Category Archives: Creativity

As creators we need to be aware of what makes us creative and how. The music, the painting or the novel are all different peaks of the same iceberg. This category deals with the iceberg.

Producing octaphonic surround concerts

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Per Boysen

surround_04I’d like to share my recent experiences from performing live with surround sound. The system dealt with is the diamond shaped surround field of eight full-range speakers. I will go into planning, preparation and stage setup strategies. The general approach is to create the most exciting live performance experience for the audience.[......]

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Lovely Harp Guitar!

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Per Boysen

Just a quick video upload testing out my new Tim Donahue signature Electric Fretless Harp Guitar. I think it plays like a dream… in fact I have been dreaming for decades about certain aspects of what this instrument has to offer. Tim designed it and has been playing this and the fretted version since the eighties and just recently initiating manufacturing of his harp guitars. You’ll find more on that at http://www.timdonahue.com/

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I love my Stick!

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Per Boysen

After having my new instrument, the Chapman Stick, for five months I finally decided to shot a video of it. What makes the Stick so fun to play is tha[......]

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CDM covers one of my electronic instrument designs!

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Per Boysen

Wow, what an honor only to be mentioned by such a great webzine as CDM, Create Digital Music! “Dreams of a Musical Future: Digitópia Winners’ Wondrous[......]

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Improvisation is not free!

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Per Boysen

The better you become at “improvising” the more you realize there is no such thing as “free improvisation”. Since music is a form of communication the[......]

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The Chapman Stick totally rocks!!!

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Per Boysen

playing the Chapman StickI’m learning a new music instrument here, The Chapman Stick. It’s so fun because on the stick you can play both bass, comping chords and melody lines[......]

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Cutting video in Ableton Live

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Per Boysen

I had no idea it is this easy to cut and edit video in the music production application Ableton Live! The lucky coincidence that had me find out was w[......]

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Steppophonic Looperformer – please steal this!

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Per Boysen

I’m sharing this awesome idea for an awesome electronic instrument! I’ve been longing for a Steppophonic Looperformer for almost a decade and now I’m[......]

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9 steps to become a better musican

Posted on January 3, 2009 by Per Boysen

With these simple suggestions I want to share an attitude that can make you progress faster. Please note that this method works well also for non musi[......]

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