I am a Community Creative working with digital technology based in South Cumbria.
A composer and improvisor working with mobile and online technology, pushing the boundaries of digital technology and off the peg electronics in improvised music for many years. I became the first Cumbrian composer in the British Music Collection in 2014. I work with my environment: from the use of field recordings to experiments of live remote performances in odd places using phone technology.
My practice has grown to incorporate visuals, which like my sound work is based in improvisation and my environment. I have been involved in a number of site-specific multi-media performances from Barcelona to a tour of British seaside towns.
I am an experienced workshop leader and specialise in creative technology, working with the community, schools and arts organisations to get the best creative use out of new technology.
This has seen augmented reality exhibitions in primary schools, internet radio broadcasts from 18th century water mills, comics about Vikings, animations, film making, photography and online blogging.
I also lead workshops in group improvisation and graphic scoring.
Space Is The Place
I DJ on local community radio station CandoFM. The show is called Space Is The Place, featuring 2 hours of music without borders. I share the presenting duties with Steve Robson. You can tune in live on 106.3 FM or online. Links to our Social Media
Latest News
A few years ago I was doing a series of live broadcasts of improvisations from interesting places. Some were solo and some were as Hugs Bison with @philpowell - great fun to do
Playlist: 09-09-2021
Archive: www.mixcloud.com/SpaceIsThePlaceRadioShow/space-is-the-place-09-09-2021/ originally broadcast on @cando.fm
Postman was very good today. Arrived on the mat - new @lowtheband album and new @santasprees album. Both utterly wonderful and strange and heartfelt.
Listen to @spaceistheplaceradioshow at 11pm tonight on @cando.fm - tonight is Steve at the controls and the playlist is fantastic. We’ll be on all the socials telling you how to get hold of all the music we play as always #communityradio #musicwithoutborders #steveatthecontrols
New show up on Mixcloud nowPlaylist: 26-08-2021
Archive: www.mixcloud.com/SpaceIsThePlaceRadioShow/space-is-the-place-26-08-2021/
Last night’s show uploaded. Lots of quality music, a bit of blabberPlaylist: 01-07-2021 featuring @strutrecords @happypeoplerecords @577records @ztapes @roughtrade @wewantsounds @iheartnoise
Archive: www.mixcloud.com/SpaceIsThePlaceRadioShow/space-is-the-place-01-07-2021/
Celebrating a friend on what would would have been her birthday.
This album is no big statement or requiem. Just two friends making music together again. All the tracks are built from samples of Ali singing that she contributed to my albums over the years. All is improvised from those building blocks and created in the spirit of acceptance and love.
Miss you xx
All tracks by Shaun Blezard (Electronics) & Ali Rigg (Voice) - Available pay what you want pay what you can - clutter.bandcamp.com/album/return-to-hela-parc
Previewing the new Bags of Love release tomorrowThis Friday sees the release of the 3rd Bags of Love album. A series of compilations raising money for Barrow Foodbank - Tomorrow we will be previewing 5 tracks : Sad-Eyed Puffins, Mitch Walsh Music, Big Dwarf Band, The Spiratones & Valparaiso listen in from 11pm on CandoFM
Look at all this lotThis week we have a preview of the new Bags of Love album in aid of Barrow Foodbank plus another local treat with JD & SWERVE with Theatre Factory and the anthem for youth. All this plus Hive Mind Records, The Maisonettes, Linear Obsessional Recordings Moon Glyph, black midi and much more CandoFM #musicwithoutborders #communityradio
If you have a few seconds help us name the Age UK Digital Inclusion Project - just one question
Can you spare a few moments to take my survey?
www.surveymonkey.co.uk
Please take the survey titled "Age UK Barrow & District - Digital Inclusion Project Name". Your feedback is important!Tonight at 7pm - I got a track on the ever wonderful A Duck In A Tree radio show 🙂Tonight at 19:00 (UTC+0): 'Outwith the Kingdom of the Grey', the new edition of our radio show, A Duck in a Tree – broadcast by Resonance 104.4 FM on FM and DAB in London and online worldwide.
resonancefm.com/
A number of fellow arts workers have talked about Union membership. I’m an MU member but wanted to be part of a Union when I work in events management and such things. I have now joined Unite. Feels good. They also do Community Members if you are unemployed and such like.
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people or changed who can see it, or it's been deleted.Tomorrow - are you 55 or over and enjoy a simple sing-along?Tomorrow we have our first Singing with Julia session.
The session is open from 10:30am with singing starting around 11am for half an hour or so.
Lyrics will be shared on screen so all you need to do is either join the Age UK Barrow Digital Inclusion Project members group or email shaun.blezard@ageukbarrow.org.uk to get the zoom link.
