PublicSpacesLab has started a project called Music For Freedom in support of democracy for the people of Iran. Please read the following posts from their blog to learn how you can help:
Music For Freedom Project
Music For Freedom Project (update)
I have contributed guitar parts and I will continue to work on the project as time permits. You don’t have to be a musician to participate, so please get involved!
Tony Wallace
Heuristic Music
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My iPhone OpenSoundControl synthesizer has been featured at Synthtopia. Thanks for the post, guys!
Tony Wallace
Catalogue: HM001 Release date: June 6, 2009
Turtle & Crab is a short piece for solo guitar. I started writing it for my sister’s wedding in 2007, but was sidetracked and didn’t finish it until a year later.
Turtle & Crab is the first of Heuristic Music’s free releases.
Click here to download 320k MP3 / 5.9mb
Click here for the sheet music PDF / 115kb
Tony Wallace
Catalogue: HS001 Release date: May 18, 2009
Here is a free impulse response that you can use with your favorite convolution reverb. I created it from a recording of fireworks exploding a few hundred meters away. This file has been processed with subtle EQ and an expander to reduce ambient noise. I also had to artificially fade the decay to eliminate some artifacts. Here’s how it sounds on a snare drum:
Click here to download the file ZIP Archive / 2.3MB
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada License.
I was out for a walk this afternoon with my trusty audio recorder and I came across a creek that was bubbling loudly, surrounded by talkative birds. The surrounding environment was quiet for a change, so I started recording. The peace lasted about two minutes before it was shattered by what sounds like an old American V8 (or possibly a big V-Twin – it was too distant and diffused to tell). Usually this sort of disturbance would annoy me, but I love the sound of nature and I love the sound of a good engine, so I think there is something beautiful about this clip: