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At 7:02 PM -0700 6/3/02, Andre LaFosse wrote: >My use of the word "technique," in this case, refers simply to the >technique of looping audio. It's by no means the only thing I'm >interested in (whether in looping or in music in general), but to me >that's the core of a "looping scene," such as there is one. I view looping in three ways: 1) as a technique of real time composition that is based on cyclic processes, 2) as an extension of collage technique brought into the temporal realm, and 3) as part or a larger practice of electroacoustic composition and performance. All three have their aethetic and technical sides. > > Does that mean our Web site is too fancy? > >My conclusions here were drawn after going through some of the pages at >the group's web site, and more specifically looking at some of the >criteria for submitting compositions for the salons. My impression, >after having read through the information, was that written music >manuscripts (or at least a recording of a fixed musical work) had to be >handed in to a committe, which would then determine whether or not this >was something that was viable for a formal presentation to the group >in general. The way it works is, you make a proposal to the Salon committee and they put you in the queue. I'm not aware of anyone having been rejected. It may take a year to get programmed, though, because we do them only once every other month and there are only three artists per program. The next Salon is this coming Sunday 2-5 at Rocco, 6320 Santa Monica Blvd, Hollywood. I won't be there because I'll be in Boston, but it looks like a good program. >It also struck me that the orientation of the site seemed to point >primarily towards academic work, composition grants, "new music," >and the like. Hey, it's all "new music." As for the grants, it's a great program! I got a grant specifically to buy an 8-channel surround sound system. >Your reaction here is...: "Yes, I use a lot of the relevant tools, >but the requirements of entry seem too specific and strict for me to >comfortably fit in." I don't worry too much about "comfort" or "fitting in." I belong to a lot of different online and real world communities. Not all of them overlap and I'm often a bit of an outsider. Variety is good. >But is that something that a guy in Chicago would be able to tap into in >an appreciably greater way by living here, rather than just staying >subscribed to this list and flying out for a few looping festivals every >year? Probably not, but there are a lot of other benefits to living in California. On the other hand, Chicago is a great town and has certain advantages over the West Coast (the weather not being one of these, however_. -- ______________________________________________________________ Richard Zvonar, PhD (818) 788-2202 http://www.zvonar.com http://RZCybernetics.com http://www.cybmotion.com/aliaszone http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=rz