(http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/micro/19-ET/oddmusic_convergence_20091214/P1040581.JPG)
When I played in Urbana IL last December I was able to take a video of one of my performances as well as midi record it.
Using that video and the original midi + original soft synths I combined video effects plus the output of "Marktxt" to the original performance - a program that was an attempt
to apply artificial intelligence to posts on USENET - the program was trying to converse with people by taking posts, chopping
them up, randomizing the pieces, and re-posting back to the same USENET group.
I applied that program to a large number of lyrics by Evan Harrington and myself and used the output as the basis of the text
in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ROb89b1Cr4
All of the media associated with this project is here:
http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/micro/19-ET/oddmusic_convergence_20091214/
including the high quality version of the video (230 megs)
http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/micro/19-ET/oddmusic_convergence_20091214/performance-enhanced.wmv
Details can be found on my blog post http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=68
Thanks,
Chris
Thanks for sharing all this, Clones, a very crisp video production.
In your blog you sound a bit disappointed cq cynical of the audience response.
I can understand that, after remarks as "... Clockwork orange...". duh..
Regarding "Marktxt" : I remember having an app for this : WordShuffle (http://www.louigiverona.com/webarchive/samzen/download/wordshuffle.7z).
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cynical as can blog disappointed remarks bit dUh.. aUdience
Hi Sam,
Thanks for the view and comments.
I didn't mean to be cynical - I was being truthful
This piece had probably the worst response - but at the same time it probably was the most experimental - of the pieces performed.
If you remember that one guitar jazz piece - I tried to perform that - I got about 5 minutes into it but my hand cramped so bad I had to stop - that did get lots of applause and while I was playing it I had some positive crowd sounds.
You can't have everything. I was surprised though in the sense that the total program was not nearly as experimental as I'd expected with "oddmusic convergence" as the title.