Related to the need for excitement, one concept I've been mulling over
is setting up a livecoding piece analogous to a freestyle rap
"battle". Some kind of cross between a rap battle,
corewars/robocode/robot-soccer, livecoding. In terms of
implementation, it would probably be client/server, with the "arena"
being the server, and the "combatants" livecoding on their clients.
(Perhaps a picture of two robots dissing each other ;) Or, the arena
could be a fixed musical "piece" or sequence fed from a server, and
the combatants could perform algorithmic variations on it, with their
own data-to-sound kits. A third possibility, is a piece of code is
written and played, and then the next person makes a modification to
the code, like a game of telephone. I'm wondering if other people are
thinking similar ideas?
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> I'd like to plead for a focus on the excitement to all involved of the lack
> of a safety net, the relative "nakedness" of the performer and the chance at
> any and all moments for a piece to take radically different directions as
> well as coming to a abrupt and unforseen halt.
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Received on Fri Oct 02 2009 - 15:19:20 BST