IndyHall Lectures #3 – Playing with Power: from classic gaming consoles to powerful creative tools
Filed under: Announcements, Education/Workshops, Events, Independents Hall
Lectures is BACK in action! This month’s lecture is being presented by Don Miller, also known as NO CARRIER. If you’ve been to IgnitePhilly 1 or 2, or to the IndyHall Birthday Bash, you’ve seen the Don’s work. Now’s your chance to learn more about it!
Don’s going to will focus a bit on his work, the history of the scene, and some more technical stuff for people that may have questions. It’ll be a presentation with video, music, and more!
From Don:
Their time in the spotlight may be over, but many have found uses for forgotten video game consoles and computer hardware. Although 8-bit games are a thing of the past, there is a vibrant art scene with retrocomputing at its core. The hardware of the Game Boy, Nintendo Entertainment System, and the Commodore 64 are repurposed and software reprogrammed to turn these aging machines into synthesizers, sequencers, visualizers, and much more.
Don Miller, or NO CARRIER, is an educator, programmer, and live visualist living in Philadelphia. Part of the 8bitpeoples artist collective, he writes new software for nearly obsolete videogame and computer hardware, for use at live music events and installations. He performs regularly in Philly and NYC, and has recently taken his visuals worldwide. Catch him again this year at the Blip Festival, December 4th-7th 2008, in NYC.
The lecture is taking place at IndyHall on October 29th from 6:30-8:30. RSVP on Upcoming!
Also catch Don this saturday at 8-static, an event being organized by our buddies at The Hacktory.
Keep Celebrating Independence: Independen(t’s) Day Music Conference
Filed under: Community Support, Education/Workshops, Independents Hall
We hope everyone had a fantastic Independence Day Weekend. After kicking things off with our Launch Party on Thursday night (thanks to EVERYONE who came out and to all of our sponsors, as well as the hardworking people at National Mechanics). The holiday weekend is over (boo) but the celebration of independents is not!
IndyHall isn’t just about geeks and nerds, it’s about embracing the power of the independent. That’s why I was thrilled to hear about the Philadelphia chapter of the Recording Academy putting on a seminar geared towards selling music in today’s recording industry. This all day event focuses both on the independent talent, as well as the multimedia and independent music industries overlap in the new marketing space.
This event is taking place at Drexel University this upcoming Saturday, June 12th from 9am-6:30pm.
The recording academy is recommending advance ticket purchase, which is $15 for members of the Academy and $25 for the general public. You can RSVP/purchase by calling 215-985-5411 or emailing.
You can find out more details by downloading this PDF Flyer.
Viva l’independents!
