{"id":1839,"date":"2015-10-27T12:02:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T12:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=1839"},"modified":"2015-11-23T14:55:35","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T14:55:35","slug":"event-goldsmiths-soundlab-play-space-breaks-down-barriers-to-digital-music-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=1839","title":{"rendered":"EVENT: Goldsmiths&#8217; SoundLab Play Space breaks down barriers to digital music making"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zu0WlKXGE5c\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Goldsmiths Computing experts have been testing musical technologies to work out which are the easiest to use, sound the best &#8211; and can be used by people with learning disabilities to make the music they want to make.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday 25 November they\u2019re hosting a day of free, fun and interactive performance, debate and play sessions at Nesta.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nesta.org.uk\/\">Nesta<\/a>, 1 Plough Place, London EC4A 1DE<br \/>\n<strong>When:<\/strong> 4-6pm and 6-8pm Wednesday 25 November<br \/>\n<strong>Tickets: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">SOLD OUT<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/soundlab-play-space-registration-18775824998\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Get free tickets for the SoundLab Play Space<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Participants will be able to experiment with top musical technology and talk to the developers who make it. There\u2019ll be a chance to play in a digital pop-up band, watch live-performances, try out fantastic music-making apps, and take some home for free.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1842\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SOUNDLAB21.jpg\" alt=\"SOUNDLAB2[1]\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SOUNDLAB21.jpg 960w, http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SOUNDLAB21-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SOUNDLAB21-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From music apps that let you compose, DJ or play countless instruments with a fingertip, to those that make a voice sound amazing even if it\u2019s not quite in tune, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makeyoursoundlab.org\/\">SoundLab<\/a> researchers have spent the last year rigorously testing iPhone\/Pad, Android and web programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re a technologist, artist, musician, teacher, health expert or policy maker, SoundLab Play Space is designed to bring different people together to get a new perspective on, and debate, the future of music making.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1843\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SOUNDLAB11-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"SOUNDLAB1[1]\" width=\"584\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SOUNDLAB11-1024x575.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SOUNDLAB11-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SOUNDLAB11-500x281.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SOUNDLAB11.jpg 1246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The SoundLab project is led by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartnsoul.co.uk\/\">Heart n Soul<\/a>, with Goldsmiths\u2019 Dr Mick Grierson, Dr Rebecca Fiebrink and Dr Simon Katan working on research. SoundLab is a collaboration between our <a href=\"http:\/\/eavi.goldsmithsdigital.com\/\">EAVI group<\/a>, award-winning creative arts company Heart n Soul, and <a href=\"http:\/\/publicdomaincorp.com\/\">Public Domain Corporation<\/a>, a company providing interactive experiences and technology for the games and digital arts sectors.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SoundLab has been funded by the <a href=\"http:\/\/artsdigitalrnd.org.uk\/\">Digital R&amp;D Fund for the Arts<\/a>, an initiative created by Nesta, Arts Council England, AHRC and the National Lottery.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.makeyoursoundlab.org\">About SoundLab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eavi.goldsmithsdigital.com\/\">About EAVI, Goldsmiths&#8217; Embodied AudioVisual Interaction Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartnsoul.co.uk\/\">About Heart n Soul<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Adapted from an article originally published in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gold.ac.uk\/news\/soundlab-play-space-aims-to-break-down-barriers-to-digital-music-making-\/\">Goldsmiths News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goldsmiths Computing experts have been testing musical technologies to work out which are the easiest to use, sound the best &#8211; and can be used by people with learning disabilities to make the music they want to make. On Wednesday 25 November they\u2019re hosting a day of free, fun and interactive performance, debate and play &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=1839\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EVENT: Goldsmiths&#8217; SoundLab Play Space breaks down barriers to digital music making<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[128,105,107],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1839"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1872,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions\/1872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}