at the Open University - twice!

Held in the new Computing Department building, this was my second visit this year as I also played there as part of a conference on computing and music back in the summer. I had a definite sense of deja vu when I arrived as a large screen was playing a recording of my previous visit on a loop: Unusual, but also apt since my performance involved a variety of looped violin pieces! There were also some fascinating presentations about a variety of music and computer related research which is currently being carried out at the OU. If you’d like to discover more about music research at the OU then have a look at this page.