Re: [microsound] microvising...and structures

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> << In improv isn't the emphasis on musical communication between musicians,
> acting/reacting to what what is being played by others?  >>
>
> I'd agree that in improv collaborations, communication on a conscious or
> subconscious level is integral, but much of the best laptop improv is
> performed solo.

Yes, good point... I was thinking more of an ensemble situation.



> I think the kind of improvisation I'm trying to get at is more of a
> "disciplined impulse."  Yes, I agree, we cannot escape our influences.  What
> I'm speaking of doesn't deny that fact.  This kind of improvisation comes
> from a level of comfort that one achieves with their instrument through
> years of experience.  This intimate knowledge of the instrument produces
> work with a different meaning and a different focus from composed works.

This is more what I'm thinking of as well. There are ways to prepare 
for any kind of improv on any instrument (practice, listening to the 
other players, theory, etc.), but the prep on a laptop is somewhat 
different, it seems to me (back to the collage issue)... assembling 
samples, fragments, or even entire "compositions" that are then 
manipulated in some way during performance. Interfaces certainly seem 
to be the answer here (to my concerns/interests, at least), motion 
sensors (for the visceral element) or keyboard environments (like the 
keyolin Jon mentioned), or maybe something yet to come...

Michael

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