Re: random and control (was: Sco live reverse looping)

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Matthias Grob <matilists@gmail.com> wrote:
> * to those who have full control over their instrument it can bring some
> chaos they can react to and thus make their music grow. for this we need
> functions with a rather unpredictable result.
> * to those who play less well, some precise repetition can bring the 
>desired
> order to give the music consistence to bear all the unpredicted playing
> happening :-)


That's an inspiring analysis! So the question in focus seems to be
whether one shall put the RANDOMIZER into the human or into the
machine! ;-)

I heard that when Joe Zawinul felt the need for some extra
randomization he turned his back to the piano and played it without
looking and with left and right hand at reversed positions.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
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