Lucy Ann Harrison
@laharrisonmusic.bsky.social
Composer & sound designer. Lecturer in music and games audio. Researches interactive sound and music. Creates sound installations & interactive fun.
Author of ‘Interactive Sound and Music:Beyond Pressing Play’ available 23rd December 2024
Author of ‘Interactive Sound and Music:Beyond Pressing Play’ available 23rd December 2024
I want to approach everything with the pure attack and enthusiasm that Neil Diamond brings to his phrasing. No half measures in his performance! open.spotify.com/track/3pM7OQ...
Shilo
Neil Diamond · All-Time Greatest Hits · Song · 2014
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February 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I want to approach everything with the pure attack and enthusiasm that Neil Diamond brings to his phrasing. No half measures in his performance! open.spotify.com/track/3pM7OQ...
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This is Aldo. He is a good boy. But also... a bad boy. 13/10
January 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is Aldo. He is a good boy. But also... a bad boy. 13/10
Just been in a meeting where someone said causally that they research space law.
No follow up. Just ‘space law’ and moved on.
No follow up. Just ‘space law’ and moved on.
January 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Just been in a meeting where someone said causally that they research space law.
No follow up. Just ‘space law’ and moved on.
No follow up. Just ‘space law’ and moved on.
I made the mistake of reading the Facebook posts from that composer who reckons he’s had to quit music because of DEI. It’s exhausting!!
It’s also something I’ve had men say to my face when I’ve had opportunities that they felt were owed to them.
It’s also something I’ve had men say to my face when I’ve had opportunities that they felt were owed to them.
December 23, 2024 at 9:09 AM
I made the mistake of reading the Facebook posts from that composer who reckons he’s had to quit music because of DEI. It’s exhausting!!
It’s also something I’ve had men say to my face when I’ve had opportunities that they felt were owed to them.
It’s also something I’ve had men say to my face when I’ve had opportunities that they felt were owed to them.
See also ‘Is that band still going? I didn’t know they were still a thing?’
If you respond to someone else’s viewing enthusiasm with “people still watch that?” then you are being unkind. Boo.
December 19, 2024 at 8:03 AM
See also ‘Is that band still going? I didn’t know they were still a thing?’
Those are some comprehensive Beethoven facts! A guy who wrote excellent symphonies and could be a bit of an arse.
Today is Beethoven's baptism day, which means yesterday might have been his birthday, so I'm going to recreate the Beethoven birthday thread here
Feel free to mute this post if you don't care to see it all again
For the rest of us, let's celebrate my favorite musical weirdo
Feel free to mute this post if you don't care to see it all again
For the rest of us, let's celebrate my favorite musical weirdo
December 17, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Those are some comprehensive Beethoven facts! A guy who wrote excellent symphonies and could be a bit of an arse.
The author’s copies of my book have arrived!! Interactive Sound and Music: Beyond Pressing Play is out 23rd December (could it be the perfect Christmas present??) www.routledge.com/Interactive-... #ludomusicology #composition #musictheory
December 17, 2024 at 12:19 PM
The author’s copies of my book have arrived!! Interactive Sound and Music: Beyond Pressing Play is out 23rd December (could it be the perfect Christmas present??) www.routledge.com/Interactive-... #ludomusicology #composition #musictheory
Incredibly proud to work at the University of Westminster where Mykaell Riley and the BMRU are driving change! Great article in the Guardian about the petition to get a permanent exhibition of Black British music and to get Black British music on the curriculum. www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
Richard Branson and Island Records boss urged to fund UK Black music exhibition
Petition calls on Virgin Records founder and Chris Blackwell to back venture after profiting from such music
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Incredibly proud to work at the University of Westminster where Mykaell Riley and the BMRU are driving change! Great article in the Guardian about the petition to get a permanent exhibition of Black British music and to get Black British music on the curriculum. www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
My book is available for preorder from today!! Each chapter in ‘Interactive Music: Beyond Pressing Play’ digs into a debate in interactive sound and music looking at approaches across multiple disciplines. www.routledge.com/Interactive-...
Interactive Sound and Music: Beyond Pressing Play
Interactive Sound and Music: Beyond Pressing Play provides an accessible exploration into the aesthetics of interactive audio, using examples from video games, experimental music, and participatory th...
www.routledge.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:02 AM
My book is available for preorder from today!! Each chapter in ‘Interactive Music: Beyond Pressing Play’ digs into a debate in interactive sound and music looking at approaches across multiple disciplines. www.routledge.com/Interactive-...
As part of our Organ+ Festival on Friday we have a concert of new works at Fyvie Hall. A really exciting programme featuring work from students and lecturers, across genres, blending the organ into contemporary popular music (I'm premiering a new installation).
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/organ-fest...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/organ-fest...
Organ+ Festival - Organ+ New Works
Join us for an exciting showcase of New Works by University of Westminster students and staff, performed live with organ in Fyvie Hall!
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November 27, 2024 at 10:29 AM
As part of our Organ+ Festival on Friday we have a concert of new works at Fyvie Hall. A really exciting programme featuring work from students and lecturers, across genres, blending the organ into contemporary popular music (I'm premiering a new installation).
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/organ-fest...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/organ-fest...
Had the privilege to attend the ELIA biennial in Milan last week. It’s really got me thinking about how do we prove the value of the arts to an outside audience.
I don’t love the capitalist profit model, but in tough times we need to show our place in society in a tangible and accessible way.
I don’t love the capitalist profit model, but in tough times we need to show our place in society in a tangible and accessible way.
November 25, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Had the privilege to attend the ELIA biennial in Milan last week. It’s really got me thinking about how do we prove the value of the arts to an outside audience.
I don’t love the capitalist profit model, but in tough times we need to show our place in society in a tangible and accessible way.
I don’t love the capitalist profit model, but in tough times we need to show our place in society in a tangible and accessible way.
When people explain my research to me
November 22, 2024 at 2:52 PM
When people explain my research to me
This gatekeeping is why I don’t write for traditional concert settings. I can’t stand the idea that people will be policing behaviour for my music.
Now that I'm not an orchestra musician anymore, I'm finally free to say what we all know to be true, which is that 97% of the cultural gatekeeping at concert halls happens in the audience, and 97% of the actual musicians fucking hate those people.
I cannot stand the orchestra concertgoer that makes it a point to dramatically whip their head around in the direction of any slight disruption. Someone ducking in late, dropping a program, coughing — all things that last a couple seconds, tops. Calm down
November 17, 2024 at 2:47 PM
This gatekeeping is why I don’t write for traditional concert settings. I can’t stand the idea that people will be policing behaviour for my music.
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you’re working on & 2) an idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) immersive theatre production in an old concrete testing facility (also have a book launching)
2) making commutes sound better
1) immersive theatre production in an old concrete testing facility (also have a book launching)
2) making commutes sound better
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you’re working on & 2) an idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) Should a set of presentations about 90s aesthetics be a few articles or a book?
2) How do we teach gaming literacy?
1) Should a set of presentations about 90s aesthetics be a few articles or a book?
2) How do we teach gaming literacy?
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you’re working on & 2) an idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) book on how musical encounters form [ludopolitical] subjectivity in video games
2) rage quitting & musical monstrous feminine
1) book on how musical encounters form [ludopolitical] subjectivity in video games
2) rage quitting & musical monstrous feminine
November 15, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you’re working on & 2) an idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) immersive theatre production in an old concrete testing facility (also have a book launching)
2) making commutes sound better
1) immersive theatre production in an old concrete testing facility (also have a book launching)
2) making commutes sound better
Almost posted this playlist link into an email to our Quality and Standards team. open.spotify.com/playlist/4wg...
Selling Sunset Season 1 to 8 (Netflix)
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November 15, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Almost posted this playlist link into an email to our Quality and Standards team. open.spotify.com/playlist/4wg...
I’m so glad Gail made it over to this platform. She has so many great ideas!!
They should make a video game out of The Last Of Us, that would be so cool
November 15, 2024 at 9:58 AM
I’m so glad Gail made it over to this platform. She has so many great ideas!!
Reposted by Lucy Ann Harrison
𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐨𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, the 14th European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound, is set for 10-12 July 2025 at University Square Stratford Campus, University of East London! 🎮✨📢 And the call for papers is now open!! All info: www.ludomusicology.org/2024/11/06/l...
#ludomusicology #vgm #ludo2025
#ludomusicology #vgm #ludo2025
November 7, 2024 at 9:36 AM
𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐨𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, the 14th European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound, is set for 10-12 July 2025 at University Square Stratford Campus, University of East London! 🎮✨📢 And the call for papers is now open!! All info: www.ludomusicology.org/2024/11/06/l...
#ludomusicology #vgm #ludo2025
#ludomusicology #vgm #ludo2025
I’ve just given a talk about vampires and the organ at Regent Street Cinema and my favourite thing from my research is… the picture we all think of as a vampire at the organ (or at least I did) is actually the phantom of the opera!!
October 25, 2024 at 9:20 PM
I’ve just given a talk about vampires and the organ at Regent Street Cinema and my favourite thing from my research is… the picture we all think of as a vampire at the organ (or at least I did) is actually the phantom of the opera!!
Reposted by Lucy Ann Harrison
Standing behind my coworker chanting "henge" whenever he brings in wafers has paid off, he now does it automatically.
October 24, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Standing behind my coworker chanting "henge" whenever he brings in wafers has paid off, he now does it automatically.
For anyone wanting to port their good follows across to here from the bad place I used this chrome extension chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...
Sky Follower Bridge - Chrome Web Store
Instantly find and follow the same users from your Twitter follows on Bluesky.
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October 22, 2024 at 11:33 AM
For anyone wanting to port their good follows across to here from the bad place I used this chrome extension chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...
There’s a song so beautiful in the TV show Central Park. It’s madness that it’s hidden away on Apple TV open.spotify.com/track/6B5zkb...
A Moment Forever Ago
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October 21, 2024 at 3:59 PM
There’s a song so beautiful in the TV show Central Park. It’s madness that it’s hidden away on Apple TV open.spotify.com/track/6B5zkb...
There are still some (not many) tickets left to our screening of Nosferatu with live organ on the 25th of October. Vampires on a boat with the added bonus of me trying to discuss Count Duckula in my intro (there is a reason!) www.regentstreetcinema.com/movie/nosfer...
Nosferatu (1922) + LIVE Organ
Join us to celebrate this 1922 silent classic. As a special Halloween treat, the film will be accompanied by live music courtesy of maestro Donald Mackenzie, played on a genuine Compton cinema organ—o...
www.regentstreetcinema.com
October 15, 2024 at 11:37 AM
There are still some (not many) tickets left to our screening of Nosferatu with live organ on the 25th of October. Vampires on a boat with the added bonus of me trying to discuss Count Duckula in my intro (there is a reason!) www.regentstreetcinema.com/movie/nosfer...
The docs are my friends now.
October 2, 2024 at 8:01 PM
The docs are my friends now.
I’m reviewing the proofs of my book today. Suddenly seems very real to have it typeset. It’s about aesthetics of interactive sound and music (game sound, installations, immersive theatre). Going to bring some interactive sound chats on here soon! (But first, coffee!) Any questions let me know!
October 1, 2024 at 9:34 AM
I’m reviewing the proofs of my book today. Suddenly seems very real to have it typeset. It’s about aesthetics of interactive sound and music (game sound, installations, immersive theatre). Going to bring some interactive sound chats on here soon! (But first, coffee!) Any questions let me know!
I'm very excited to be providing the opening talk to this screening of Nosferatu with live organ at the Regent Street Cinema on the 27th of October. I'll be discussing the link between the organ and horror. Also vampires on a boat! #musicology #halloween www.regentstreetcinema.com/movie/nosfer...
Nosferatu (1922) + LIVE Organ
Join us to celebrate this 1922 silent classic. As a special Halloween treat, the film will be accompanied by live music courtesy of maestro Donald Mackenzie, played on a genuine Compton cinema organ—o...
www.regentstreetcinema.com
September 18, 2024 at 9:23 AM
I'm very excited to be providing the opening talk to this screening of Nosferatu with live organ at the Regent Street Cinema on the 27th of October. I'll be discussing the link between the organ and horror. Also vampires on a boat! #musicology #halloween www.regentstreetcinema.com/movie/nosfer...