Category: Music
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1 hour Dream-pop set
I’ve been jumping on Twitch every week or so and improvising on my Teenage Engineering OP-Zs and OP-1 with a bunch of Chase Bliss Guitar pedals.
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Reflections
This is a collection of improvised jam sessions in 2021. Played on OP-1, OP-Z, DigDugDIY & Chase Bliss FX pedals. Some extra production and edits were added in 2022 using Ableton Live. Winterpark · Reflection
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Ambient Dream-Pop Improv Set with OP-Z, OP-1
I’ve recently been developing a portable daw-less improv performance rig based around the OP-Z, OP-1 and various FX pedals. This is a 30 min-ish single shot take (mistakes and all!) of some music-making. Things that may be worth noting to those keen on such things…. OP-1 is being used as the ambient noise & melody…
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Improvised Livestream
In November, long-time collaborator Dan West and I set up in our studios and used Audio Mover’s Listen to plugin to hear each others audio and do 100% improvised Live Set for Synth Stream. This is our Iso-Studio-Jam. Seems like a very 2020 thing kind of a thing to do.
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Teenage Engineering POM-170 Build
“I admit it… I’m a total music nerd” So… I’m a totally sucker for making from kits… I get heaps of satisfaction from putting together all sorts of noise and music making devices including Bleep Labs Thingamagoop 2 RGB and Cat Full of Ghosts Yowler synth. I even enjoy ripping open old 80’s battery operated…
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Cinematic Rhythms
I recently sat down (over zoom) with James Jennings to do this interview about my new “Cinematic Rhythms” course for Melodics, as well as a little about my musical past and things that have shaped my musical path. If you’re unfamiliar with Melodics, it’s a Music training app for Keys, Pads and Drums. Available for…
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Winterpark / Matt Ridgway
I began using the name Winterpark in 2005 for a collaborative studio project that then evolved into a wonderful band featuring myself, Jordy and Karl. As a duo with Jordy we toured internationally, and then as a band with Jordy, Kate and Alice we toured nationally. After that, I spent some time as a solo…
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Process Lab – Melbourne Music Week
Last month I ran a Process Lab workshop at Arts Centre Melbourne as part of Melbourne Music Week focusing on Mobile Music Making. I am pretty obsessed with mobile music-making devices and enjoy the unique workflows that these sort of devices provide you. There were a number of focuses on this workshop including Sampling in…
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This year in streams…
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Scaler Plugin – Chord Presets
Hi all, Recently I was asked to contribute some Chord Sets to the wonderful Scaler Plugin. It’s a remarkable plugin, which allows you to create harmonic material easily. I sat down at the piano and played a bunch of chord progressions that I regularly gravitate towards, and then provided them to Davide Carbone who is…
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