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Brad Garton Writing


I have divided this page into five main categories:

There is a lot of overlap in these areas, and I have most certainly left out some papers that are probably gone gone gone... such is life. I've tried to give the original publication information when possible (i.e. when I could recall it). When I've been able to locate the paper and link it here, I've also tried to preserve the original formatting. Sometimes I gave up and only used the plain text, however, for a few of the original word-processing applications I used are also gone gone gone...

Probably the biggest chunk of writing I've done isn't listed in any of the categories above. It's a blog I started when I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma at the end of 2006: I kept writing it, even after I went into remission. Hopefully as you read this I am still there. There is also a fair amount of text associated with my three "music books": They are 'books with soundtracks', and I tend to think of them more as music applications, but indeed they have words, many words.





reports/technical

Most of these papers were written about particular computer-music research topics I was exploring, or they were reports on the Computer Music Center.


RTcmix Documentation
http://rtcmix.org

Multi-Lingual Max/MSP
article written for the Cycling '74 main website (2007)

Cooperating Computer Music Languages
Proceedings of the 2007 SPARK Electracoustic Conference and Festival

Recent Developments at the Columbia University Computer Music Center
Current Musicology, number 66 (2001)

A Sense of Style
Proceedings of the 1998 International Computer Music Conference (with Matthew Suttor)

RTcmix -- Using CMIX in Real Time
Proceedings of the 1997 International Computer Music Conference (with Dave Topper)

The "Blues-o-Matic" Real-time Interactive Performance Model
Proceedings of the 1993 International Computer Music Conference (with Damon Horowitz)

Using CMIX (parts 1-4)
ARRAY: the Quarterly Publication of the International Computer Music Association, Summer 1993 -- Spring 1994

Virtual Performance Modelling
Proceedings of the 1992 International Computer Music Conference

Two New Approaches to the Simulation of Acoustic Spaces
Proceedings of the 1990 International Computer Music Conference

Woof! The Columbia University Computer Music Studio
Proceedings of the 1990 International Computer Music Conference (with Mara Helmuth and Rick Bassett)

The Elthar Program
Perspectives of New Music, Winter 1989

Creating Music with Computers
CUCCA Academic Information On-Line Quarterly, Spring 1989

Working with Elthar, an Intelligent Musical Interface
my doctoral dissertation, 1989

Studio Report: The Columbia University Electronic Music Center Computer Music Facility
Proceedings of the 1988 International Computer Music Conference

Elthar -- a Digital Signal Processing 'Expert' System
Proceedings of the 1987 International Computer Music Conference



reviews

These are reviews of concerts, CDs, conferences, books, etc.


"Welcome Sound" Event Commentary
part of an article published on the Cycling '74 main website (Summer, 2009)

Fletch and Dave's Excellent (Digital) Art
Roosevelt Borough Bulletin, December 2008

Roosevelt Arts Project 20th Anniversary Event: Art Walk in the Woods
Roosevelt Borough Bulletin, May 2007

"The Thirties" concert review
Roosevelt Borough Bulletin, January 2007

Roosevelt Arts Project "Open Mic" concert review
Roosevelt Borough Bulletin, February 2006

Mark Zuckerman concert review
Roosevelt Borough Bulletin, Spring 2005

XXIst Century Mandolin (David Jaffe) CD review
Computer Music Journal, Winter 1996

Music and Connectionism book review
Artificial Intelligence, V79(2), (1996)

ICMC95 conference review
ARRAY: the Quarterly Publication of the International Computer Music Association, Winter(?) 1996

ICMC94 conference review
Computer Music Journal, Summer 1995

ICMC93 conference review
Computer Music Journal, Summer 1994

ICMC93 conference review
ARRAY: the Quarterly Publication of the International Computer Music Association, Spring 1994

A la Memoire d'un Ami (Ira Mowitz) CD review
Computer Music Journal, Spring 1994

ICMC92 conference review
Perspectives of New Music, 1993 (with Mara Helmuth)

ICMC92 conference review
Computer Music Journal, Summer 1993

Digital Soundscapes (Barry Truax) CD review
Computer Music Journal, Spring 1991

CDCM Computer Music Series, Vol. 1 (various composers) CD review
Computer Music Journal, Spring 1991

ICMC90 conference review
ARRAY: the Quarterly Publication of the International Computer Music Association, Winter 1990

Review of the NeXT Workstation
CUCCA Newsletter, 1990



commentary

I discovered the joys of becoming earnest and strident and writing about the Evils of Evil Stuff. The following papers comment on aspects of doing computer music, being a composer, living life, that don't fall into a specific conference or concert/performance review. Tempted as I was to edit a few of these, I decided to keep them in all their preachy glory. I'll probably continue to write more; there is a lot wrong in the world!


Change the World
unpublished article, June 2011

My Book of Dreams
My Book of Dreams web page, Fall 2008

My Music Book
My Music Book web page, Spring 2002 [updated 2007]

ACMC2007 Keynote Event
ACMC2007 Keynote Event web page

We Are What We Think
invited Guest Editorial for the Computer Music Journal, May 2007 (never published)

Technology, me
The OPEN SPACE Web Magazine, 1998

ICMC Musings
ARRAY: the Quarterly Publication of the International Computer Music Association, Summer 1999

Judgement Day
ARRAY: the Quarterly Publication of the International Computer Music Association, Winter 1995(?)

To Market! To Market?
ARRAY: the Quarterly Publication of the International Computer Music Association, Winter 1994

Why I Hate Concerts
ARRAY: the Quarterly Publication of the International Computer Music Association, Summer 1994

It's not real, so we can do what we want
Proceedings of the Second International Greek Music and Psychoacoustics Conference , 1992

Composing the Output Interface
Proceedings of the 1991 International Computer Music Conference (with Mara Helmuth)

A Quick Look at Musical Intelligence
Proceedings of the First International Greek Music and Psychoacoustics Conference , 1991

Composition is a Political Act
News of Music, Spring 1991

Question of the Quarter: Justification
ARRAY: the Quarterly Publication of the International Computer Music Association, Summer 1990

Artistic Responsibility
KEYBOARD Magazine (guest editorial), December 1989



political

These are articles I wrote for our local newspapers about very local politics. They probably won't make sense to anyone not familiar with Roosevelt, New Jersy, but I get a real trip-down-memory-lane kick from reading them. So here they are.


Choice
Roosevelt Borough Bulletin, unpublished (1996?)

In/tolerance
Roosevelt Borough Bulletin, May 1995

I Hate the Guardrails
Roosevelt Borough Bulletin, January(?) 1995

Paradise Begins at Home
Roosevelt Borough Bulletin, November 1991

Why Develop?
Roosevelt Borough Bulletin, May 1991

(letter to the editor)
Roosevelt Borough Bulletin, April 1991

(letter to the editor)
Roosevelt Borough Bulletin, February 1991

Council Candidate Statement
Roosevelt Borough Bulletin, October 1990

Roosevelt Water Action Report/Manifesto
Roosevelt Borough Bulletin, summer 1990

Why I'm Not in Favor of the Proposed Development
Roosevelt Borough Bulletin, summer 1988



random

These are items that I couldn't really shoe-horn into any of the above categories. Probably I shouldn't have included these at all, but they seemed kind of fun. I figure this is mainly for me to read in my Old Age anyhow, so here they are.

In general I'm sure I'm missing articles. I didn't really keep very good track of things.



Another Part of the Two Square Miles
Roosevelt Borough Bulletin, May 2005

(letter to the CMC staff)
not publicly published, Spring 2003

9/11 posting
posted to several internet mailing-lists, September 2001

short ARRAY story about "musical experience"
ARRAY: the Quarterly Publication of the International Computer Music Association, Fall, 1998

RAP concert poster
posted around, May 1996

The Guitarist in my Cube
NeXT on Campus, 1992

Musical Archive Project Proposal
unpublished, obviously, 1990?

concert announcement
e-mail, 1990 or so