Re: Improvising vs. composing

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dan.....while playing with KLUTTER (a little all improve trio) i found that i got dissatisfied with the total "all improv" action.....very much fun and very freeing, transendant at times! yet, i found that i needed some structure, thus my totally anal solo live looping schtick which gives me the ability to improvise over mad structure (which can evolve in and of itself).....some of you out in loop-land have heard a portion of the KLUTTER material, we only played about ten times total and just about all of it was recorded, a small portion of it drek and a bunch of "wow, i have never played like that before and it sounds kind-o-neat, even to me".....but i run into that wall of "what can i play now that i haven't played before " all too quickly.....TY MOYER the drummer is the driving force in KLUTTER, he hates structure, so most of the time i would try to play to the drums, "bring the loop to him" when it worked it sounded good when it didn't, a fast case of loop kill.....there is no need to separate improv from comp, meld the two together.....
 
AFTER MANY DELIGHTFUL POSTS AROUND THIS TOPIC 
dan said<<I think I don’t participate in musical community as much as I should— it makes things much less scary and weird.>>

that's why i love threads like this! way more interesting IMHO than the "how do you do a "backward sus 4 undo whaka whaka" on the old VXM-657.....thanks for bringing this up dan.....great "thinking" fun.....and dan, if you want "scary and weird" go to one of the many CALI LOOPFESTS that pop up.....:).....michael