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In the late 90s, my financial situation
recommended that I should do some parttime work besides
art. I worked in a software company in Hamburg, at the
time the leading manufacturer for a audio recording
and midi sequencer that has been aquired by Apple many
years later. Although I don't have an academic IT background,
I enjoyed working there a lot and still benefit from
the experience of learning everything about computer
troubleshooting and programming.
In 2000, I had worked on a large website concept freelanced
for web design companies. After returning to the arts,
I haven't touched a computer for anything than occasional
emailing. However, a lot of the experience from those
days came in handy.
I finally started programming this new site on a trip
from New York to Berlin in October 2004. The planes
at JFK NY were delayed for several hours and my connection
flight in Frankfurt was cancelled. Altogether I had
an extra 16h to work on my laptop. Besides, it was quite
inspiring working on a web design when you're flying
across the ocean while getting served Gin and Tonics.
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Some of the tools that I used as icons for
this website belonged to a dentist in Brooklyn. The dentist
that I never met personally, passed away in the Summer
2002. His old and rusty tools, covered in dirt, seemed
to have been used until recently.
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I started playing jazz bass when I was 17
and hardly utilized the bow until much later, when my
interest in classical and contemporary music increased
and the musical expression required me to work more on
bowing.
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Despite the advanced music notation software
that is available today, I still prefer to write and
work with a pencil. Composing at the computer has never
been inspiring to me, and so I write everything on paper
up to the last note, before putting it into a notation
program. This picture was taken when I was working on
an analysis of Edgar Varese's Octandre, a wonderful
piece for Octet.
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My roommate's TV. We only receive a few
programs on this TV and the only program that doesn't
broadcast Bush propaganda is Channel 13, so that's pretty
much all we watch.
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In Fall 2004, I had three negative bike
experiences in New York City. One was getting ticketed
by the NYPD for riding a bike on an empty sidewalk in
Brooklyn at night, a few weeks later I got the same bike
stolen on Broadway in Manhattan. Between those two events,
I had a minor accident where I fell off my bike and scrubbed
my face along the Brooklyn sidewalk. Coming home covered
in blood and dirt, I took my roomate by surprise, but
it really looked worse than it was. However persisting
neck pain suggested to see an orthopeadic who, after x-raying
me several times, confirmed that my spine is in great
condition and that I have a very long neck...
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Another gimmick from a dentist, but this
one I don't know where it is from. My roommate gave it
to me to add to my already extensive dentist collection.
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Some technical
information:
The website is optimized and has been tested for Apple's
Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5+ and the open
source browser Mozilla. You can also reach my website
at www.danielbüttner.com,
but the German Umlaut ü is not yet supported on
every computer.
This website is written in html 4 and java code, no
flash animation or applets. The audio (mp3) and video
(.mpg) files are created to work under Mac and PC.
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Audio and Video
File Formats:
The video clips provided on this website use the open
source Mpeg-4 compression supported by Quicktime and
many other applications. Quicktime
is a free software by Apple. Alternatively, Windows
users can download a free mp4 player from download.com.
Audio files are encoded in mp3 and should play on any
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Disclaimer:
All material on this website is copyrighted and may
only be used with written permission by the author.
3rd party Audio, Video and Still Images are indicated
and used with permission. I do not take any responsibility
for the content of external links.
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