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BTW, here is the link to my performance at the
Seattle "Is That Jazz?" festival this last week.
I tried something different this time. I hooked my
cell phone up to my audio interface, so that anything that came out of it would
be proocessed and looped like my guitar. Then I put a sign on the stage with my
cell phone number. As I entered the stage, I instructed the audience that if
they were so inclined they could call my number, make noises, push buttons,
talk, whistle, etc, and that not only would it come through the PA, but I would
interact with it to make it a collaborative performance.
Well, it was a total success and loads of
fun! I got tons of calls from the approximately 50 or so audiences
members, and all the calls were processed and randomly looped along with my
guitar. There were many times when I was actually playing duo with an unknown
audience member for 2-3 minutes. It was so much fun, and it made me laugh and
smile many times during the performance. Some folks even sent me text messages
with humorous comments, or asking me to do something again, etc.
Anyway, it was just a test to see if it would work.
I now plan to assign different tones to my text messages and calls, so that
I can write a max/msp patch that will do different things with those signals,
like looping, or turning on a certain effect and so on. I've already
written a patch that will convert a cell phone call into randomly changing my
effect selection. Lots of potential here.
Kris
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