Image Editing Software

Hey guys,

Sorry for the delay.  Here's a list of a few freeware image editors:

1) GIMP (probably the champion out of all of them, might be a tad confusing to use at first)

2) DrawPlus (Serif put out this free version that is rather intuitive to use, a nice alternative to Gimp if you find GIMP difficult to use)

3) Smooth Draw (if you have a tablet and use that to draw - this is your freeware program)

4) InkScape (heard good things about it, no personal experience though)

This just scratches the surface of what's out there.  If you have an idea of which specific features you are looking for I could produce a more direct list.  If you have any questions or issues, shoot me an email and I can help!

-Will 

Midterm Performance brainstorming...

Midterm brainstorm from the 2/29 (leap day!) class:

Who:
• 15-20 people, invite a couple of close friends each

What:
• A complete thing, not a work in progress
• Translating/recreating objects + spaces (like the original auditorium exercise)
• Integrate audience (at some point actually doing stuff)
• Stephen's vegetation pieces
• Installation as setting
• Jams, work up ideas from previous/future playing sessions

Where:
• Granoff + environs

When:
• March 21, 7-10pm

Other stuff/ideas:
• can we scale up the intimate pieces? divide audience into groups, cap number at a particular thing at a particular time.
•Stephen's vegetation pieces as a whole room
•Need visual component, video, stills, immersive
•Bagpipes
•audience some how influence jam sessions
•develop out from the classroom
•Clifton's echo-y guitar pedal business
•Have Fun, not pretentious - thanks Cliff

Oh and lately I've got two Davids (Bowie/Lynch) on the brain. How 'bout you?

some backlogged links from previous meetings

Hey Everybody,

Here are some links from past meetings.

2/8/12 - "Long as Short"
Glenn Gould Playing J.S. Bach Fugue in G Maj (WTC book 1, #15)
Shpongle's Website (they're playing @ House of Blues in Boston in May, fyi)
Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring (with the original Nijinsky choreography resurrected by the Joffrey Ballet)

2/15/12 - "Short as Long"
"Extenders" - The band Low (in Providence in April), and Caroline Park
"Repeaters" - Philip Glass and the Beatles
"Dissectors" - Steve Reich and Granular Synthesis

2/22/12 - "Performance and Place"
Sun Ra - Space is the Place
Climbing Performance and Parkour
Krzysztof Wodiczko, projection artist, (and again)
Betsey Biggs, sound walks
Miru Kim, pig piece
Andy Goldsworthy

Deadmau5 & short as long

I love this track! What do you guys think of it?

Videos from 2/15

Window Exercise- Feb 1

copy of video of the window recreation exercise we did on Feb 1st.

Hello World!

Hey Everybody!

This is the shared blog for the MEME Ensemble.

Here is where ensemble folks should post their sweet thoughts, sounds, pictures, and movies.

Enjoy!
J