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Todd, I did learn a lot compositionally, mainly relating to music more melodically (linearly/horizontally) That older 3 part style basically doesn't concern itself with the chord progression (harmonically/vertically) it just 'goes for it' with 3 simultaneous melodies, it seems to be about whatever sounds good & works in the moment. It was good for me to just digest the melodic aspect and not think at all about the harmonic structure (or 'chord changes) which is something I studied in school and use a lot when I'm playing jazz (though actually these days I'm really trying to bring the 'non-thinking-linear-in the moment' approach into my jazz playing, it really makes it better. They say 'learn the rules before you break them' what they din't tell me is that breaking the rules isn't as easy as it sounds after learning them, for me it was like un-training a stubborn trained monkey ;) I love knowing what's going on and it's a valuable skill, but at a certain point I needed to 'jump off the cliff' or 'walk through the door' as my old bass teacher Ray Drummond used to say. uh oh-rambling alert! anyhow, thanks for listening and SO glad you enjoyed them, my eventual goal is to perform these with other bassists live (I've done them solo with live looping) here's 2 of them live at Y2KX: http://www.youtube.com/user/UccelloProject#p/a/B83093349FFA23BA/1/RAUhx4PMreA so...may be we'll get to jam on them together someday! --- On Thu, 6/16/11, Todd Matthews <gtmatthews@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Todd Matthews <gtmatthews@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Looping 50 Fugues with a 'Bass Choir' & an LP-1 > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Date: Thursday, June 16, 2011, 9:11 AM > This is wonderful! What a project! > Sounds great and I bet you walked away from it with a wealth > of knowledge from a compositional standpoint. > > > Hi Loopers! > > > > Just wanted to share a project I'm working on: Michael > Maier's 'Atalanta Fugiens' (1617) -probably the first multi > media document in history including 50 fugues, 50 emblems, > and 50 epigrams, meant to be enjoyed simultaneously. Though > composed in 1617, they have a droney, medieval flavor, and I > went for a kind of 'Black Sabbath meets Bach' > interpretation. > > > > For the entire tracking process of all 50 fugues I > used my trusty Looperlative 1. > > > > I basically did a live looping approach in my home > studio, layering the fugues up one part at a time, then I > recorded it from the LP-1 to a laptop as a stereo track into > Digital Performer. No punching in or editing. It was > awesome to be able to record with such a high sound quality > all at the touch of my feet! (thanks Bob!!) The ensemble is > a 3 voiced ‘BASS CHOIR’ comprised of BOWED UPRIGHT BASS, > ELECTRIC FRETTED BASS, and ELECTRIC FRETTLESS > BASS. > > > > 'Clarified Birds' my group with visual artist J.F. > Uccello is set to release this in December. Our intention is > to create a fine book that includes a CD along with it. Joe > will be toiling at length as he’s planning to create 50 > emblems of his own inspired by and based upon the original > 50. > > > > After the tracking was done, the audio was mastered by > Robert Rich. Though the fugues are only 1/3 of the total > experience intended by Maier, I hope that sharing the music > might be of interest to any interested in music with > alchemical aspects, bowed bass, looping, or fine > books. Here is a link to all 50 fugues streaming on > 'soundcloud', > > > > http://soundcloud.com/clarified-birds/sets > > > > Hope you enjoy them! Steve uccello > > > > -------------------- > Todd Matthews > toddbass.com > twitter: gtodd876 > >