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hi, well at my last gig,,,i used a video loop as well,,,i recorded about 20 minutes of UFO footage (shot with home cameras,,,by normal ma & pa types),,,this footage played silent ,,,while i made live music,,,,the video looped 3 times..my intent was to take the audience's attention off of me,,,and place it on the video monitor,,,and allow me to provide a canvas of music and sound,,,it worked ok,,,but i might not try it again,,,i already have too much equipment as it is (the geek factor)... james"gradually going tornado" rhodes At 11:18 PM 8/11/97 -0700, you wrote: > I did a project years ago which combined loop music with video, though >it >was never finished due to some extenuating circumstances, the concept and >workingresult came off much better than we'd expected. I think loops and >video can work wonderfully together. I've toyed with the idea for quite >some time off putting together a performance which involved loop music, >video or slides with dance and/or performance art. I got this idea after >opening for Jilly Smithe who did a wonderful spoken-word performance with >slides and musical accompaniment. I was really bothered that I couldn't >move around or dance during some of the loops as I was "leashed" to my >equiptment. As far as the direction of looping is concerned, I think it >may involve more combinations of musical styles which weren't previously >put together as fusion has done. I also see it branching out into other >musical styles as well which it is already doing. The instrumentation is >also becomming more and more diverse, and I think this will only continue. >Couple these ideas with multi-media and movement, and we really have a lot >to look forward to... > >smiles, > >Corynne > >At 08:40 PM 3/7/98 -0500, you wrote: >>buzzard wrote: >>>Well... people have talked before about the >>possibility of visual accompaniment for loops... >>I've always been pretty down on the idea because >>visual looping pretty much has to be static >>(I think video feedback might be more analogous)... >>but there _is_ an industry of visual "loops" [1]... >>so if you really want we could connect this >>topic back to looping I'm sure...< >> >>Hey, our band sometimes plays with a video *scratcher* >>who mixes his stuff on top of our music. He works with >>pre-recorded cut-up videos and "blends" them together. >>Anybody else doing this? Interestingly, people come up >>to us after the show saying that they understood >>all sorts of symbolic stuff etc. - none of which was intended. >>It seems that *loopy* music fits really well with videos - I >>hope that it has nothing to do with said auduence's >>substance abuse/ overuse. People just make their own >>associations between image and sound - fascinating. >> >>Rob >> >> >> >> > > > >