Re: musings/ramblings

[sine@zerocrossing.net]

Wow, never have I heard a more succinct description of the looping process!
Nice!

Mark Sottilaro

Dennis Leas wrote:

> All the talk about right brain vs. left brain, technology vs. art, seeing
> vs. hearing, MIDI balls, MIDI foot switches, etc seems oddly related, to 
>me.
>
> I am just finishing a large looping programming project, the Looper
> Construction Kit, which I'm sure to talk about lots more in a few weeks.
> While intensely working on it, I felt like I was in a state of mind 
>rather
> opposite to when I improvise music.  Kind of a right/left brain thing.
> Programming sometimes seems all structure and discipline.  Extremely low
> entropy stuff, nothing left to chance.  Highly goal driven activity in 
>that
> you clearly imagine the goal then work directly towards it.  As opposed 
>to
> improvising, where I never feel like I know where I am or where I'm going
> until I get there.  And then I don't care *where I am now* because I'm
> always looking towards the horizon.
>
> And there seems to be a kind of yin/yang balance between total chaos and
> total order.  I see this especially in our looping tools.  The EDP, for
> example, represents an ordering force.  Even if I create total random 
>noise
> (is there such a thing?), when I loop it, it becomes rhythmic and hence
> structured.  The EDP imposes a order, in particular with the new sync
> features of Loop IV.
>
> Our loopers are like our partners.  They're the law-and-order 
>accountants.
> They pay attention to the details, freeing us from the mundane for the 
>more
> creative work as we play.
>
> In the preparation phase, we expend our ordering efforts.  We program our
> loopers, footswitches, etc for our anticipated needs just as we train our
> fingers, arms, hands, and voices.  In the performance phase, we depend on
> our prior work for our creative process.  With technology, I can depend 
>on
> somebody else's prior work like a fulcrum for my creative efforts.
>
> Time for more coffee...
>
> Dennis Leas
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