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Peter and I have been talking about running CDM-curated streaming events for a while, as a way for us to bring together artists from the incredible communities which have coalesced around this little corner of the web. A series of innocent discussions with [You cannot see the link as you're not logged in. Click here to login or here to register.] last time I was in Melbourne seems to have been turned into somewhat of a juggernaut: [You cannot see the link as you're not logged in. Click here to login or here to register.].

Tomorrow, Thursday October 9th from 8PM-1AM (Australian Eastern Standard Time), as part of the [You cannot see the link as you're not logged in. Click here to login or here to register.], Melbourne’s fantastic [You cannot see the link as you're not logged in. Click here to login or here to register.] projection bar will play virtual host to a globe-spanning lineup of artists in the inaugural Net-Lag: Vapour Trails.

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Along with artists from Melbourne, Perth and the [You cannot see the link as you're not logged in. Click here to login or here to register.] in Tokyo, Peter will be playing a breakfast AV set at 9AM New York time (1AM AEST), and I’ll be bringing collaborators [You cannot see the link as you're not logged in. Click here to login or here to register.] into the studio along with a dozen video cameras joined together with the groundbreaking [You cannot see the link as you're not logged in. Click here to login or here to register.] video mixer.

The event will be broadcast using the [You cannot see the link as you're not logged in. Click here to login or here to register.] live streaming production platform (at [You cannot see the link as you're not logged in. Click here to login or here to register.]), which allows streams from multiple sources to be combined with overlays, live chat, twitter streams etc. It’s a very capable system, and it will be interesting to see how it stands up to the rigors of a multi-continent audiovisualist show. For for set times and lineup details, check out the [You cannot see the link as you're not logged in. Click here to login or here to register.].

After spending much of last year traveling thousands of kilometers around Australia in a rock band, I’ve been idealizing web streaming as an alternative to traditional touring. The response to the [You cannot see the link as you're not logged in. Click here to login or here to register.] was fantastic, and if this goes well we’ll definitely be looking at putting together future CDM-centric events. If you’d be interested in taking part in future streams hit the comments, and [You cannot see the link as you're not logged in. Click here to login or here to register.] tomorrow night.



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