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Re: musings/ramblings
Wow, never have I heard a more succinct description of the looping process!
Nice!
Mark Sottilaro
Dennis Leas wrote:
> All the talk about right brain vs. left brain, technology vs. art, seeing
> vs. hearing, MIDI balls, MIDI foot switches, etc seems oddly related, to
>me.
>
> I am just finishing a large looping programming project, the Looper
> Construction Kit, which I'm sure to talk about lots more in a few weeks.
> While intensely working on it, I felt like I was in a state of mind
>rather
> opposite to when I improvise music. Kind of a right/left brain thing.
> Programming sometimes seems all structure and discipline. Extremely low
> entropy stuff, nothing left to chance. Highly goal driven activity in
>that
> you clearly imagine the goal then work directly towards it. As opposed
>to
> improvising, where I never feel like I know where I am or where I'm going
> until I get there. And then I don't care *where I am now* because I'm
> always looking towards the horizon.
>
> And there seems to be a kind of yin/yang balance between total chaos and
> total order. I see this especially in our looping tools. The EDP, for
> example, represents an ordering force. Even if I create total random
>noise
> (is there such a thing?), when I loop it, it becomes rhythmic and hence
> structured. The EDP imposes a order, in particular with the new sync
> features of Loop IV.
>
> Our loopers are like our partners. They're the law-and-order
>accountants.
> They pay attention to the details, freeing us from the mundane for the
>more
> creative work as we play.
>
> In the preparation phase, we expend our ordering efforts. We program our
> loopers, footswitches, etc for our anticipated needs just as we train our
> fingers, arms, hands, and voices. In the performance phase, we depend on
> our prior work for our creative process. With technology, I can depend
>on
> somebody else's prior work like a fulcrum for my creative efforts.
>
> Time for more coffee...
>
> Dennis Leas
> -------------------
> dennis@mail.worldserver.com
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