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Plastique Salon Ramblings

It’s not everyday you see King Kong on the back of a lorry

Facebook KongI was asked late last year to come up with some audio for a track in Alan Dunn’s King Kong 1933 project, after I had responded on Facebook to his post of the King Kong statue on the back of a lorry.

The idea was to create a small audio track to go over a 2 minute recording taken from the Original 1933 movie (out of copyright I guess). Quite quickly I came to the idea of doing a voiceover, almost a news report of the incident where as a child I went with my mother to see the statue.  The only trouble with that idea was that it just felt really false so it sat on the back burner for a while.

During this time I was listening to loads of podcasts and Radio 4’s daytime schedule had become a close friend.

King KongI needed to come up with something so I did what i normally do when I need to think, I went out walking. I even took the dog on occasions. I do this all the time sadly -> To help me remember the incident I started recording myself talking about what took place; l mainly so I could fill out two minutes and make it a kind of coherent story at the same time.   I recorded the story a number of times, telling and retelling the story in different places trying to hone it down to make sure the right details were included and the get the whole idea of Saturdays as a boy being dragged around town by my mother. This whole incident took place 40 years ago and I wouldn’t say I had a great memory anyway.

OK – So then Alan started nagging me for the finished piece. I’d been meaning to do it over Christmas but Christmas fell apart and so did that idea. So I delayed and I was glad I did. I didn’t want some sort of crazy voice over describing what happened and the now shortness of time meant that I couldn’t script it anyway.

In the end I went for a pure reminisce style taking inspiration from Radio 4, the recordings are me on the street walking around  (walking helps me remember did I say that).  I simply edited them down to two minutes and overlay’d the track to the original. In the second half of the track there is the gentle click of metal that’s actually the dog’s lead.

Have a listen and let me know what you think. This is just my track but do visit Alan’s site at http://alandunn67.co.uk/kingkong1933.html to get the full experience of this project.

eighth wonder

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Radio Ramblings

For Light Night

I was asked by a “friend” to be in this audio piece – well it appealed to my ego so I did it. 55 seconds ish of bored tourist guide.

You are meant to download it and listen at 9pm as you walk down Duke Street from the Anglican Cathedral on Light Night. Enjoy as I’ll be at Ignite Light Night.

I’m taking bookings through my usual agent.

You can pick the files up here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/d9migcgmcf6mmck/AABMt5EMkwLpVDILFGeGgrrLa?dl=0

In Situ Tracklist
Starting location – steps of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
1. Alan Dunn – Ear Warms in a Dark City
2. Rongo Rongo – Light
3. Jo Bywater – Faith on Hope St.
4. Isocore – Isao
5. Anni Hogan – Cage
6. Lo Five – A Pivotol Moment
7. Alan Dunn & tennantspin – Almost Persuaded
8. Germanager Bold Street
9. Paul Tarpey – Slater Street
10. Luna – Wolstenholme
11. AGP – For
12. Jonathan Raisin – Sunset City Song (No. 7) fragments from a found
notebook,
Henry Street to Paradise
13. Yorkie – Sailors Gates
14. Mitternacht & The Gentle Sex – Paradise Street

If you are around at Light Night then head down to this which i am also doing.

Try Something New at Ignite Light Night

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#smsliv Social Media Surgery Liverpool

BBC Radio Merseyside Social Media Surgery
BBC Radio Merseyside Social Media Surgery

Ahead of tomorrows Social Media Surgery at BBC Radio Merseyside I was interviewed on 11th October about the surgery and the benefits of Social Media for voluntary organisations.

BBC Radio Merseyside interview Social Media Surgery

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Infomedia podcasting sound

Liverpool Digital Events boo

So the other week I got an email from Audioboo saying that one of my boos had been listened to 1000 times. I thought that was cool so thought I would record another just trying to bring stuff up to date a little and if need be then I will make them a regular feature on the main site as they are so easy to do.

So below is #2 for you to listen to (embed code permitting)

It has to be said since I started producing digital events in Liverpool in 2010 it has become a much more interesting place…. and long may she reign.

This is the link to the boo that has had over 1000 listens now – enjoy – that was in February and I haven’t done another since then but lets see how this one gets on. Maybe it will do OK if I give it some decent tags.

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Plastique Salon Ramblings

Circuit bending 101

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Welcome to Circuit Bending 101

First instruction is “Don’t lick your fingers”

At the weekend I was lucky enough to be able to head along to a circuit bending workshop for beginners held at static gallery.