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Re: Blending music with photography



In my experience, playing with visuals happening simultaneously with
the music (slide shows or VJ stuff) really alters the level of the
music (and in a good way).  This seems to be true regardless of
whether or not the players can see the visuals (so long as there is an
audience there to reflect the 'energy' of their experience).

My favorite story about this:

I was running projections for a friends band and one clip among many
was Harry Smith's Abstractions.  I was projecting on the band so they
couldn't see what was playing at any given time.  During the night,
they were playing well enough when this piece came on and suddenly,
the music just shot up to an entirely different place, really
intensely focused and happening.  The Abstractions piece ended and the
band slowly drifted back to where they had been at before that piece
(about 10-15 minutes later I think).  I might have written this off as
a fluke except weeks later I witnessed the same phenomena at another
gig (all improvised tunes so no setlist in advance).  Very cool stuff.

Kevin



On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Tony K <bigtonyk@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's a little video I did a few years ago with pictures I took and a
> soundscape recorded for it.
>
> http://www.viddler.com/v/3fdf8cfb
>
> Pictures are a great source of inspiration.
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 3:42 PM, andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> 
> wrote:
>>
>> :-) how should I know.
>>
>> Just struck me that you already had a source of photos,
>> and that you might use those to try out your idea.
>>
>> andy
>>
>>
>> kay'lon rushing wrote:
>>>
>>> Inspired for music or just because they're good?
>>>
>>> On Apr 9, 2012 2:25 AM, "andy butler" <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk
>>> <mailto:akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    Gmail wrote:
>>>
>>>        Recently my closest friends at school have been really getting
>>>        in to photography.
>>>        I could use photography to inspire my musical ideas for looping.
>>>        What do you guys think about this?
>>>
>>>        Kaylon
>>>
>>>
>>>    are you inspired by your friend's photos?
>>>
>>>    andy
>>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> -==-=-=-
> Tony



-- 
Till now you seriously considered yourself to be the body and to have a
form. That is the primal ignorance which is the root cause of all trouble.

- Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950)

Sound and Vision:  http://www.minds-eye.org
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