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On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Sergio G <simpliflying@gmail.com> wrote: > I just am curious about why you need a graphical view of "what comes > next" > in an improvisation looping session where supposedly you do not have > anything prepared. This was for a particular concert where we should improvise with Stick and Cello Guitar to a recorded French Horn section that plays chords and clusters with no audible rhythm. When the horns go from a D major chord into a D# major chord it is helpful to know when that happens, so you can make up some interesting melodies around it. The reason we played this way was that festivals requested a concert based on a released album. > Or you play the music live (no playback) but based on a structure, not > 100% > improvisation? I mean, like having themes which you know and play... My usual solo concert way of performing is to walk on stage with a blanc mind and just start playing to "let the music form itself" through me. Of course nothing pre recorded, just an instrument and a looper. But the more I do it that way the harder it becomes to avoid "playing compositions" because the more you play the more often it happens that certain parts sometimes sound close to the way you have played in the past. And then it in fact is a composition, even though you tried to not compose the music before playing it. My rescue has been to develop an "a toolbox for surprising myself" but even this bag of tricks sometimes feels worn out and too familiar. So I guess that in the end nothing as "free improvisation" really exists. Sometimes I just don't come up with any melodic theme at all, just keep fooling around with mutilating my instrument through Mobius, like in this flute improvisation https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4963264/glitchdub_flute_solo.mp3 It shows a lot of what I like with Mobius. Per