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,

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Ingo <ingo@miamiwave.com> wrote:

Sorry Marco,

but I can see that you have never played jazz!

Ingo

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Von: Marco Donnarumma [mailto:devel@thesaddj.com]
Gesendet: Montag, 20. Juni 2011 13:43
An: Ingo
Cc: pd-list@iem.at

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

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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