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For my fellow aestheticians.... Human Bodies, Computer MusicHuman Bodies, Computer MusicBob OstertagLeonardo Music Journal, Vol. 12, Pleasure (2002), pp. 11-14 I found the whole notion of aesthetic issues surounding live looping in the relationship between the body of the performer and the hyper-instrument (if that term apllies) of the looper. The aspect of performance gestures are emphasied therby opposing a dominant poular aesthetic of a disembodied sound. In the refrnce just cited , Bob has the best written definiton of virtuaosity ive seen. "Art work is a success only if the body ily presnce is felt., if not it is a failure.... He thinks this an important insight:. It is closely related to the issue of virtuaosity by whitch he means. wha happens when someone acquires such facility with an instrumnet or painbrush,, or with anything physically manipulable, that an intelligence and creativity is actualy written into the artists muscles bones and blood and skin and hair. It stops residing only in the brain and goes into the fingers and muscles and arms and legs. His reference to the quote about art is only a success when the physical presnse of a perforer can be felt,, if not it is a failure. I found rather ironic. Live loopers seem to skirt on that edge of failure, or as per says, "my music is.......and sometimes a complete failure". The whole notio of the failures of technology is the central comcept behind glitch music (or post industrial to use cascone terms" and the glitch aesthetic is a very prominant loop within this cmmunity. Apologies for msuicologist babble. best to chuck it into the computer instead of at the wife :) Byron On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Ricky Graham <rock.guitar.guru@btinternet.com> wrote: > Absolute gold, Byron. > > Thanks, > > Ricky > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Byron Howell" ><howell.byron@gmail.com> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 4:20 PM > Subject: Re: Articles on Live Looping as Compositional Tool > > > Got a bunch of them somwhere in the depths of this hard drive. > > Here a phd thesis i found: > > http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-3936:1 > > LIVE SAMPLING IN IMPROVISED MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: THREE > APPROACHES AND A DISCUSSION OF AESTHETICS > Jeffrey Martin Morris, B.A., M.M. > Dissertation Prepared for the Degree of > DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS > UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS > > August 2007 > > Also...\ > > http://haste.dk/tue/articles/thesis-andersen05.pdf > > not live looping focused tho > > this one.... > ive Looping: The Use of Looping Technology in Music > Written Research Project > by Darren Perry > BA (Hons) Music with Digital Arts Practices > Dartington College of Arts > April 2008 > (don't think it's online) > > Search the archives, he poste the thesis in chaoter form to list and > then posted it on a file share site for people to download. > > On the aspect of the one man band concept: > > robotcowboy: A One-Man Band Musical Cyborg DANIEL WILCOX IT UNIVERSITY > OF G OTEBORG > G OTEBORG UNIVERSITY AND CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF > TECHNOLOGY > Goteborg, Sweden 2007 > > > A linguistic spin on loops.... > > > Citation Information. Folia Linguistica. Volume 39, Issue 1-2, Pages > 197–212, ISSN (Online) 1614-7308, ISSN (Print) 0165-4004, DOI: > 10.1515/flin.2005.39.1-2.197, 23/06/2005 > Published Online: 23/06/2005 > Abstract > Loops as Genre Resources > Glenn Stillar > > > Curently in the throws odf finishing off my honours thesis, also got > way to side tracked into the mata metaphorical framework of loops and > cybernetic perception than music looping. Not sure whther to write > the project up as an anthopological investigation and report of this > community or my practice setup. Aahh the pererls of not having clear > research boundaries. Maybe if i had done a science degree of some > sort..... > > If i pluck up the courage, Ill post that through soon. > > Byron > > > > > > > > On 11/10/08, andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >> >> hi Kayla, >> worth looking here: >> >> http://www.livelooping.org/ >> some more recent stuff from Matthias Grob, >> and a research paper too. >> >> >> ...and there's this >> Live Looping: The Use of Looping Technology in Music >> Written Research Project >> by Darren Perry >> BA (Hons) Music with Digital Arts Practices >> Dartington College of Arts >> April 2008 >> (don't think it's online) >> >> Also Ricky Graham (list member) is currently working on a Phd research >> paper. >> >> >> >> good luck >> >> andy butler >> >> >> >> >> Kayla Kavanagh wrote: >> >> > Hi folks, >> > >> > I'm currently putting together a PhD proposal which focuses on the >use > >> > of >> live looping as a compositional tool and musical instrument in its own >> right. I would appreciate any links you might have on scholarly articles >> which refer to this area or anything else that may be relevant. I've >> checked >> out the links on the LD site and have them bookmarked, so if you know of >> any >> others (or have written anything yourself) please could you pass the >links >> my way? >> > >> > Many thanks for your help! >> > >> > Kayla >> > >> > -- >> > Kayla's website: http://www.kaylakavanagh.com >> > MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/kaylakavanagh >> > FaceBook: >> http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Kayla-Kavanagh/22032129016 >> > Kaleidoscope Web Design: >> http://www.kaleidoscope-design.co.uk >> > >> >> > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.9.0/1779 - Release Date: >10/11/2008 > 07:53 > > >