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I think that we are agreeing here. You've built up technique and vocabulary over the years that stands you in good stead when you need to empty your brain. If you never did any of it, you would be so caught up in the mundane details that you wouldn't be able to spontaneously create. I think this affects each of the elements of your equation. I certainly think that trying to recreate spontaneous moments is a complete waste of time. The practice is in the process rather than the results. Where I have let myself go is in improvising with the electronics, so it will be interesting. Even having a sense of the wiring is a challenge, given that I want to be able to effect loops and loop effects, etc. Edwin >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