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I totally hear you! I just played my first live gig in about 2 years and boy in hind sight I wish I'd have had another month to prepare! I'd decided to create new material for it and I believe that was part of my mistake. On the bright side I got a bunch of new stuff created and it's actually inspired me to drop live improv and go for something that's closer to how someone like Amy X or Andre Lafosse does live looping. Why? I realize that most of the shows I really walk away from and enjoy are ones that are probably 80% precomposed... so why aren't I making that kind of music myself? I used to... many moons ago. I think the freedom the JamMan/Sequencer gave me made me really interested in this sort of totally improvised music. Hell, it's really fun to do... but from the perspective of the audience, do they care (and by audience, I don't mean your other looping friends) I just have realized that the more I plan out a piece (usually by extensive studio improvisation) the better the audience seems to recieve it. I partly realize this because a friend of mine moved to the SF area and we used to play together. I remember the shows we did and the CD we put together and I realize that I've not created anything like that since I left NY. I think it's time to move back to that way of performing. Hell, if anything, it sure is a lot easier! While the trade off may be missing some of those happy accidents, hopefully it will result in missing some of those unhappy accidents too. Mark --- Edwin Hurwitz <edwin@indra.com> wrote: > I will be doing a looping show at Penny Lane Coffee > house here in > Boulder on Wednesday. It's been several years since > I have done one, > so it will be a challenge. Anyone who says you don't > have rehearse > improvisation is lying and improv with looping is > even more > challenging. My rig has changed so much from the > last time I did one > of these that half the battle will be reconfiguring > it for > improvisation, effects wise. > I felt I had to do it, unprepared as I am, as Penny > Lane is closing > next month and they have been a great venue for > alternative > performances (including many by Beat Poets back in > the day). I also > feel pretty safe in announcing this as I know most > of you can't make > it! > > Loop on! > -- > > Edwin Hurwitz > Boulder CO > http://www.indra.com/~edwin > http://www.cafemontalban.com Location Recording > Services > >