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At 9:21 AM -0700 10/6/01, Gary Lehmann wrote: >This is an interesting coincidence. I am returning to San Diego and I see >that Derek Bailey is performing there at the Spruce Street Forum in >October I see that he's playing with George Lewis. One of the most interesting performances I ever mixed sound for was for George Lewis at the Claxon Sound Festival in Utrecht in 1983. This was one of George's interactive computer improvisation pieces, in which his computer software "listened" to improvising performers and responded in a variety of ways. The soloists in this case were George Lewis (trombone), Joelle Leandre (double bass), and Derek Bailey (guitar). The computer system could listen to only one performer at a time, so it was constantly switching between them. The MIDI output controlled three Yamaha DX7 synthesizers. I've heard several performances of George's interactive music, and this was certainly the best. It was particularly fun for me to mix because it was so dense and active, with musical "gems" coming in rapid succession from each of the soloists. Because the three instruments were so timbrally distinct from each other it was relatively easy to identify each player quickly and to bring them up and down in the mix quickly. I recommend you go to the Spruce Street gig. I'm rather torn. I'll be in Orange County that afternoon, attending a panel discussion (in which George Lewis is participating), then there's a Tan Dun concert that night. -- ______________________________________________________________ Richard Zvonar, PhD (818) 788-2202 http://www.zvonar.com http://RZCybernetics.com http://www.cybmotion.com/aliaszone http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=rz