» Art http://www.finnmiles.com Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:51:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Union Station, Soundcrawl, and Ambient Recordings http://www.finnmiles.com/2011/10/04/union-station-soundcrawl-and-ambient-recordings/ http://www.finnmiles.com/2011/10/04/union-station-soundcrawl-and-ambient-recordings/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:45:55 +0000 admin http://www.finnmiles.com/?p=1358 As I waited in Portland’s Union Station, on my way to Soundcrawl in Nashville to perform with Weiv, I was struck by the amazing ambiance in the classically refurbished train station.

If you’d like to go there with me, you can just step into my audio time machine.

Click the link below, then and close your eyes to hear the marble reflections, the bustle of passengers, and the bleating of the train’s horn.

Listen to

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This interactive system is called Weiv, and I’m lucky enough to be one of the founders.

Weiv is going to launch as a commercial product this summer…meaning any band can use it.

Learn more HERE!

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Weiv is a software platform that uses the expressive power of videogames to enhance live performances. It allows a group of people to become a “visual band” that can create animations to the beat of the music or explore a virtual world. By using motion sensing devices, people can turn the natural urge to move to the music into a collaborative and communal visual performance.

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Enjoy!

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Andrew Bird – The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Sufjan Stevens – Michigan
Ray Lamontagne – Trouble
Over the Rhine – Good Dog, Bad Dog
Tom Petty – Wildflowers
U2 – The Joshua Tree
Van Morrison – Moondance
Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks
Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
Elliott Smith – Either/Or

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