Swingify
In the dim and distant past EchoNest offered some fascinating APIs for manipulating audio data. One delightful service was ‘swingification’ – unfortunately Facebook bought EchoNest and shut down all the fun. I just stumbled on…
We (The Private Sector) managed to record and release a track in the depths of lockdown called Quarantine Age Kicks. As we move into the inevitable second wave and associated constrictions, the song seems even…
I tried lip-sync’ing to Prince via Avatarify and recording the results. Frame-rate is a bit crappy, but not bad for ‘real-time-processing’ The future of karaoke, perhaps?
The story of boy meets girl is as old as time. One particular manifestation of the love story is the photo-comic; popular in the 1980s, often shoddily produced and sold to bored teenage girls. This…
As I write this, much of the world is hiding inside, trying to contain the global pandemic of Covid19. I used this novel environment to inspire a song, and accompanying video, filmed entirely in my…
The world is teetering on the verge of a pandemic. Whilst this is concerning, the mortality rate is relatively low, so whatever happens, this one won’t be ‘the big one’ (we’re too busy killing off…
Mr Johnson seems to have got himself into a rather sticky political corner. Seems like a good time to release this new video from The Private Sector.
As part of my ongoing collaboration with The Fortunecats, we produced a show for the 2017 Brighton Fringe Festival called ‘The Brexorcist’. ‘The Brexorcist’ – A Darkly Satirical Musical Catharsis Nominated for Best Live Music…