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Re: -On the idea of playing digital watches and such...
GREAT IDEA.
Dennis Leas wrote:
> > -Speaking of digital watches, at a mostly acoustic jam onece, during
>a
> > particularly crazed and dissonant excursion, I was suddenly possessed
>of
> > the idea to play my cell phone.
> > . . .
>
> You might enjoy/use something I discovered a few years ago. I posted it
>but
> it's been a while so I'll repeat it (naturally)!
>
> Context: My improv group did a performance called "It's for You"
>featuring
> cell phones, answering machines, etc. We used a bunch of cell phone
>donated
> by a local Cellular One office. Typically, we would call each other
>during
> the performance.
>
> Discovery: I noticed that there is quite a delay between speaking into a
> cell phone and when the speech comes out the other end. So I took two
>cell
> phones and called one from the other. Then I held them head to foot (to
> speak politely) so that the earphone of one was aimed at the mic of the
> other and vice versa. Instant looper!. The sound would recirculate with
> acoustic/electronic feedback. I held the conglomerate up to a mic to
>put it
> in the PA.
>
> Dennis Leas
> -------------------
> dennis@mail.worldserver.com