Author Archives: Adrian Hazzard

D-Box at ACM DIS Conference

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Adrian Hazzard

I went to the ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) conference in Brisbane this June to talk about our paper Designing for exploratory play with a hackable digital musical instruments and to demo the D-Box. Reference: McPherson, Andrew P. and Chamberlain, Alan and Hazzard, Adrian and McGrath, … Continue reading →

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FAST at CHI 2016

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Adrian Hazzard

Read the report from FAST project partners contribution to the CHI 2016 conference at San Jose, California, USA.  

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FAST in Paris!

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Adrian Hazzard

The FAST project had its second all hands meeting in the perfect surroundings of Paris this February. Find out more about it here.

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51. Play Along Polkas

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Adrian Hazzard

Originally posted on Carolan Guitar:
Inspired by Mark’s thoughts on embodied learning from our last post, we’ve been exploring how Carolan might support players learning new music. As a first step – and drawing on Carolan’s Celtic heritage – we set out to create…

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48. An Educated Thumb

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Adrian Hazzard

48. An Educated Thumb.

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47. The Pipes are Calling

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Adrian Hazzard

Originally posted on Carolan Guitar:
A second installment from the New Instruments for Musical Expression (NIME) conference in Baton Rouge … Compared to a traditional acoustic guitar such as Carolan, NIMEs are an unusual bunch, mixing physical controllers, with sensors, actuators and software…

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46. Lousiana

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Adrian Hazzard

Originally posted on Carolan Guitar:
Louisiana! Swamps and ‘gators. Crawfish and po-boys. Cajun, Zydeco and New Orleans, the First City of Jazz. Carolan has seen them all this week in its first trip abroad (unless you count Wales that is). Ostensibly,…

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45. Geert, Claire and Dylan

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Adrian Hazzard

Originally posted on Carolan Guitar:
Carolan has left the country of its birth, crossing the border into Wales to spend a week living, composing and recording with Geert and his collaborators Claire and Dylan. Deepest thanks to Geert for putting Carolan through…

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Innovation in Music Conference

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Adrian Hazzard

Spent a great couple of days at the Innovation in Music Conference this week. Although the theme of the conference was looking ahead towards future developments in music production, I simultaneously stepped back in time by revisiting Anglia Ruskin University, … Continue reading →

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A thing that tells its own life story…

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Adrian Hazzard

The Carolan Guitar has appeared in the latest edition of ACM Interactions. A PDF version of the article can be found in the publications section.

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