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Currently AVicious is working on better mapping techniques for projections. Video Projections Tools 3.1c was released in April of 2009 by HC Gilje and provides some new user friendly ways to map projections quickly and efficiently. Our next test will involve working with the cue list portion and also adding some MIDI mapped to OSC control.

Check out Video Projection Tools:

Transfer and AVicious are hitting the road fresh off of the heels of their successful SXSW tour last month. The tour will bookend San Diego dates and officially kick off on April 14th at the Soda Bar and wrap up May 1st at the Casbah. Word is that if you want to see AVicious and Transfer in San Diego, you need to get to one of these shows as the band are currently in the final stages of recording their second full-length album. Produced by the band with bassist/engineer, Shaun Cornell, mixed by Mark Needham, (Killers, Bloc Party, Chris Isaac), inspired by the coyote howls and cricket bows of their surroundings at their hillside studio in North San Diego. They plan to debut some new material from the record which is set to release on their label, OBSCURE MAGPIE RECORDS in July of 2009.

Joining AVicious and Transfer on the road will be the Tucson band Holy Rolling Empire.

Here is a list of the the cities upcoming on the Transfer Tour:

April 15th, Silverlake, CA: Spaceland
April 16th, Monterey, CA: Monterey Live
April 17th, Chico, CA: Nick’s Night Club
April 18th, Weed, CA: College of the Siskiyous
April 19th, Corning, CA: Veterans Hall
April 20th, Redding, CA: Downtown Eatery
April 22nd, Portland, OR: Dante’s
April 23rd, Portland, OR: Red Room
April 24th, Seattle, WA: Tractor Tavern
April 25th, Bellingham, WA: The Rogue Hero
April 26th, Seattle, WA: The High Dive
April 28th, Sacramento, CA: Harlow’s
April 29th, Chico, CA: LaSalles
April 30th, Long Beach, CA: The Old Prospector
May 1st, San Diego, CA: The Casbah

AVicious will be blogging, tweeting and ustreaming throughout the tour so check out www.AVicio.us for updates throughout the tour.

AVicious, fresh off a 14-hr party at SXSW, fly into San Diego to perform Glorybound Productions’ first ever “All Systems Go” at the Ruby Room. This episode shows the weary travelers making their way through the airport and to the club as well as performing with DJ Groundfloor and DJ’s Istatic.

Born out of a basement rehearsal space in Baghdad, Acrassicauda (Latin for “Black Scorpion”) is Iraq’s only heavy metal band. Tutored by music instructor and guitar virtuoso Saad “Yngwie” Say and inspired by western bands like Metallica, Slayer and Slipknot, they began writing and playing metal in 2001. They soon learned that their dream of performing live in Iraq was going to be no easy task.

Original members Firas (bass), Tony (lead guitar), Marwan (drums), Faisal (rhythm guitar) and Waleed (lead vocals) were only able to play 3 shows before the war started in 2003. Soon after, Waleed retired from the band and fled the country, leaving Faisal to fill the void of lead singer. Due to increased security precautions throughout Iraq, it became difficult to practice or even get through a show without serious problems. As the situation worsened in Baghdad they began receiving death threats from insurgent groups and religious fundamentalists accusing them of Satan-worship. Eventually, it proved impossible to find any venue that was safe to perform in.

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We were riding around on bikes during a day off at SXSW and stopped in for a beer at a joint near a friend’s house only to stumble onto some San Diego friends. M-Theory owner Eric Howarth was there with some of his bands and so I caught this performance by Lady Dottie & the Diamonds, jumped back on the bike and headed out to see more music. This so happened to be one of the best days I have had in a very long time.

Checked out Create Digital Motion this morning and was happy to see that the new Video Projection Tools v3.1 was release with MIDI & OSC programming available. I have been playing with it all morning and I have to say that it’s a simple and effective mapping tool. The best part – IT’S FREE.

Check out the project at HC Gigle’s website Video Projection Tools. Big thanks to him for posting it and letting us in to configure it to our own needs.