September 2010
5 posts
Brandon Lucia - October 3rd, 2010
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We are all familiar with the concept of chance. Music based on the idea of chance is interesting, and unpredictable for the listener, and challenging for the performer. This week, we are not going to think about randomness. Instead, we’re going to think about a related, but distinct idea: nondeterminism. An example of something nondeterministic in the real world...
Kristian Garrard - September 26th, 2010
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Sept. 26: Embracing The Element Of Surprise / Jamming With God
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I work a lot with am audio programming environment called Max/MSP. I use it to create sound worlds that react to my playing, reinterpret the sounds of the instrument, and spit it back to me in ways that I cannot always predict. I enjoy working with this element of...
Andrew D'Angelo - September 19th
Unfortunately, although this session was recorded, some technical problems encountered afterwards with the SD card have rendered the audio inaccessible. Sincerest of apologies!
However, for record-keeping’s sake, you can still view the opening set list and improv session personnel here.
Music is manifested in the moment. In that way I will use the here and now of the Racer confines to...
[Some members of] Speak - September 12th
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Rethinking Form (Luke)
I think of the “dramatic arc” as a two-dimensional visual representation of the emotional trajectory of a piece of art as it’s experienced in real time, something akin to what a waveform looks like in Logic Pro.
It’s a shape that is comprised of and sculpted by infinitely complex series of tension and resolution...
Evan Woodle - September 5th
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This week, I, along with Cameron Sharif on keyboard, will present a new piece of mine entitled “Old Heap”. It was inspired by some recent clerical work I helped my parents with for their business: sorting through boxes and boxes of old medical records and organizing the contents into separate piles of X-Rays, paper clips, recyclables and reusables. The task was...