http://computermusicblog.com/blog electronic and computer music as it happens Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:07:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On February 23rd, 1924, Lejaren Hiller was born in New York City. Hiller would become recognized as one of the pioneers of algorithmic composition. In 1957 he wrote the first major computer assisted composition. The Illiac Suite was composed using University of Illinois' Illiac computer. Actual work on ... http://computermusicblog.com/blog/2010/02/23/february-23-1924-happy-birthday-lejaren-hiller/ Last October Mike McFerron hosted another MusicBYTES concert at Lewis University. The bi-annual event featured a short program of video pieces, and was referred to as a mini-concert by McFerron. It took place in Ives Hall in the Orson Fine Arts Building on the Lewis University campus. ... http://computermusicblog.com/blog/2010/01/21/musicbytes-fall-2009/ On this date in 1934, Laurens Hammond received a patent for an "electrical musical instrument". This instrument would go on to become one of the most commercially successful electronic musical instruments. Even today, Hammond organs are ubiquitous, and their sound is iconic. Inventor Laurens Hammond designed and manufactured a ... http://computermusicblog.com/blog/2010/01/19/january-19-1934-hammond-patents-his-organ/ A new piece on Arts Electric attempts to answer that question. Shortly after Xenakis settled into his work as a civil engineer with Le Corbusier, he began his music career by looking for someone with whom he could study. After being turned down by Nadia Boulanger, Arthur Honegger, and Darius Milhaud, ... http://computermusicblog.com/blog/2010/01/12/xenakis-who-is-he/ Note: Be patient. The first few minutes are music only. Nowhere. is a high-definition video presentation filmed across seven states over the course of seven months. It is inspired by the filmmaking of Ron Fricke and Godfrey Reggio in its employment of non-narrative structure, use of time-lapse photography, and observational ... http://computermusicblog.com/blog/2010/01/05/nowhere-by-nathan-edwards/