Kempton Mooney Less Profundity, More Secundity

I have been playing around with Smider’s Noiseplug tools, designed in Max/MSP. Below is a little sample, not a finished track but just an example of the noise that can be made. The tools are great for simple ambient generated from samples, as will as minimal glitch rhythms.

As I work on my new project, the story of a tenant committee, I have been thinking a lot about he writing process and how to improve myself.
The use of an outline has been key. I mapped out each scene, how many pages each would take and the main point. For each page I [...]

Last week I had a nice conversation with James McQuivey of Forrester on where the book business is going. He has a smart take on how digital is affecting the industry. Here’s an interview he did with Chris Keannelly from the Copyright Clearance Center.
http://beyondthebookcast.com/forrester-reports-on-ebook-buying-trends/

A very interesting article on ereader data by NPR.

Most e-readers, like Amazon’s Kindle, have an antenna that lets users instantly download new books. But the technology also makes it possible for the device to transmit information back to the manufacturer.
“They know how fast you read because you have to click to turn the page,” [...]

For those interested in residential hotels and SROs, I came across a couple of great books this morning.
One is RACHEL AND HER CHILDREN by Jonathan Kozol, which talks to the plight of the homeless and the harsh reality of their circumstances. It focuses on the Hotel Martinique in New York through interviews of tenants [...]

I came home today and decided to resample with a drum beat and a little synth riff.

Great interview on the status of the publishing industry. Here’s an excerpt:

But once the agents became significant players they demanded high advances at a time when retail chains were growing and houses like Simon & Schuster and Random House were coming under the umbrella of large corporations and were able to afford the large advances. [...]