Peter Kirn
I'm a writer, composer, visualist and technologist. I run the sites Create Digital Music and Create Digital Motion, and work on the open MeeBlip synth. I live in Berlin, Germany.
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BuyThe End of Train Device (ETD) is the small metal box, equipped with a flashing light, now seen on the last car of a train where once there was a caboose. I grew up with a love of railroads, the sound of freight trains echoing in the middle of the Kentucky nights. I watched the last gasps of the old-fashioned caboose as the ETD caught on in the 80s, alongside the personal computer. The ETD represents both the loss of something romantic and the transformation into something new, a flashing box that marks the unimaginable flow behind our world. They trace telemetry, the connective tissue of brake lines that binds a long freight train into a single organism, as they make their way along the tangible circuits of our civilization. They are, in a sense, cyborg conductor and brakeman, but also the mind of the machine. They chirp away on radio frequencies, sending a signal that communicates the status of the moving train. PETER KIRN is a New York-based musician and visualist, known for running the sites createdigitalmusic.com and createdigitalmotion.com. More at http://flavors.me/peterkirn Artwork: Richard Bailey (proem) Mastering Engineer: Danny Wyatt Download the album for a high-quality PDF insert with proem's artwork and P.KIRN's photography. Sign up for my mailing list to stay in touch on events.-
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- Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Create Digital Media, GmbHMusic | Berlin Area, Germany, DESummaryMusician, digital media artist, and technology expert with experience in making media technology accessible to broad audiences as a consultant, writer, teacher. Interested in producing dynamic, interactive sound and motion content and continuing to help others learn to make the most of advanced, real-time media for music and visuals.Specialties: Content development, production, training and education, consulting, technology documentation, video trainingExperience
- Jan 2012 - PresentFounder and Editor-in-Chief / Create Digital Media, GmbHPublisher of http://createdigitalmusic.com http://createdigitalmotion.com And manufacturer of the MeeBlip synthesizer
- Nov 2004 - PresentPresident and Editor / Create Digital Media, Ltd.Creator of createdigitalmusic.com (named one of PC World's 100 favorite blogs of 2007 and a Feedster Top 25 blog for 2005), createdigitalmotion.com, and a growing community of bleeding edge tech creatives
- Jan 2004 - PresentContributing Editor / Keyboard MagazineRegular contributor on feature music editorial content and music technology reviews and tutorials
- Jan 2001 - PresentTechnology author / FreelanceRegular contributor Make Magazine, Macworld Magazine, Computer Music Magazine (UK), others Author, Real World Digital Audio, comprehensive guide to making music with computers (Peachpit Press, 2005)
- Sept 2000 - PresentComposer/Media Artist / FreelanceAs a composer and digital artist across a wide variety of media, I create and perform music, interactive visuals, and performance visuals. I'm a composer with experience in writing for varied instrumentations and vocal and chamber music as well as electronic media, a live electronic musician, and a live visualist / VJ. I've been commissioned to produce original music and visuals for performers like pianist Kathleen Supove and members of Lionheart and Anonymous 4, and choreographers Christopher Williams and Kathy Westwater. I also regularly combine my work with master classes at institutions like Connecticut College and West Chester University. My work has been presented internationally and televised in Canada and Europe.
- 2009 - Aug 2011Adjunct Faculty, Creative Computing and Interactive Music / Parsons School of Art, Media, and TechnologyTaught courses in Creative Computing and Design and Sound, using Processing and Arduino (and for the sound course, which I originated, Pd). Planned curricula in Processing and Arduino for the six or so sections of introductory design coursework.
- 2008 - 2011Android, Linux, desktop multimedia contributor / Freelance open source development
- 2008 - 2008Adjunct Faculty / Massachusetts College of ArtTaught coursework in Processing and design.
- Sept 2006 - May 2007Adjunct Faculty / CUNY Brooklyn CollegeTeaching Computer Music I and II; advanced multimedia software programming, synthesis, effects processing, and interactive performance techniques with Max/MSP/Jitter software
- Sept 2003 - May 2005Adjunct Faculty / Hunter CollegeTaught Undergraduate Music Theory I (counterpoint, analysis, basic tonal harmony), keyboard skills and musicianship, and Computer Music (basic instruction in music technology)
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2000 - 2008City University of New York Graduate CenterPhD in Music Composition
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1996 - 2000Sarah Lawrence CollegeBA in Music
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Honors:Feedster.com Top 30 Feeds of 2005: Create Digital Music Presidential Lecture Series, CUNY Medgar Evers College Honorable Mention, Brian Israel Prize for New Music (as composer) Theodore Presser Music Fellowship (as composer)
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Interests:Computer music, VJing, live interactive sound and visual performance, interactive software programming, custom multimedia development Flash/Flex development, Java/Processing.org development, Max/MSP/Jitter
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Tweets
- 10.7.4 update: "Resolve an issue where the “Reopen windows when logging back in” setting is always enabled." Finally.
- Still waiting on an Android 4 update for Galaxy Tab 10.1. Ridiculous. Without video output, MIDI, etc., my 1st gen iPad gets all the use.
- @kingbritt Kernel in Italy - yeah, I'll be there!
- @kingbritt Ha, no, I arrived in Linz just as you hit London. Damned schedules... soon they'll line up... I should come back to Philly. ;)
- @PyeCornerAudio We're definitely shipping now, and working out manufacturing and distribution to eradicate delays in future.
- Open Design Symposium, day of open tangible things. (@ Audimax Kunstuniversität Linz) http://t.co/lhbBxm5z
- @KevinRJacoby The rumors of Europe's death are greatly exaggerated. ;) Good times! Will shout when I visit NYC...
- @kingbritt @Hyperdub Can't wait for the next one, man. Hope the European tour is going beautifully - as I do London / Linz / Rome...
- Txl4life! Abftw! Now to Austria and open design/liwoli.. (@ Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL) w/ 10 others) http://t.co/7BIBbxXb
- @phontwerp Beautiful work! So, some day I suppose I have to get a new iPad (only a first-gen)! http://t.co/SejKITOW
- @KevinRJacoby @MusicTechFest Thanks, Kevin! How was the stream? I watched a little bit of it locally. ;) (well, not of myself!)
- Streaming live now, @musictechfest - http://t.co/z5nlt2as - slightly behind sched, but I'm talking around 6p London time.
- It is possible that I should stop making 2001 references. http://t.co/afkdeGCk ("The thing's hollow ... it goes on forever.")
- @IShJR @bilalghalib @gadgetfactory I'll be finishing a complete music + audio list in time for Open Design Symposium next week. Will send!
- The once and future airport. Now, off to London. (@ Berlin-Schönefeld Airport (SXF) w/ 5 others) http://t.co/82DHsw77
- @LauraEscude Oh yeah, I'll be there the whole time! Have a good trip, and maybe see you!
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Tracks
- 7 tracks (49:44)Full-length album.
SoundCloud premiere site: http://endoftra.in
Artwork by Richard Bailey (proem)
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Map
- Open Design Symposium + LiWoLi, Linz2012-05-22 - 2012-05-27
- London Music Tech Fest2012-05-16 - 2012-05-20
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany, March 20122012-03-20 - 2012-03-23
- Berlin, Germany, January 20122012-01-20 - 2012-01-21
- Anaheim, CA, January 20122012-01-17 - 2012-01-20
- Los Angeles, CA, January 20122012-01-15 - 2012-01-15
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Checkins
- Cafe gonara's SternhagelPfarrplatz 10a
- AkakikoPassage City Center
- Interface Culture LabKollegiumgasse 2
- Leberkas PepiAm Hauptbahnhof 3-6
- Audimax Kunstuniversität LinzKollegiumgasse 2
- Wirt am GrabenGraben 24
- MühlviertlerhofGraben
- SATURNPassage City Center
- WegschaiderBürgerstraße 2
- Salzburg Airport W. A. Mozart (SZG)Innsbrucker Bundesstr. 95
- Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL)Flughafen Tegel
- S+U-Bhf GesundbrunnenBadstraße
- U-Bhf MoritzplatzMoritzplatz
- betahausPrinzessinnenstr. 19-20
- U-Bhf Schlesisches TorSkalitzer Straße
- Open Design CityPrinzessinnenstr. 19-20
- Santa MariaOranienstr. 170
- betahausPrinzessinnenstr. 19-20
- S-Bhf Treptower ParkPuschkinallee
- S-Bhf Berlin Schönefeld FlughafenUmgehungsstraße 1
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Repositories
- The official jQuery user interface library.1368 forks / 5515 watchers / Pushed May 25, 12
- A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line68 forks / 870 watchers / Pushed May 22, 12
- An interactive, web-based, multi-user, 3D application, based on KataJS and Sirikata.7 forks / 52 watchers / Pushed May 12, 12
- Collection of hacks and demos showing capability of HTML5 apps518 forks / 1982 watchers / Pushed May 01, 12
- Implementation of Collection+JSON media type2 forks / 8 watchers / Pushed Apr 27, 12
- A Java audio library, designed to be used with Processing.10 forks / 73 watchers / Pushed Apr 24, 12
- OpenFrameworks is a cross platform open source toolkit for creative coding in C++.2 forks / 16 watchers / Pushed Apr 24, 12
- An Android application for managing your todo.txt file stored in Dropbox.158 forks / 497 watchers / Pushed Feb 27, 12
- Git repository for the official reCAPTCHA Plugin for WordPress15 forks / 29 watchers / Pushed Feb 23, 12
- tilt-sensitive audio loop player, firmware and hardware, designed for fol chen2 forks / 6 watchers / Pushed Dec 08, 11
- 2 forks / 11 watchers / Pushed Nov 09, 11
- Pitch-Correction App for Android, automatically tune your voice!10 forks / 52 watchers / Pushed Oct 09, 11
- right click menu tcl plugin with useful objects1 fork / 2 watchers / Pushed Feb 07, 11
- A GUI plugin to put Training Wheels for people starting out with Pd1 fork / 3 watchers / Pushed Jan 19, 11
- bonjour-enabled serial router using open sound control2 forks / 11 watchers / Pushed Apr 25, 10
