On Tuesday I was drafted in to setup and engineer for a lecture/performance by Turner Prize winner, Mark Leckey. His talk was loosely based on ‘technology’ and he gave an almost psychedelic display of thoughts and theories on how things like youtube and social networking have opened the floor to the artists of the many -- the long tail. I was there to provide a pa and apply some delay to sections of his speech. Despite some hassle from a DVD player when setting up, the talk went really well and I was somewhat inspired by what Mark had to say. I use technology all the time, from engineering and recording to composition, production and even writing this news post right now. It made me think that all too often, us in the music industry and other arts fail to fully examine exactly how technology affects our creativity. Its influence, I feel, is greater than we are aware of.
Mark is a really nice guy, and clearly a deep thinker. If you get the chance to hear him speak or see any of his work, I would highly recommend it.
"it's Nick from Sparrow and the Workshop here! Just been meaning to say thank you so much for all your recording, mixing, mastering of the live stuff back at the Wee Red Bar. We just got the footage back from Markus and the Audio, the mix, everything! sounds Awesome, Really really pleased with how it sounds! Will definately be in touch if anything else comes up."
