(Let The) Music Play.Music.Play.Music…Play Music!

Poetry. Beautiful words. One mourns the Everlasting Monday. Add melody and it’s a song. A transcendental experience that can Tangle you up in Blue. Powerful stuff. Music can save lives and set souls free. Stir some film into the recipe. Magic! Whether you lean Menken/Disney or Elfman/Burton (or if you’re like me and think Neil Young’s work on Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man is the greatest thing since… since touch-screen telephones) it’s undeniable: “A Whole New

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xyzzy=go!

 
 xyzzy=go!: Play Now | Play in Popup

This is an audio piece I created specifically for GDX 2008, entitled xyzzy=go! I built a basic structure, then “composed” on top of it live during a multimedia performance at the reception, where Alessandro Imperato created companion video imagery in a similar manner. See us in action! The performance was also simulcast into the virtual world of Second Life.

It is an homage not only to Tron, but to that nostalgic notion of “video game

Posted at 5pm on 05/30/08 | 1 comment | Filed Under: audio, games read on

About

David Spencer is a professor in the Interactive Design & Game Development department at Savannah College of Art and Design’s Atlanta campus. Before joining SCAD Atlanta, Spencer taught at Atlanta College of Art. Prior to teaching, Spencer found himself in various roles as creative director, experience designer, technology evangelist, guy who struggles with titles and terms like “new media”, artist (see how much simpler that is), and even musician.

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Here’s the long version, from Alumni Connections magazine. And the even longer version, from The Campus Chronicle.

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