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I have been pinching myself since the start of last week. I have secured funding via the Arts and Humanities Research Council (Midlands4Cities) to carry out my research…
Today’s reading led me to discover a fictional musical instrument that I now really want to build. You can read about it in the clumsily grabbed text below…
I have always had a pretty laissez faire attitude to instrument tuning. A lot of what I like to create musically falls amongst the in-between notes and, depending…
A recent fascination has been exploring how soft resonators and inspiration drawn from human (and other animal) vocalisations could be put to use in musical instrument design. Here…
Since the start of October, I have had an intern, working alongside me on both my commercial projects and PhD research projects. We have been logging our work…
I’ve found myself thinking about process vs (?) outcome a lot recently. I guess that’s what doing a PhD is bound to result in but it was brought…
I have been working on an acoustic modular synth system for a while now. It fits a modular rack standard (not Eurorack – bigger for now) and is…
October’s reading (see Reading list) focused on two main areas. These areas keep bubbling to the top as areas of interest. They are mechanical musical instruments and acoustic…
Sometimes putting an idea out there (via Twitter) can serve to provide feedback, development and encouragement – and even collaborations. One such case is when I posted an…