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RE: Practice, rehearse, perform



My friend and I arrived at a similar idea when working on a concept
based composition. It is 30 min- 3 min each on the diff branches of the
Quaballic (sp) tree of life symbol. Originally we planned on it being
100% improv each time- however as time went on we found ourselves
agreeing that certain things that we created were worth keeping in
future performances- things like "at the beginning of this section
player A creates a loop/bed of low rumbling tones while player B plays
ascending single notes" etc. I am still using this concept and find it
very useful. It allows for some structure you can follow but in no way
predetermines what exactly you will play. It fits rather nicely with
many loop techniques as the process by which you may create your loop/s
is known in advance while WHAT you will create is not. I really like the
idea. 

Cliff

www.om-studios.com


-----Original Message-----
From: ernesto schnack [mailto:schnack@mailbolt.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 10:44 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Practice, rehearse, perform

On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 08:40:49 -0800, "Mark" <sine@zerocrossing.net> said:
> I'm thinking of abandoning my 100% (except for drums sequences) improv
> method of live
> music because I'm realizing that it's just too hard to be "there" all
the
> time. 

I had a bit of an epiphany about this last night. I tend go for 100%
improv too, but it's so hit and miss...I realized that I tend to
gravitate towards certain patterns, so I could make "process
compositions".  Something like "For this piece, I'm gonna record a short
chord, then switch to reverse and add some harmonics. Then I'll pass
them
through a filter..." and so on.  So the action would always be the same
and would make up the "composition" but the notes would be improvised. 
Of course I don't see myself following that strictly, but it's a nice
way
to have a gameplan and have a little consistency...I think...I haven't
actually tried it yet...

Ernesto

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