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Week 5


    

This week, I set myself the task of developing a system of improvisation for audio performance. With this comes a variety of factors that I need to take into account and questions I need to ask myself.

How much do I want to leave to the moment, and how much do I want planned?
How much control do I want hands-on versus diving into a menu?
How can I make the process visible to the audience?
And lastly, how do I limit myself so I’m not faced with choice overload?

After I took all of this into account, I settled on using my Eurorack system for drones and ambient sounds, most of the improvisational side, and my Elektron Octatrack for drums, synths, and everything else.

The Eurorack offers me hands-on control and is very forgiving improvisation-wise. Additionally, it offers the audience a first row seat when it comes to viewing my process live. They will be able to see me patch in wires and turn knobs; what more can someone ask a performer of electronic music? 

On the other hand, the Octatrack allows me to prepare some elements beforehand and arrange them. This will limit choice overload and give me a little bit of structure that I can jam off of.  I can still use one-shot drum samples to improvise live and drastically change the piece’s mood. This way, there will be no risk of the performance falling short of dynamic.

Rehearsal Log 001:



For context, this is a drone patch that I created with my Eurorack. Once I had the patch set in stone, I jammed! This snippet showcases it well.