Re: Studio recording - breaking patterns - ideas?

["David Kirkdorffer" <vze2ncsr@verizon.net>]

Peter -

Thanks for your very kind words.  Hopefully soon you may have a chance to
check out the fruits of my 07/07/07 recording activities.
If you liked the Super-Cannes CD you have, I have a treat for you next time
we connect.  :-)

David

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "p koniuto" <peter@RedSunSoundroom.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: Studio recording - breaking patterns - ideas?


>
> David,
>
> Just catching up on some e-mail, so this may be a bit
> late...
>
> For one, i'll chime in and cheer on your studio efforts
> to date.  I *really* enjoy all three records of yours i have
> (two from UNDO and one from Super-Cannes).  Many people with
> whom i have shared your music have really been knocked out
> with it.
>
> So, bravo!  Go into your next recording session knowing
> listeners of diverse walks of life are charged by your music.
>
> Second, i can offer that i believe most of us go into the
> studio thinking, at least on some level, we are doing
> something for posterity's sake, that this should last, it
> should speak to generations, it is carved in stone, it's what
> we are leaving the world.
>
> However much or little truth to any of that there may be,
> LEAVE IT AT THE THE STUDIO DOOR WHEN YOU WALK IN.
>
> It's not easy, for many of us are paying a good chunk to record,
> or at the very least, making ourselves vulnerable within that
> moment of creation (the very definition of artist, to me)--it
> costs us, one way or another, and we feel we need a lasting
> return on our investment.
>
> At the risk of sounding like i am preaching the Buddhist doctrine,
> i say embrace the *impermancence* of what you are doing when you
> go in to record.  "Shiver!--the Record button is on!"  Forget
> about it already.  It's NOT going to capture who you are and what
> you do no matter what, it'll only be a snapshot, so accept that
> and have fun.  Ever seen a still image of log rollers?--it's quite
> a different thing in motion, especially when you're doing the
> rolling.  That's being the artist, and the best an audience can
> expect from a recording is that still image.  Roll on anyway!
> The "still image" you leave behind will be better for it.
>
> Third, if you are particularly worried about repeating certain
> patterns, i encourage you to immerse yourself in music very
> foreign to your own but that speaks to you just before recording.
> Bring it into the studio even.  I saw Terry Bozzio do this with
> a field recording of Senegalese tribal drummers.  He couldn't
> possibly replicate what they were doing, but it put him in a
> different place, it threw him in the deep end, if you will.
> Personally, i've done it with Steve Reich recordings, Thai
> classical music, the latest in Top 40 slick pop.  Try Judy
> Garland, play it on 10.
>
> I've blathered on...
>
> Let me say just one other thing: it's GREAT NEWS to hear you
> are heading back into the studio, David!  Let us all know when
> you feel you have something new to share.
>
> Best,
> Peter
>
> ______________________________
> Peter Koniuto
> Creative Recordist - Composer
> Red Sun Soundroom
> Niskayuna, NY
>
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>
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> peter AT RedSunSoundroom.com
> ______________________________
>
>
> >     On Jun 30, 2007, at 2:55 AM, David Kirkdorffer wrote:
> >
> >
> >       Hi -
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >       I'm going into studio next weekend to record.  Over the years 
>I've
> > fallen
> >
> >       into patterns.  I'd like to try something different.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >       Past efforts can be heard here: http://www.myspace.com/undomusic
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >       And this is a great community for sharing ideas.  What are some
> > concepts or
> >
> >       strategies you've used to break out of your patterns?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >       Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >       David
> >
> >
> >
>