Unfortunately not Ingo. Would love to. I play regularly electroacoustic free improv. So perphaps we are talking a different language?
Could you elaborate your answer? If I'm missing something about the innovation of that work I'd be glad to learn :) Thanks, M On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Ingo <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry Marco, > > but I can see that you have never played jazz! > > Ingo > > ________________________________________ > Von: Marco Donnarumma [mailto:[email protected]] > Gesendet: Montag, 20. Juni 2011 13:43 > An: Ingo > Cc: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [PD] Pd performance at TED > > Ingo, > thanks for your explanation, I think to understand how he's playing. > > > The movement looks to me secondary - it's more like a dance movement and > not > too much music control. > > This might be a very personal take, but if movement is secondary in > gestural > control, why one uses gestural control at all? > I believe that effective and ancillary gestures are what reinforce our > perception of an instrument as a musical tool, rather than a mere "device". > Imho many gestural controllers would benefit of a better focus on this > aspect. > > How would you play such melodic lines (like those jazz licks) - in time - > simply with gestural control? > > Setting an array of preset chords, triggering them with multiple switches, > deploying a timeline which holds the trigger until the onset of the next > beat or quarter, etc... > I guess the list here could come up with many other methods. > I'm not saying that's trivial, I only think that it's not the "future" as > it > is presented in the video. > > How would you improvise on scales, pattern or > harmonic structures? After all he's a jazz player calling his music "beat > jazz". > > What do you call improvisation in this case? > How much is he improvising? > I can imagine he's "improvising" with the melodic lines, but playing > samples > and presets chords doesn't match my own definition of improvisation. > > cheers, > M > > > > > > -- > Marco Donnarumma > Independent New Media and Sonic Arts Professional, Performer, Instructor > ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing) > The University of Edinburgh, UK > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com > Lab: http://www.thesaddj.com | http://cntrl.sourceforge.net | > http://www.flx > er.net > Event: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net > > > -- Marco Donnarumma Independent New Media and Sonic Arts Professional, Performer, Instructor ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing) The University of Edinburgh, UK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com Lab: http://www.thesaddj.com | http://cntrl.sourceforge.net | http://www.flxer.net Event: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net
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