Yahoo Tuning Groups Ultimate Backup makemicromusic CT Scan (in 17 equal)

I like it! Very Blade Runner. And I feel like the tuning is really
working for you here.

Hope you're not facing any serious medical concern. I've been thinking
of cooking up an excuse to get one of these... was it comfortable?

-Carl

At 10:49 AM 4/5/2011, you wrote:
>ImprovFriday is having a video event and made this video for the event.
>
>The music is electronica in 17 notes per octave and features 4 copies
>of Albino software synthesizer, two 17 note per octave electric guitar
>tracks (with and without ebow) plus Indian percussion, Chinese
>percussion, hang drum, Bodhran, and bass drum.
>
>
>The CT scan is of me
>
>You can watch the video on youtube here:
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEEuytYwtbo
>You can download the 90 megabyte full quality video here:
>http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/video/ct-scan2.wmv
>You can download the music only here:
>http://micro.soonlabel.com/17-ET/ct-scan.mp3
>You can listen, watch online and find links to ImprovFriday here:
>http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=699
>
>I hope you have a great day!!
>
>Chris

🔗Chris Vaisvil <chrisvaisvil@...>

This is from 2009 so everything is ok. - I tend to hold onto these things
until I find a place.

I'll answer more personally off list. Thanks for the listen and comment!

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Carl Lumma <carl@lumma.org> wrote:

>
>
> I like it! Very Blade Runner. And I feel like the tuning is really
> working for you here.
>
> Hope you're not facing any serious medical concern. I've been thinking
> of cooking up an excuse to get one of these... was it comfortable?
>
> -Carl
>
>
> At 10:49 AM 4/5/2011, you wrote:
> >ImprovFriday is having a video event and made this video for the event.
> >
> >The music is electronica in 17 notes per octave and features 4 copies
> >of Albino software synthesizer, two 17 note per octave electric guitar
> >tracks (with and without ebow) plus Indian percussion, Chinese
> >percussion, hang drum, Bodhran, and bass drum.
> >
> >
> >The CT scan is of me
> >
> >You can watch the video on youtube here:
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEEuytYwtbo
> >You can download the 90 megabyte full quality video here:
> >http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/video/ct-scan2.wmv
> >You can download the music only here:
> >http://micro.soonlabel.com/17-ET/ct-scan.mp3
> >You can listen, watch online and find links to ImprovFriday here:
> >http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=699
> >
> >I hope you have a great day!!
> >
> >Chris
>
>
>

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🔗Aaron Krister Johnson <aaron@...>

Hi Chris,

I think I like this most from your recent (always prolific!) output. I got a
little restless @ ~2 min, probably needing a change in the ostinato, a B
section, or some kind of breakdown, but I like the simplicity of the
ostinato itself, the sound you use for it, what you did with all the layers
like the (Fripp-esque guitar washes---were you consciously going that
direction? Reminded me of bits of King Crimson's "Discipline"), and I feel
it really has an attention-grabbing overall sound.

Like Carl, I hope you are currently in good health!

OT---Since Gene mentioned minimalism, and that he didn't like it, I was
curious how people define minimalism...Is it just "I know it when I hear
it", or is it enough to have a surface detail like a long ostinato? Is
"Bolero" minimalist? I say it is!

I acknowledge that usually minimalism has less "edge" in its sound than
here, but John Adams is, at least for some of his work, considered
minimalist, and his music can be quite 'edgy'....there are certainly moments
of stasis in Classical repertoire that are undoubtedly
proto-minimalistic--like that d-minor ostinato passage in the last movement
of Sibelius's 2nd symphony.

Anyway, I'm fond of good minimalism. Excellent minimalism is even better.

AKJ

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 12:49 PM, christopherv <chrisvaisvil@...>wrote:

> ImprovFriday is having a video event and made this video for the event.
>
> The music is electronica in 17 notes per octave and features 4 copies of
> Albino software synthesizer, two 17 note per octave electric guitar tracks
> (with and without ebow) plus Indian percussion, Chinese percussion, hang
> drum, Bodhran, and bass drum.
>
>
> The CT scan is of me
>
> You can watch the video on youtube here:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEEuytYwtbo
> You can download the 90 megabyte full quality video here:
> http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/video/ct-scan2.wmv
> You can download the music only here:
> http://micro.soonlabel.com/17-ET/ct-scan.mp3
> You can listen, watch online and find links to ImprovFriday here:
> http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=699
>
> I hope you have a great day!!
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

--
Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.untwelve.org

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🔗Chris Vaisvil <chrisvaisvil@...>

Hi Aaron,

Thank you for the listen and large number of comments. Let me try to address
some of the questions:

While I really like Robert Fripp (and a huge fan of Adrian Belew who I think
handled most of the lead work on Discipline) that sound is characteristic of
my ebow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBow

I think I agree about the merits of having more contrast. I got caught up in
trying to match the video I made of my CT Scan - Sonar lets my load a video
and play it at the same time I record / play music. Since I was determined
to give ImprovFriday an expressly made video for their video event I was
working a bit fast. There is a difference in attention / quality when
composing say for an event or for my own enjoyment or a casual commitment.

The question of minimalism.

As a composer you may agree with this answer - balance is what is important.
If what you want to say can be accomplished by solo flute
http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=116
(I refer to the 12 edo version)

Then a solo flute is enough.

If it takes an orchestra http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=341 then that is
enough.

At one time game music *had* to be minimal because of the lack of computer
resources and sound chip limitations. Some people ended up liking the sound
instead of thinking it was cheesy. I still like to dial up a file from Doom
or Doom II myself (despite the plagiarism the composer engaged in). And I
have some opl2 FM chip music I wrote I still really like.
http://www.traxinspace.com/song/41308

There is something to be said writing within constraints - people do it all
of the time - sticking to 12 edo - solo classical guitar, solo piano,
serialism. So... do we mean minimalism or "game music sound"?

If by minimalism you mean economy of musical material - I'm all for it.
Though.... honestly, I hate Bolero. And I'll probably not listen to CT-Scan
too much either. Too much repetition can kill the message unless it is one
of those brain virus pop songs or jingles. Then you are simply brain washed
into liking what you hate....

Chris

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Aaron Krister Johnson <aaron@...>wrote:

>
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> I think I like this most from your recent (always prolific!) output. I got
> a
> little restless @ ~2 min, probably needing a change in the ostinato, a B
> section, or some kind of breakdown, but I like the simplicity of the
> ostinato itself, the sound you use for it, what you did with all the layers
> like the (Fripp-esque guitar washes---were you consciously going that
> direction? Reminded me of bits of King Crimson's "Discipline"), and I feel
> it really has an attention-grabbing overall sound.
>
> Like Carl, I hope you are currently in good health!
>
> OT---Since Gene mentioned minimalism, and that he didn't like it, I was
> curious how people define minimalism...Is it just "I know it when I hear
> it", or is it enough to have a surface detail like a long ostinato? Is
> "Bolero" minimalist? I say it is!
>
> I acknowledge that usually minimalism has less "edge" in its sound than
> here, but John Adams is, at least for some of his work, considered
> minimalist, and his music can be quite 'edgy'....there are certainly
> moments
> of stasis in Classical repertoire that are undoubtedly
> proto-minimalistic--like that d-minor ostinato passage in the last movement
> of Sibelius's 2nd symphony.
>
> Anyway, I'm fond of good minimalism. Excellent minimalism is even better.
>
> AKJ
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 12:49 PM, christopherv <chrisvaisvil@...
> >wrote:
>
>
> > ImprovFriday is having a video event and made this video for the event.
> >
> > The music is electronica in 17 notes per octave and features 4 copies of
> > Albino software synthesizer, two 17 note per octave electric guitar
> tracks
> > (with and without ebow) plus Indian percussion, Chinese percussion, hang
> > drum, Bodhran, and bass drum.
> >
> >
> > The CT scan is of me
> >
> > You can watch the video on youtube here:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEEuytYwtbo
> > You can download the 90 megabyte full quality video here:
> > http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/video/ct-scan2.wmv
> > You can download the music only here:
> > http://micro.soonlabel.com/17-ET/ct-scan.mp3
> > You can listen, watch online and find links to ImprovFriday here:
> > http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=699
> >
> > I hope you have a great day!!
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Aaron Krister Johnson
> http://www.akjmusic.com
> http://www.untwelve.org
>
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>
>
>

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CT Scan (in 17 equal)

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