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Hello from up north
It's been a busy month! Since late November I've been in Dundee, Scotland most of the time, playing in the Dundee Rep's production of Jack and the Beanstalk. It's a panto, which for me is a totally new...
View ArticleWii Loop Machine 2.0 preview
As I've mentioned many times on this blog before, I am currently working on version 2.0 of my Wii Loop Machine. I'm happy to announce that I've just launched a brand new website dedicated entirely to...
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News on the Loop Machine
I've been busy and productive lately! Check out my Wii Loop Machine site for a new video and a free Wii synthesizer. The video is about the sampling capabilities of v2.0 and features some crazy...
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Loop Machine 2.0 released!
Today I am happy to announce the release of my Loop Machine 2.0 software! As regular readers of this blog will know, this is the result of five months of very hard work, so this is very exciting for...
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The walls have ears
It's been a long time since my last post, because I've been working on several projects at once. One of these has finished up, for the moment, and I'm now back in Edinburgh. I spent most of March in...
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Loop Machinen dra til Bergen!
I'm writing this from Bergen, Norway, where I'm an invited speaker at the Bergen Interactive Music Conference. I'll be giving a talk and demonstration of the Loop Machine on Wednesday morning. If...
View ArticleRolo + Groanbox in the press
Today's issue of The Independent features not one but two articles that mention me! I'm very proud.The first is about Wii development, and discusses the Loop Machine at length. The second is about The...
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Pour un monde meilleur
This June, like last June and the June before that, my brother Cory and I met up in Paris to work on a play with our cousin Fabrice Macaux at the Abbaye de Maubuisson. This year the play was called...
View ArticleIs that a cowboy outfit?
Here's a cool video art piece by Lucy Keany, with sound design by me:"Is That a Cowboy Outfit" by Lucy Keany from The Amazing Rolo on Vimeo.It was shown at the Edinburgh College of Art degree show...
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Mother Courage
I'm back in Dundee these days, working at the Dundee Rep Theatre again. Everyone here is so professional and friendly, it's always a pleasure to come back. This time around I'm playing piano, trumpet,...
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another Rolo Remix
I'm proud to say that I feature on the album "through the mirror: adcBicycle revisioned", a recent release by Netlabel 12rec.. through the mirror is a collection of remixes of songs by Canadian...
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Live Wii-mixing in Glasgow this weekend
This Saturday I will be playing a set at the Buff Club in Glasgow. Electrorock duo Any Color Black will be playing a show and taking tons of pictures in order to create artwork for their upcoming EP,...
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A new home (away from home away from home)
Hello again from Dundee, the city of Jam, Jute, and Journalism. I recently started a residency at Abertay University, where I am now the New Media Artist in the amazing new Whitespace.It's a fantastic...
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An audience that cares
I'm in a funny situation these days, where I'm working really hard on a bunch of different projects, but have very little to show for it all! It's been frustrating me a bit, so I made an extra effort...
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Wii + Video = Fun
Tomorrow night I will be doing a performance at the launch event for the new issue of Yuck n Yum, a publication by a group of pretty hip artists in Dundee.This show is going to be a bit of a departure...
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Wii Music Review
As a general rule I am trying to keep my Wii LoopMachine blog and this Amazing Rolo blog from overlapping too much, but this is a topic I feel very strongly about, and so I must apologize for...
View ArticleTrying to get home
My brother Cory and I are both at home in Maryland, and we're going to try and make a few more semi-improvised videos like this one over the next few weeks...enjoy!
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Darkness in Glasgow
It looks like a video of mine will be shown in Glasgow next week...As we speak is an artists video screening night in Glasgow dedicated to the promotion of new contemporary video works. The next one...
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Gol show at the Filmhouse
I'll be playing some music tomorrow night at the Filmhouse in Edinburgh. My friends Pete Vilk and Roxana Pope have included me in their Gol project, so I'll be playing some keyboards and doing plenty...
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Chasing Geese
Here's a track I made the other day...I took a recording of "Wild Goose Chase" played by the incredible fiddler Clyde Davenport and edited two little sections out.I then imported those samples into...
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