[microsound] Live Improv - et al.

[Rob Rickner <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> How odd. A very similar discussion came up a week or
> so back on a list for bay area improvisers - sparked
> by this (IMHO somewhat ignorant) piece -
> http://www.onefinalnote.com/columns/2004/eai/
>  
I read the piece - interesting I guess.  I guess I do really think that 
"some" microsound is tedious and repetative.  But really why scrap the 
whole genre - in high school I had 100 punk albums that all sounded the 
same - and I loved them all.

However, a note on the live laptop problem.  The audience can't connect 
- they can't see how the musician is "playing" the laptop.  I pluck a 
string and everyone knows what's going on.  I click my mouse and...

So - a solution.  Let the audience play!  The audience generally doesn't 
understand - but that doesn't have to be the case.  I envision gigantic 
knobs and sliders (think muppet show).  Some sliders go to the audience 
- some are played in the traditional manner.  Of course you'd need 
someone to make sure the gearheads don't hog the sliders - but it could 
be cool!

I had this sorta bad trance loop set up that I was playing around with a 
few years back - a friend wandered over, I pointed out the filter knobs 
and poof!  Interaction!

I know lexanculpt has had 'amateurs' fool around with his patches to get 
samples and ideas - but has anyone tried this live?

I realize this assumes that the much of the real work is setting up the 
patches - but that's how I think of what I do.  Once I get everything 
set up - almost every combination of sliders is cool.  Really the 
musician would be best off with knobs that help preserve balance (and 
prevent silence) - like a conductor of an orchestra (sort of).

Rob

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