Re: new experimental music project

[Brian Good <bsgood@adelphia.net>]

nico spahni wrote:
> I'm working on a new experimental music project by the name of CAM 
> (Coincidental Audio Manipulation). This is the concept in a nutshell:
> 
> An improvising musician and a sound manipulator interact musically with 
> each other in real-time.
> 
> Here are some first attempts with two piano players:
> 
> http://www.recpro.ch/mp3/sylvie_leideritz_and_cam_1.mp3
> http://www.recpro.ch/mp3/sylvie_leideritz_and_cam_2.mp3
> http://www.recpro.ch/mp3/alain_bollag_and_cam.mp3
> 
> I find the idea of looping someone else rather intriguing. Both 
> participants (the looper and the loopee :-) can explore new musical 
> territories that would have remained unapproachable by playing on their 
> own. Also, I can fully concentrate on sound processing while a musician 
> does the playing.
> 
> Do you think this project is worth persuing? Is there anyone who has 
> worked in a similar direction? I'd love to hear about your sonic 
>ventures.

I did something similar two or three years ago. I fed my soprano sax 
into Tim Walters' laptop, and he did all kinds of real-time damage with 
a bunch of Supercollider code he had written. Unlike your stuff, it was 
monophonic, but Tim's processing was so creative that the results were 
still interesting, at least to my ears.


Brian