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(2007) [PDF] "Live Coding Practice". Proceedings of NIME

(2005) [PDF] Alan Blackwell and Nick Collins. "The Programming Language as a Musical Instrument". Proceedings of PPIG05 (Psychology of Programming Interest Group).

(2004) [HMTL] Ward et al. "Live Algorithm Programming and a Temporary Organisation for its Promotion". Proceedings of the README software art conference, Aarhus, Denmark.

(2003) "Generative Music and Laptop Performance", Contemporary Music Review 22(4): pp 67-79

(2003) Collins, N., McLean, A., Rohrhuber, J. & Ward, A. "Live Coding Techniques for Laptop Performance", Organised Sound 8(3): pp 321-30

Selected semi-improvised talks and concerts

21st July 2007, Presentation at the LOSS-livecode festival in Sheffield, 'Live Coding of Human Action'.

9th June 2007, Galapagos Art Space. N.Collins versus N.Collins. Live circuit building versus live coding. N.Collins wins N.Collins cup for one year, rematch in 2008.

Sept 2005. Interaction with Musical Instruments Panel (headed by Joel Chadabe) ICMC2005. I presented TOPLAP

Sept 2005. Nick Collins vs Ge Wang, live coding bout Off-ICMC

Feb 2005. Transmediale, Berlin, talk with TOPLAP and 10 laptop live coding jam for Club Transmediale in Maria am Ostbahnhof.

Nov 2004. Ultrasound festival, Huddersfield, talk on TOPLAP and performance.

Aug 2004. Presentations and gigs for TOPLAP at README, Aarhus, Denmark.

Feb 2003 Live audio programming symposium, organised by Julian Rohrhuber, Hamburg

June 2003. Fabrice Mogini and Nick Collins live coding duet at the Royal College of Art Bar, London.

Links

The TOPLAP wiki site has many live coding resources; we set up TOPLAP at 2am during an anagram competition in a smoky bar in Hamburg on Feb 15th 2004...

The first TOPLAP CD "A prehistory of live coding" was released July 2007, curated by Alex McLean, Julian Rohrhuber and myself.

I've been experimenting a little with live coding without computers, in an improv session with Brighton based group 'In Sand' on May 7th 2007, and in some experiments with choreographer Teresa Prima at the Stockhausen summer school 7-15th July 2007