MATRIXSYNTH

Monday, November 15, 2010

via Dana Countryman

"My biography on the legendary electronic pop pioneer, Jean-Jacques Perrey is finally out NOW!!!

This has been a seven-year project, and it feels so good to finally have my book completed, and out for sale!
It will be in stores soon, and also it will be on Kindle soon, but for now you can order physical copies from my web site.

The book is 312 pages long, and has over 250 photos and illustrations. This is the ONLY biography of this French genius, and I'm proud that Jean-Jacques chose me to write it.
I interviewed scores of Jean-Jacques' collaborators and friends for this book, including Angelo Badalamenti, Robert Moog, Gershon Kingsley, Don Dorsey, Vinnie Bell, Billy Mure, and many, many more.

You can view sample pages on the ordering site here:

http://www.danacountryman.com/not%20yet.html.

I hope you'll check it out."

Update: I originally had "Auto Biography" in the title. It's actually a biography. Title fixed.

BTW, this would make a great "stocking stuffer" for the coming holidays.

Novation Launchpad and MAX/MSP Game

YouTube via audibleobsession | November 14, 2010

"As part of my experimentation with MAX/MSP, I thought it would be fun to design and program a few games for my Novation Launchpad. Here's one of them I like to call "Speedpad". This is just a short clip of the game, but the game get quite difficult as the colors and speed increases with each level. Your score is recorded and there's a "Hall of Fame" (of course!). There's also some nice FM synthesis going on when you successfully hit the pads in time. I've got a few more fun games that I'm hoping to post soon and, as always, I'm glad to share the Patcher (just message me on YouTube). The background track is a little tune I made a few weeks ago, mostly with the Moog Little Phatty and a free Mellotron VST. Thanks for watching!"