What is CreativePact?
CreativePact is the hub of a group of artists, musicians and technologists who enter a pact to create and document new creative output regularly over the course of a month. Pacts run for 30 days and may commence at any time.
What each person chooses as the subject of their 'Pact is entirely up to them. Each Pacter should keep a web-based documentation to chart their progress during the month, and supplementary commentary can be provided via social networks using the tag#creativepact.
Anyone may take the 'Pact, and should you decide to join get in touch with us and we'll display a link to your project. So, if you want to begin an ace new creative project or have one to finish that has been derailed, start a CreativePact.
Pacts
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Prism Fission
Adam Jansch
Starting9th September 2017In this CreativePact, following a couple of months in the creative doldrums, I will be working to complete Prism Exhilarated, a unique media music release by‑otron.
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Ukulele and Piano Materials
Rachael Forsyth
Starting1st September 2016My creative pact is to complete some educational material to be published at the end of the year. I will be writing about educational approaches to writing music for younger players as well as offering tips and ideas for teachers who have recently gone back to school.
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Cello and electronics
Caitlin Rowley
Starting6th August 2016I will be developing a new piece for cello and electronics usingMax/MSP.
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CD review project
Lauren Redhead
Starting1st August 2016My CreativePact is to review one improvisation or contemporary music CD each day, in order to generate musical ideas through critical listening and engagement with the ideas of others. As a bi-product this Pact also aims to promote less well-known music through my blog.
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Soundboard Record
Adam Jansch
Starting1st August 2016Taking my material generation to a more granular level, I will spend this CreativePact building a sampling-centred soundboard in Ableton Live.
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Piece for 6 Percussion
Alistair Zaldua
Starting1st August 2016My aim is to document the work completed while composing my piece for 6 percussion. I will simply post one or several photos of the work completed each day for a month, sometimes with commentary, but more often without.
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Getting Back into the Swing
Rachael Forsyth
Starting1st October 2015October will be the month of composing for me! Daily scribblings to get the creative juices flowing once more. After a crazy busy year so far my composing time has been rapidly eaten away and I want to get back in to writing music and blogging again. I’m not planning on starting anything specific - just letting the music go where it wants to. Enjoyment rather than deadlines this year!
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Dots
Caitlin Rowley
Starting2nd September 2015Following several months focusing on creating text scores and artworks, this September I will be working on reintegrating conventionally notated music into my creative practice, through listening, viewing, reading and thinking about ways of combining the various media I use, as well as composing and artmaking.
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Scribbles for Solo Instruments
Jenni Pinnock
Starting1st September 2015This September I'm aiming to spend time experimenting and dabbling with new ideas. I normally end up in a whirlwind working on a couple of pieces at a time, but I don't get as much time as I used to (or as I'd love to have!) to look at new sources of inspiration and just scribble. I'm planning on spending the month listening, watching and learning, with the aim to create lots of scribbles for solo instruments, that may or may not end up being developed into longer pieces.
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Dorian Live
Adam Jansch
Starting1st September 2015This year I will be laying the groundwork for the live side of my electronic music practice, with eyes set on the first performance ofDorian Zoyd atUnion Chapel on November 25th 2015.
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Cello piece for Hamilton Mausoleum
Mark G Carroll
Starting18th August 2015Documentation missingFor a while I’ve wanted to write a solo cello piece to perform and record in Hamilton Mausoleum, a building with famously long reverb (up to 15 seconds!). I’d also like to create an electro-acoustic partner piece simultaneously, using electric cello, FX board and PC.
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A Search for Motivation
Jess Rymer
Starting8th September 2014Documentation missingThe fight for motivation and the struggle of finding/changing routine is ubiquitous throughout recent graduates including myself. In search of such motivation I have been inspired to create a piece about this struggle. This project will be split equally between research and creation, all of which will be documented online. I will utilise electronic composition as my main means of expression and hope to also create a plan/storyboard of a possible film collaboration involving dance.
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Seamus Heaney Song Cycle
Joe Hamlen
Starting1st September 2014I plan to find several poems by Seamus Heaney which have some kind of link, perhaps thematic or perhaps suggesting a progression, and set them to non-conventional musical backings, creating a song cycle in honour of the anniversary of the poet’s death.
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Manifesting Manifesto
Caitlin Rowley
Starting1st September 2014Completing work on Manifesto, a piece which explores aspects of my current approach to composition through the use of amateur skills (vocal improvisation, digital improvisation, video) while learningMax/MSP.
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Saxophone and Orchestral Piece
Rachael Forsyth
Starting1st September 2014This September I will be working on reworking the solo saxophone piece I premiered on a tour around Italy in 2012 by turning it into a solo saxophone and orchestral piece. It will be nice to revisit the piece ‘My Life in Music’ as it was based on all of the musical influences that have affected me as a performer and composer. By reworking it into an orchestral piece I aim to turn it into a new format using more modern approaches to orchestral composition.
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Rewriting Reflections of Sherrie
Jeff Boehm
Starting1st September 2014Documentation missingThe piece Reflections of Sherrie, which I wrote originally for trumpet ensemble, is probably my first ‘real’ composition. I have been inspired to rewrite it for solo trumpet and effects, using Ableton Live for my effects processing.
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A Select History of Music Technology
Scott Hewitt
Starting1st September 2014A long term project, started under the auspices of CreativePact, documenting a select history of music technology.
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Raising my game
Lue Cuttiford
Starting18th August 2014Documentation missingI aim to research and make bagels, bread and traditional sourdough from a starter. I will document my experiments with various recipes and impart any useful tips and tricks I pick up along the way.
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Man and Maschine
Adam Jansch
Starting4th August 2014I will be exploring the Native InstrumentsMaschine Studio by creating a fresh musical nugget each day. These nuggets will go towards an experimental/electronic music release, to be finished post-Pact.
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Inclusive Improv Vimeo Group
Samuel Freeman
Starting4th August 2014For CreativePact 2014, I would like to add a video each day to theinclusive improv vimeo group; these might be newly made (perhaps using the inclusive improv archive) or plundered from vimeo, either way I plan to write something about each one in order to document the process of expanding this open collection of improv videos.
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exchange.practice
Lauren Redhead
Starting28th July 2014I will be documenting and extending the installation exchange.practice (taking place from July 28th to August 3rd, between the UK and the US) to further document, examine and respond to my recent creative practice, and will use these responses to creative abstract compositional materials for future work.
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Preparations for acoustic bass guitar
Vincent Giles
Starting1st September 2013My Pact is to develop and document preparations for acoustic bass guitar, and write and record short study pieces using these discoveries.
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Time
Rachael Forsyth
Starting1st September 2013This year I'm writing a collection of new piano pieces based around the theme of 'Time'.
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Borealis Festival
Alistair Zaldua
Starting1st September 2013Documenting the work I am doing for theBorealis Festival which uses notation, video and performance.
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Open Notation For Organ
Lauren Redhead
Starting1st September 2013I will be developing an open notation for organ.
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A Photo A Day
Scott Hewitt
Starting1st September 2013A photo a day - simple.
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Live graphical notation for vocalists
Charles Céleste Hutchins
Starting1st September 2013This CreativePact I will develop a system to generate live graphical notation for vocalists.
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IdeoVideo
Adam Jansch
Starting1st September 2013I will be exploring Apple's Final Cut Pro X, from the perspective of a creative artist with little experience in creative video production.
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Audio-visual progressions
Reuben Thomas
Starting1st September 2012I'm using CreativePact to start making some stuff to put on a demo reel for university work placement applications. My approach will be across audio and visual, and I plan to look at theCinder framework,Jitter, and iTunes visualiser plugins.
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Arduino and optics
Rob Lycett
Starting1st September 2012Documentation missingIntegrating theArduino with lens based imaging (still, cine, animation).
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Stuffing a Heron
Spandex
Starting1st September 2012Documentation missingBuilding a library of drums/samples for use in making electronic music.
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Creative Everyday
Helen Sanderson-White
Starting1st September 2012I'm going to be asking the question is it possible to be creative everyday and exploring the possibility of producing some song material, whether a completed song, an individual stanza or a topic idea etc. each day through September.
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Max Madness
Alex Tack
Starting1st September 2012I'm going to attempt to create a 5-minute piece using sounds generated/manipulated byMax/MSP.
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Exploring electronic music composition
Rachael Forsyth
Starting1st September 2012I will be exploring the use of electronic music - writing and recording music using electronics/synths rather than writing notated music. I will aim to write a song (maybe more) by the end of the month.
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Cerebral Sister - first EP
Adam Jansch
Starting1st September 2012I will be continuing on with the writing of the first EP of my new studio project, Cerebral Sister, which I began earlier this year. Likely the main focus will be on writing lyrics.
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Naming Convention
Frances Richards
Starting1st September 2012Use four different methods to make four short films - with a linking theme.
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Processing Pac-Man!
Lee Freeman
Starting1st September 2012I'm gonna (re)make Pac-Man using theProcessing language!
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Podcast a Day
Scott Hewitt
Starting1st September 2012A podcast a day, some live, some recorded about things that interest me.
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Finishing
Caitlin Rowley
Starting1st September 2012Exploring microtones and extended techniques for flute/recorders.
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Arduino and electronics
Victoria Trinder
Starting1st September 2012I will be learning how to useArduino and develop my understanding of electronics, alongside using Logic Pro to manipulate audio for some future installations.
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Practical insight
Lauren Redhead
Starting1st August 2012This year I will gain greater insight into how I think about material in my own practice, creating a bank of material that I can use to produce new work in the future.
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Creative coding and Coma Architects
Ollie Thurley
Starting1st September 2011Documentation missingCreativePact aim: Learning about creative coding, and most likely some stuff about starting a new micro-label 'Coma Architects'.
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Creating a live audio FX processor in SuperCollider
Lee Freeman
Starting1st September 2011CreativePact aim: Creating a live audio FX processor inSuperCollider.
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Guitar improvisation and the Alexander Technique
Patrick Smith
Starting1st September 2011Documentation missingCreativePact aim: Exploring improvisation on the guitar while noticing how I am using myself via the Alexander Technique.
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Music and visual art contemplation
Lauren Redhead
Starting1st September 2011CreativePact aim: Contemplating the relationship between music and visual art.
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ChucK and SuperCollider live coding
Lab Macambira
Starting1st September 2011Documentation missingCreativePact aim:ChucK andSuperCollider live coding.
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Live coding screencasts
Alex McLean
Starting1st September 2011Documentation missingCreativePact aim: Live coding screencasts and jam sessions.
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Marion Harrington clarinet sonata
Jenni Pinnock
Starting1st September 2011Documentation missingCreativePact aim: Completion of a clarinet sonata for Marion Harrington, as part of her Get Mazza to America project.
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Max/MSP live coding
Samuel Freeman
Starting1st September 2011Documentation missingCreativePact aim: Screen-casting live electronics + live coding inMax/MSP adding an extra object to each realm every day.
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Music composition
Owen Green
Starting1st September 2011CreativePact aim: Documentation of musical composition work.
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PhD diary
Adam Jansch
Starting1st September 2011CreativePact aim: Diary of the final month of my PhD (hand in 30th September).
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Podcasting
Scott Hewitt
Starting1st September 2011CreativePact aim: A new original podcast every day of September.
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Scintillating sci-fi writing
Francis Western-Smith
Starting1st September 2011Documentation missingCreativePact aim: A short, sharp fling with fiction: Working at writing some scintillating sci-fi and mayhap some fantastic fantasy.
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Alternative CreativePact
Stuart Russell
Starting1st September 2011CreativePact aim: Alternative CreativePact?!
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SuperCollider and web browser audio APIs
Vilson Vieira
Starting1st September 2011Documentation missingCreativePact aim: Experiments on livecoding usingSuperCollider and/or the web browser's APIs for audio processing.
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The Big Scary Piece of Paper
Lo-Lo
Starting1st September 2011CreativePact aim: So instead I've decided that I'm going to take on The Big Scary Piece of Paper.
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Carrion Comfort
Caitlin Rowley
Starting1st September 2011CreativePact aim: Completion of orchestral work in progress, Carrion Comfort.
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Work documentation
Rah Marie
Starting1st September 2010Documentation missingCreativePact aim: To document more of my creations past and current while learning more about how this blog thing works.
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Live coding with Pd, Arduino and Processing
Vilson Vieira
Starting1st September 2010Documentation missingCreativePact aim: Live coding/hacking withPure Data,Arduino,Processing and other things.
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Creative coding environment tour
Paul Hodge
Starting1st September 2010Documentation missingCreativePact aim: Taking a tour of creative-coding environments, includingProcessing,NodeBox,Pure Data and others.
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Guitar playing and LilyPond
Oli Larkin
Starting1st September 2010Documentation missingCreativePact aim: Guitar playing andLilyPond.
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HTML5 for interactive sound design
Samuel Freeman
Starting1st September 2010CreativePact aim: Learning HTML5 for interactive sound design.
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Learning AndEngine
Evan Raskob (pixelpusher)
Starting1st September 2010CreativePact aim: Learning theAndEngine gaming engine for Android mobile devices.
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Learning Processing
Scott Mc Laughlin
Starting1st September 2010CreativePact aim: LearningProcessing.
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Learning Processing language
Adam Tindale
Starting1st September 2010CreativePact aim: LearningProcessing.
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Live-coded adventures
Scott Hewitt
Starting1st September 2010Documentation missingCreativePact aim: Live-coded adventures.
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Noisemaking with SuperCollider and Processing
Tris
Starting1st September 2010CreativePact aim: Noisemaking withSuperCollider,Processing and other open technologies.
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Sound with SuperCollider
Lee Freeman
Starting1st September 2010CreativePact aim: Attempting to make noises withSuperCollider.
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SuperCollider/JitLib practice
Miquel Parera Jaques
Starting1st September 2010CreativePact aim:SuperCollider/JitLib withZynAddSubFX samples.
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Website design with HTML5 and CSS3
Caitlin Rowley
Starting1st September 2010CreativePact aim: Website design with HTML5 and CSS3.
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Composing Green Angel
Lauren Redhead
Starting1st September 2010CreativePact aim: Composition of new chamber opera Green Angel.
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A Month of Pixelmator
Adam Jansch
Starting1st September 2010The focal point for my first CreativePact is the image editing packagePixelmator, a lightweight and low-cost rival to Photoshop.