Student: Kathryn Conway – 09006094
Chosen blog: www.createdigitalmusic.com
Chosen post: ToneSynthDS: Promising New Nintendo DS Synth + Sequencer Homebrew




The author of the blogs is Peter Kirn. Peter Kirn is a musician, media artist and technology writer based in New York. He publishes and edits sites Create Digital Music and Create Digital Motion. He also writes for MAKE, Macworld, Keyboard, Computer Music (UK) and others. He is the author of Real World Digital Audio, a book on making music with computers and is currently a PhD candidate at the City University of New York Graduate Center.

His main topics cover music and technology. Many posts discuss newest pieces of technology for creating music through and the new methods used by others when creating music with technology such as Nintendo Wii. The frequency of posts usually is two posts every one or two days without fail. The target audience is anybody who has an interest in music and creating digital music and anybody who likes to be creative with technology.

The author uses a very upbeat and conversational tone and the language is quite easy to understand. In some of his posts he speaks through the first person making it very easy and enjoyable to read. He makes his posts accessible to anybody, even those who would not have a huge interest in the subject.

The layout is similar to usual articles with a heading at the top giving an indication as to what the posts is about. There is often a variety of pictures of what is being talked about and even YouTube videos which demonstrate the topic throughout the post.

Readers of the post often comment with a tone of excitement and interest in the new information. Readers can also “like” the post and share it through social networking sites. One can also subscribe to the mailing list on the page of the post and to trackbacks if they wish. Peter Kirn himself gets in on the discussion to by commenting answering questions and updating the news on the topic.

My chosen blog (listed above) deals with the idea of creating a synthesizer using a gaming device, the Nintendo DS. I liked this blog because it provided a lot of in depth information and YouTube videos to show us what this new music creation is like how it works. I also liked the fact that the author has such a light conversational tone and also warns the reader that if they already have a Nintendo DS that they have to make some adjustments for it. This gives us the full picture of the item which is a plus side to any reader.


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