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		<title>MPG Carepackage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SEAMUS 2010 @ St. Cloud State University in Minnesota
I just returned from several days at the Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States National Conference.  In addition to hearing loads of new music, I gave a presentation on the MPG Carepackage.  This continues my efforts to get more people using this collection of patches [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lowkeydigitalstudio.com/2010/04/mpg-carepackage/</link>
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		<title>Fuel Efficiency @ Hatter Halftime</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The athletics office here at Stetson called me up a while back and asked if anybody would be interested in doing a basketball halftime performance.  They asked for something unusual and unexpected.  I put together a special group called Fuel Efficiency: Nathan Wolek (laptop sequencing), Stephen Garza (guitar &#38; loop effects), Patrick Sante (bass), Eric [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lowkeydigitalstudio.com/2010/03/fuel-efficiency-hatter-halftime/</link>
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		<title>then I will be</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring 2010 New Music Concert: &#8220;Outside the Box&#8221; @ Lee Chapel, Stetson University in DeLand, FL.  Featuring Kristie Born on piano.
This piece continues my exploration of the potential for laptops in chamber music settings.  The piano controls the momentum by choosing from among the musical materials on each page of the score, and in doing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lowkeydigitalstudio.com/2010/02/then-i-will-be/</link>
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		<title>FMEA lecture online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FMEA 2010 Clinic-Conference @ Tampa, FL
My lecture from this year&#8217;s FMEA is now available for download.  The presentation highlighted how the media has helped propel the concept of the laptop as instrument into the public consciousness.  It concluded with some ideas on how K12 music educators can start to wrap their heads about the potentials [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lowkeydigitalstudio.com/2010/01/fmea-lecture-online/</link>
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		<title>Laptop = Instrument?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FMEA 2010 Clinic-Conference @ Tampa, FL
On Thursday this week, I will be giving a lecture at the Florida Music Educators Association Annual Clinic-Conference.  This is the largest gathering of K12 music teachers in the state.
My talk will cover:

the media&#8217;s role in how the laptop came to be considered an instrument
myths and stereotypes about laptop music
famous names [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lowkeydigitalstudio.com/2010/01/laptop-instrument/</link>
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		<title>Computer Music Finals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Final projects by Digital Arts students came rolling in last week at Stetson University.  The videos below are by students in the Fall 2009 version of my course DIGA 461 Computer Music, where undergraduate students learn to use Max/MSP as a platform for exploring sound synthesis, audio processing and algorithmic composition.  They are required to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lowkeydigitalstudio.com/2009/12/computer-music-finals/</link>
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		<title>desire for 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beauty, Horror  and Silence @ Harold Golen Gallery in Miami, FL
Recording of this weekend&#8217;s performance is now available.  Thanks again to Juraj Kojs for the invite to perform in Miami.  I enjoyed hanging out with him, Paula Matthusen, Scott Miller, Michael McCurdy and the others before during and after the show on Sunday. 

desire for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lowkeydigitalstudio.com/2009/12/desire-for-2009/</link>
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		<title>Silence in Miami</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beauty, Horror  and Silence @ Harold Golen Gallery in Miami, FL
This weekend, I will be performing as part of this three day event that ends the 2009 12 Nights concert series. It coincides with Art Basel Miami, one of the biggest art festivals in North America. The series of concerts was curated by Juraj Kojs, who selected [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lowkeydigitalstudio.com/2009/12/silence-in-miami/</link>
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		<title>FEASt lecture online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FEASt Festival 2009 @ Florida International University.
If you were not able to attend the FEASt Festival at FIU, you can now download an enhanced podcast recording of my lecture.  The topic of the presentation was network-enabled coordination of laptop performance and featured the public debut of the MPG Carepackage.
The patches involved can be downloaded as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lowkeydigitalstudio.com/2009/11/feast-lecture-online/</link>
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		<title>FEASt MPG lecture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FEASt Festival 2009 @ Florida International University.
This weekend, I will be giving a lecture as part of the FEASt Festival on my work as music director of MPG.  I will be introducing for the first time to a group outside of Stetson my MPG carepackage.  This collection of abstractions makes it easy for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lowkeydigitalstudio.com/2009/11/feast-mpg-lecture/</link>
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