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Re: Practice, rehearse, perform



I'm also a big fan of structured improvisation, especially in a group
setting.
Does anyone else have any "rules" that they find useful?
We often jam over a random arpeggio (a sort of midi loop) that defines a 
key
and tempo.
I suppose that audio loops can be used the same way.

Clifford Novey wrote:

> 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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