Time and Space

Preceeded forum with discussion with Marco around writing with and for computers. He was talking about the use of computers to create sounds that can't easily be created in other ways. Interesting for me because I don't understand the instrument and keep trying (unsuccessfully) to make it sound like non computer instruments. hmmm.

Vinny Bhagat was first up in forum, with a tale of woe around being left high and dry by some flighty jazz singer. Not the first or last man with this sad story to tell. scadoodle bop bam bing. We listened to the piece of music inspired by, but not performed by the elusive singer.

Vinny's piece changed slowly, I guess that's minimalism. I found it thought provoking too - I alway seem to be in a rush when I write music, and cram a lot in to a small amount of time. Vinnie's piece was well managed. He managed repitition without overexposing his ideas. (He had a repeating altered crash sound, which worked well.)

Is this a challenge for minimalists, or the whole point of minimalism? If you play the one chord for half an hour, it seems ridiculous to ask "is that chord becoming a tad overexposed?". hmmm.

Tyrell Blackburn played a piece by Ryoji Ikeda which, to my ears used silence very effectively. It was there, as part of the sound. I wish I could write with silence in the piece. hmmm.

Patrick McCartney announced a Planetarium Project. What a splendid sense there is here of people doing things. Good things. Creative things. That space is so amazing to sing in. When we were in it, we walked around as we sang, and the sense of where the sound was coming from would constantly change.

hmmm. hmmm. hmmm.