On Thursday 26 November 2009 07:23:39 alex wrote:
> Hey Matthew
>
> 2009/11/26 Matthew Yee-King <matthewyeeking_at_googlemail.com>:
> > Righto - cheers. It was an interesting talk. Several people asked the
> > question (in various ways) 'given the infinite range of possible
> > sounds + musics you can make, why do livecoders often make fairly
> > familiar sounding techno?'.
>
> I wonder which livecoders they're talking about. There aren't that
> many livecoders so it's a shame if there's already a generalised
> stereotype. Worth heading that one off by playing them Sorensen's
> study in Keith or stranger stuff like inclusive improv / pbup / no
> copy paste etc etc. I've no idea whether slub stuff sounds familiar
> to others or not, I guess we tend towards regular beats because we
> want people to dance to it although it's rare that they do, ah well.
Similarly, someone who only knows improvisation by going to a jazz club, will
undoubtedly think that all improvisation sounds like jazz?
I think it matters a lot where you go to see livecoding concerts.
PBUP style livecoding doesn't work in a pub, where people come to have a drink
and chat and listen to music. More beat oriented music that can overpower the
chatting does work in a pub.
But then again, that doesn't necessarily limit itself to livecoding.
sincerely,
Marije
Received on Thu Nov 26 2009 - 16:15:33 GMT