I arrived in Boston last night and went straight to my favorite local curry house. I really love Boston, and always look forward to coming here. This trip is no exception. I spent this morning at the new, shiny MIT Media Lab. I have spent time in their old building (right next door), but this is just a different level. It only opened in November, and you can still smell the paint!! I’m going to be spending the next few days there for a conference / performance, and I can’t wait! Make sure you watch the slideshow on the link above, … Continued
Travel Day.
I’m heading off to LHR now; bags are packed, passport is ready and my noise-canceling headphones have been charged. I even have change for my en route coffee. Next stop, Boston! The TEI conference should be really interesting, and also, I get to spend a week in one of my favorite cities… it’s a hard life. If you want to meet up or have any suggestions of fun things to do, drop me an email [pg @ petergregson.co.uk] or on Twitter.
A New Age. It’s the answer.
Today it was my birthday, and I’m now 23. Hurray! I’ve been thinking about new beginnings recently; we’re at a really exciting time in the music industry where the old rules are being questioned for one reason or another, and nobody can say with any real clarity what’s happening. Surely we should be making interesting stuff? Stuff that provokes a reaction. Stuff that doesn’t settle, stuff that isn’t static. Why not do something that you’d like to see and hear? Would you pay to sit through something dull and lifeless? Nope. Me neither. Just because it’s been one way for … Continued
The week ahead, ending with TEI
As some of you know, last week I made a quick jaunt to Nottingham to do some preparatory work Sarah Kettley and Yann Seznec ahead of going to Boston next weekend for the TEI conference at MIT, Boston. Basically, it’s a project involving stretch sensors weaved into a shirt that I wear to play; it maps my movements to sound, and is amazingly fun to play (any cellists out there, please ignore my posture: you have to do craaaaazy things to control the effects!) So, I leave on the 23rd, but this week is going to be really busy – … Continued
What if…
How can an event, planned and set months, maybe years in advance, remain relevant at the time of performance? What if concert programming matched audience buying trends? Some audience members buy tickets when the programme is printed several months before it happens. Most, it has to be said, buy within the week of the concert. RIghtly or wrongly, that is the behavior. Rather than challenge it, why don’t we work with it? Why don’t we announce concerts three weeks in advance, meaning they can retain their relevance and add a fresh, timely element to the affair? In my specific line of … Continued