RE: [microsound] microvising

[Gunnar Garness <ggarness@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----------Original Message-----
-----From: taylor deupree [mailto:taylor@xxxxxxx]
-----Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 10:17 AM
-----To: microsound
-----Subject: RE: [microsound] microvising

-----i've done a few improv releases.. and try to improvise as much as
-----possible when i play live.. but mostly i prefer to make
-----much of the
-----arranging and program an exact fragment-by-fragment science.. to
-----really be deliberate with every grain.

I associate the best improvisation with an artist who has become
un-selfconscious with their instrument of choice.  Can you be so attuned to
the nuances of your software and it's physical interface that this is
possible?  I have learned to use 3d modeling and drafting software on the
fly as a design tool after a steep learning curve of eight years or so.  But
still there is a freedom that isn't there with a simple sketching pen and
paper.  Is their something inherent in the use of laptops as instruments
that inhibits truly inspired improvisation.  Do attempts at it in the field
of computerized music often turn into an unfocused and self indulgent
noodling?

Gunnar