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I'll reply below, K? CQ At 03:09 PM 9/21/02 -0300, you wrote: >Goddess said: > >>Matthias, excellent post! > >thank you! > >> -I like contact improv, but on the dancers' side of it. > >hmm... I suspected... > >>I've not played for one, but have thought for some time of >>incorporating it into my own live performance, in the form of >interpretive >>dance and such, but being teathered to guitar, mic, controllers and such >is >>not real conducive to it. ICK!!! lol! > >I dont understand ICK... I just meant some expression like Yuck, or something similar. I sometimes say "Ick!..." >Right, you can put the guitar down and dance to your loop! Especially >interesting if you dont play alone, so another musician can play with >your dancing... I tend to play solo when looping live, save recently. -and since that's the case, I'm always adding music to a loop almost constantly> >It seems to me that contact improv is rather a set of roules and >exercises to make people aware than a style to be shown on stage. I'm thinking more of the idea of improv itself in the form of a more physical expression in movement along with the music. -Basing it on what I might do in contact... >Someone who went through such school can just improvise free, no? Yes, I do anyway to an extent, but not nearly as much as I'd like to, for my previous reasons. > >> In your case, have you thought possibly of giving the dancers >noise-maky >>thingies and sampling them as they move? It might be nice to loop what >>comes out of that. I like moving in rhythm with noisy bracelets or bells >>or such. It's a lot of fun, and can be quite musical. > >good idea! >they do participate with stepping, clapping, even singing sometimes, >but I did not think of looping that. But: how would you do it without >creating feed back? Simple, eliminate the dry signal, and then simply keep the delayed or looped signal. -or, use two shotgun mics or very directional mics, and place the speakers right behind them. I'd prefer eliminating the direct signal though. Have a wonderful weekend! Smiles, CQ >-- > > > ---> http://Matthias.Grob.org > > --- "The only things I really think are important, are love, and eachother. -Then, anything is possible..." http://home.earthlink.net/~thefates Please visit The Guitar Cafe. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the-guitar-cafe