A M E R I C A N S C I E N T I F I C

decibel festivel panel discussion

scientific — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:46:11 +0000

I’ll be sitting on a panel at this year’s decibel festival in seattle. the panel is called “monetizing music : the art and science of licensing”, and we’ll be talking about making music for film, games, and television.

From television ads to movie soundtracks, video games and even cell phone ring tones, licensed music is pervasive throughout our media-oriented culture. As the music business adapts itself to technological advances and shifting revenue sources, more and more artists and labels are turning to licensing to help sustain themselves and their music. What are the implications of selling music rights to a company for product promotion? Is there a risk to the integrity of the artist or the music? What does the typical licensing arrangement look like? Join us as we explore the many facets of this aspect of the music industry. Panelist include Ben London (Executive Director of the Recording Academy Pacific Northwest Chapter), Andrew Rohrmann (aka Scientific American), Sam Valenti IV (Founder of Ghostly International label), William Beard (Music Supervisor, Microsoft Media Acquisitions), Akira Rabelais (composer/software author) and Jon Lemmon (Viva Recordings and Oseao Media Group). Moderated by Emily Griffin (Zune).

Saturday September 27, 12:30 @ the Northwest Film Forum (1515 12th Ave)
Free with an “All Access dB Pass” or $7 presale / $10 at the door

we’ve got (re)issues

scientific — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:09:55 +0000

so we’ve got some digital reissues of scientific american work available for sale.

first up is “saints of infinity / simulated d.i.y.”. this was originally a 4 12″ series, that was then compiled onto a double cd. both were released on slabco records and are long out of print. if you like bang for your buck than this is for you…almost 2 hours of music for $10. not bad.

on itunes: sientific american - saints of infinity / simulated d.i.y.

next up is the scientific american side of the sa/plastiq phantom split 12″ from a couple years ago. two tracks with two excellent remixes, including the r.hudson remix of ffbe. it is awesome.

on itunes: scientific american - tubes

they’re be available at most other digital stores as well. search at your personal favorite and buy from them!

two new vids

scientific — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:34:44 +0000

posted a couple more things to vimeo. one is the 95% complete video for a song called ‘tencore’:

and one for ‘all collide as one’. its not really a video, more just a rough motion sketch that’s been sitting on the hard drive for way too long:

more scntfc on vimeo

scientific — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:49:12 +0000

added a couple more pieces to the scntfc vimeo channel. another eames piece, and a motion design study from a few years back:

look for more soon, as well as a refresh to this site in order to make more of a distinction between “art” vs. “commerce”.

powers of ten on vimeo

scientific — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:11:18 +0000

this was posted here as downloadable quicktime awhile back, now its up on vimeo to ease up on the downloadin’.

there are actually quite a few eames re-scores i did as a commission for the northwest film forum a few years back. i’ll post more in the coming months. direct url: http://www.vimeo.com/687341

ZMD!

scientific — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:31:13 +0000

so it’s official. scientific american has been commissioned to score academy award nominee typecast pictures’ upcoming feature Z.M.D.

ZMD on IMDB
principal photography is complete and we’re currently deep in the editing process. a release date is still a long ways off, but we’ll let you know as details become available.

speech! speech! speech!

scientific — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:13:39 +0000

i’ve been invited to speak upon the virtues of ableton live. i know the words “user group” don’t exactly scream “good time” to most, but to be honest i’m looking forward to this more than most live shows. i’ll be including a mini-performance along with the knowledge kicking. here’re the deets:

Ableton Seattle Live User Group 3.0

Mass.Deconstruction - Evolved DJing with Live
January 17th, 2008 7pm
Oseao - Electric Tea Garden
1402 E Pike
Seattle, WA 98122

“Mass.Deconstruction - Evolved DJing with Live”

Part DJ set, part live performance, ” mass.dstrction” is Scientific American’s latest incarnation of how he presents music to an audience. For this edition of the Seattle Live user’s group, we’ll take a tour of how Live can be used to take the concepts behind traditional DJ’ing and combine them with Live’s unique sound manipulation capabilities to continue the evolution of what defines live laptop performance.

We’ll discuss
- Project organization
- Deconstructing tracks into constituent elements.
- Using dummy clips and automation curves for automation experimentation
- Hardware interface integration

radiohead remix

scientific — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:46:50 +0000

15 step (scntfc rfx)

i could not have said it better myself.

scientific — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:42:13 +0000

the ecstacy of influence

from writer jonathan lethem, as published in harper’s in february of 2007. a lengthy essay on the abuse of copyright and its impact on artistic development. this strikes right to the heart of what mass.dstrction is all about.

ZMD

scientific — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:22:07 +0000

it’s on.

more info soon…