Rehearsing

Hi everyone - sorry I can't be there today! I'm in touch with Guy Garnett, and it looks likely we'll be able to do our performance in his space at the NCSA building - I should know more details soon. Here's a summary from my view of how we're doing so far:

- Daniel & John: I haven't heard any of your piece yet, or seen a score or patch. Do you have a title? I would like to see and/or hear something on Monday, please.

- Cheryl: You're making progress; I hope you have a chance to work more on your electronics. The vocoder sound can be very twitchy, and hard to control in volume. You may want to insert a peaklim~ object before your final output. And for your soundfile, try to have it really "do something," instead of fading in and out. Could you please write your title, either in email or a comment to this post?

- Justin: I will look forward to hearing your work on Monday.

- Jinok & Dale: Good work. I can't wait to see the video.

- Alex: Your description sounds promising, and I'm looking forward to hearing it. Are you still using flute and percussion? Have you and Mackenzie worked together yet?

- Mackenzie: Coming along nicely. For your techno track, you may want to put in some more variety to the bass line, I thought it sounded kind of static. I'm not a techno person, but I think if you use different bass sounds, or transpose octaves, or leave it out occcasionally, your piece would have a better sense of flow. You can actually make a kind of form this way: intro, A, break, B, break2, A, etc. etc. You might also think about changing parts of your percussion a little more often than you do right now. Ask some of the other people in the class what they think.

- Dee: Looks promising, but I'm a little nervous about how ambitious your piece is. Are you willing to give up part of your plan, if necessary? Have you written out your music yet?

Adrian: Good progress, I can't wait to see the final thing.

For all of you: Please think of a title. It just occurred to me right now that we could try an iChat with me here in LA, to see how you guys are doing. My handle is stephenataylor@mac.com - go ahead and invite me at 10 am, OK?