Create Digital Music » elton-john http://createdigitalmusic.com The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:06:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Help Make Elton Johning a Verb http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/08/13/help-make-elton-johning-a-verb/ http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/08/13/help-make-elton-johning-a-verb/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:15:20 +0000 Peter Kirn http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/08/13/help-make-elton-johning-a-verb/ Andrew Stone has added the term Elton Johning to the Urban Dictionary; head over there and give it a thumbs up.

Quick review: the term means to unplug from the Web to allow yourself some creative space, a concept suggested by Sir Elton John himself, who wants someone to tear down the Internet so we can make some music.

]]> http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/08/13/help-make-elton-johning-a-verb/feed/ 7 I’m Elton Johning Today http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/08/09/im-elton-johning-today/ http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/08/09/im-elton-johning-today/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:51:10 +0000 Peter Kirn http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/08/09/im-elton-johning-today/ We’re pleased at CDM to introduce a new verb: to Elton John will hereby mean to unplug from the Web in order to do creative work. No blogging, emergency emails only (heck, ignoring the emergency emails will be even more satisfying), no RSS, etc. In all seriousness, it’s a great idea. The Web will be used only to solve, say, bugs in my Processing code. I don’t particularly need to share my own state of Elton John, of course, but I do this only to advocate selective Eltoning to boost creativity. (I don’t think you need to Elton on a long-term basis — even just a day is often enough. A week’s Elton can also be a good idea, especially when on vacation.)

I’ll be Elton Johning today in preparation for an open house showing at Eyebeam tomorrow of a project I’m working on. Create Digital Motion has been a somewhat permanent state of Elton John, but expect it to be De-Eltoned within the week — I’ve got a backlog of stories, and Jaymis is returning, along with some other guest writers.

In the meantime, we strongly encourage you to spread both the act and the term Elton Johning when appropriate to your friends and colleagues. You can also place this on your voicemail: “Hello. You’ve reached Peter Kirn. I’m sorry I’m not available to take your call, but I’m currently Elton John. Leave a message for either of us after the beep.”

What the heck I’m on about

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