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Re: Blending music with photography



Live painting is becoming something of a scene it seems.  There are
many fine artists and performances that now feature this a large part
of the show.

Amanda Sage is the artist I'm most familiar with but there are many
others.  What blows me away is how these people manage to produce
really fine works of art in such short periods of time (coming from a
family where I frequently saw people spending weeks or more working on
their paintings).

database of artists http://www.livepainters.org/  Still in progress
but interesting nonetheless I think.

Kevin

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 2:42 AM, Matteo Giudici <ligeti@alice.it> wrote:
> Some years ago I did a project in trio (electroharp, guitar and
> sculptor/painter): the interesting thing was that the painter "played" 
> with
> us.
> Here you can see a promotional video made with a fragment of a live
> performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft7GFxDwGyo
>
> Matteo
>
> Il giorno 10/apr/2012, alle ore 00.19, stanitarium@earthlink.net ha 
> scritto:
>
> this is the only way i could see myself playing music to 
> visuals-something
> 'l i v e':
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63kbWm4p9oo
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Kevin Cheli-Colando <billowhead@gmail.com>
>
> Sent: Apr 9, 2012 1:57 PM
>
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>
> Subject: 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
>
> Video http://www.vimeo.com/user877640/videos
>
>
>
>



-- 
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
Video http://www.vimeo.com/user877640/videos