On 10 Jan 2007, at 09:56, Nick Collins wrote:
> But the solo or competitive coding situations still exist and I
> think I naturally turn towards them, not because I'm unsympathetic
> with the other roles, but because I'm genuinely curious about human
> beings being pushed to the limits. Musicians often seek out the
> states where they're on the edge and out of their comfort zone,
> because those are the best learning experiences- and I think we
> need many more high profile failures to learn our real limits, or
> truly surprise ourselves with what we're capable.
I completely agree with the spirit here of pushing the limits and
embracing experimentation.
Neither my QWERTY skills nor my brain equip me to do the kind of
command line livecoding that I admire others for. However as a former
musician (long time ago sadly) I can say that part of the point of
practising performance is to disengage the consciousness of
constructing or interpreting anything at all. Discussing what you
find there is very difficult.
I'd say though that anything that involves moving the brain and the
hands at the same time would require at least 4 hours practise per
day, 5 or six days per week. And you would only start to get
disengaged after 2 or three years.
This of course might not be desirable. I believe theorists can keep
their hands entirely still for weeks on end and still excel in their
chosen field of endeavour.
Cheerio
Paul
Received on Wed Jan 10 2007 - 10:51:02 GMT