Preparing for tonight’s performance
I will be performing tonight in Oakland at Rooz Cafe (1918 Park Blvd, Oakland, CA) at 7PM tonight. Details below:
A rescheduling of a an old date, remade in Rooz-y glory:
-Zeina Nasr
Emphatic, ethereal vocalisms-Amar Chaudhary
(www.amarchaudhary.com/)
Complex, articulate solo work with an electronic aesthetic-Karl Evangelista/Shaun Lowecki/Sean Peterson Trio
(www.karlevangelista.com)
(www.shaunlowecki.com)
-Animated, explosive inside/outside music
I have been busily preparing today with a small setup, similar to one I had planned for January 17:
Once again, I will have the monome controlling the MacBook, primarily for live sampling and looping today. I will be using the dotara, an Indian folk string instrument, as one of the live sample sources. I will also bring a bell and the prayer bowl as live sources. The iPad will be running Curtis, which gets more an more advanced with each upgrade and is becoming a true musical instrument. I will also be using TouchOSC to control Open Sound World, including a brand new implementation of my piece Charmer:Firmament for iPad, replacing the retired Wacom graphics tablet. This is a dry run for the big concert next Friday (March 4), so we’ll see out it goes.
I had been hoping a new contact mic would arrive today – I am considering that for March 4 as well – but of course FedEx showed up just while I was out at an important art-related meeting, so I missed it and they are the one courier that won’t leave things. So I will be using an ordinary mic once again for the live sampling/looping – maybe it’s for the best.
Update: Just as I finished posting this article, a package arrived. Not the contact microphone, but it was an exciting new toy, the Wicks Looper.
You see previous CatSynth pics and videos with this and related devices via this link (the cat in most of these is also named Luna). I have been considering getting one these for a while, and the current run of performances provided the impetus. Although I have not yet played it, I am seriously tempted to try it out for tonight’s set. After all, what’s the worst that could happen?
February 26th, 2011 at 6:10 pm
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February 26th, 2011 at 6:30 pm
New toys! Yay!
Have fun at the show, and hope the Wicks Looper works out. It has to, as it’s got a pic of Luna on it.
February 27th, 2011 at 7:08 am
Wish we lived in the Bay Area, so we could come check out one of your gigs! How did the performance go?
February 28th, 2011 at 8:43 am
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February 28th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
What cool looking equipment you’ve got! It’s amazing how lovely music can be created by ever smaller musical devices and computers. I wish I had your setup, but even if I did it would take me forever to figure it out and create anything (not necessarily anything good either). Technology sure has come a long way in recent years. You should post a few samples on your blog, if you haven’t already.
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March 3rd, 2011 at 12:07 am
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