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Since I started looping and playing mostly improvisational, spontaneously composed performances, I don't practice or rehearse for them...I'm not lying. I find that it ruins the moment of improv. I like to enter the stage with my mind as clear as possible. My ears (knowing how to hear tonal centers, modulations, complex harmonies, keys, etc) and years of technique from playing jazz and progressive rock (reacting quickly and being able to play the guitar and express what I hear in my head with my eyes closed) do the rest for me. I just sit down, press the Record button on my EDP controller and play my heart out. I do the same thing when I play with my partner, a didjeridu player and percussionists. I just start playing, and he reacts....and visa versa. Taste + Technique + Listening are the only ingredients I need lately. Krispen http://www.krispenhartung.com --- Edwin Hurwitz <edwin@indra.com> wrote: > Anyone who says you don't have rehearse > improvisation is lying and improv with looping is even more > challenging. My rig has changed so much from the last time I did one > of these that half the battle will be reconfiguring it for > improvisation, effects wise. > I felt I had to do it, unprepared as I am, as Penny Lane is closing > next month and they have been a great venue for alternative > performances (including many by Beat Poets back in the day). I also > feel pretty safe in announcing this as I know most of you can't make > it! > > Loop on! > -- > > Edwin Hurwitz > Boulder CO > http://www.indra.com/~edwin > http://www.cafemontalban.com Location Recording Services > >