Norwegian musician Ragnhild Zeigler was asked to cease and desist her busking by a Community Support Officer as she performed on Saturday 21st March.

Playing by the London Eye the officers explained that the Sandvik 18 inch wood Saw the 23 year old was playing was “an offensive weapon and health and safety hazard to the public”

 Socialise your Media - Workshop

Find out
• How can cultural organisations use social networking technologies to engage with their audiences?
• Can blogging, poking and Twittering be more than just a way of showing you’re ‘down with the kids’?
• Could the explosion of new social media possibilities really get more people through the doors of our cultural venues?

They'll be asking all these questions and more at the first in a series of audience engagement workshops on Monday 16th March at FACT (the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) in Liverpool.

Cuts to Community Involvement in Liverpool

Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) needed an extra £500,000 to maintain its engagement and empowerment programmes with Liverpool’s third sector and Liverpool residents after April 2009.

CATCH HIVE AND THE DINGD0NG CLOSING EVENT IN FACT

Saturday 21st February 2009 12PM - 6PM MICRO RESIDENCY & PERFORMANCE; PART OF THE DING D0NG CLOSING EVENT -  

DING>>D0NG is approaching its end, still making all kinds of noise: come in to the MEDIALOUNGEand interact with cutting edge music and art interfaces and artworks then upload to FACTTV to listen & download at home or in the studio; and this weekend features the mighty HIVE in residence.

Lets see what HIVE can do to remix the MEDIALOUNGE!

LISTEN TO THE LATEST RECORDINGS IN THE MEDIALOUNGE USING THE MLOG(Owl Project), Fijuu2 (Julian Oliver/PIX) & Freqtric Drums Home (Tetsuaki Baba) HERE

Purchase an mLog kit and you get a full days workshop and all the materials needed to build & customise an m-Log to your own spec!

 m-Log is the latest development in Owl Project Technology; a powered USB controller interface. The m-Log fits in the palm of the hand and is made using this semicircular cross section of a branch (Just like the iLog). Inside the m-Log is the muio interface ( www.muio.org ).

Available with a rage of built in sensor inputs (light sensors, accelerometers etc) it has plug in and play compatibility with a wide variety of applications, notably MAX MSP/jitter, SuperCollider and Open Frameworks.

m-Log owners currently include, Leafcutter John, Kaffe Matthews and Thor Magnusson (IXI software) who were also involved during its initial development. Get your saw* and soldering iron ready and join a community of owners and start developing and sharing your own patches to use on one of the worlds rarest digital interfaces.

 Artist Alan Dunn is seeking short audio submissions within a short turnaround time for his latest 1,000-only copy audio CD compilation.

The compilation will explore the manners in which artists, writers and philosophers have used the term 'revolution' in an audio context. Confirmed contributions include: Aldous Huxley, Chumbawamba, Douglas Gordon, Sara Marlowe, Lennon & Ono, Black Panthers, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Pollard, youtube cover versions, The Pinker Tones, Cyness, Chopin, The Redskins and Herbert Marcuse. See www.alandunn67.co.uk for details of previous works including 'Soundtrack for a Mersey Tunnel' and 'Music for the Williamson Tunnels: A collection of the sound of dripping water'.

All contributors to receive complimentary copies of CD.
Duration of track: 67 seconds
Format: WAV or AIFF
Delivery: email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Deadline:  FRIDAY 30TH JANUARY 2009 MIDNIGHT

 If the answer to that is Yes, then read on.

They are offering the opportunity for musicians to perform with the Big Band in February, that is 2 x Frakture Big Band concerts and two “rehearsals"
A great opportunity to participate in a large ensemble playing free improvised music and associated indeterminate compositions. Listen to some of the audio on this website to find out what it can sound like.

When
The Concerts are Friday 27th  & Saturday 28th  February 2009
There are two rehearsals that must also be attended.
1. 11h Feb 2009 7.30 –10.00pm the Bluecoat, Liverpool
2. 18th Feb 2009 7.30 – 10.00pm The Mello Mello, Slater Street

Where: Concerts
1. Friday Feb 27th , The Kings Arms Salford
2. Saturday Feb 28th The Bluecoat Concert Hall, Liverpool