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dewdrop_world

Joined: Aug 28, 2006 Posts: 858 Location: Guangzhou, China
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:21 am Post subject:
Violin + SuperCollider piece - first performance |
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Just uploaded the mic recording of my new piece onto my website:
http://www.dewdrop-world.net/audio/farshore128.mp3
Enjoy!
Quote: | You are already on the far shore (2009)
For amplified violin and computer
As You are already on the far shore approached completion, I observed that it moves through the stages of my musical evolution: from the chromatic, difficult “new-music” idiom of my student days, through the beat-driven dance club music that occupied most of my graduate study, and on to the recent emergence of a serene attitude that grows out of several years’ meditation practice. The title reflects a paradox, universal in human experience: that nothing is there at the end of the journey that was not already present at the beginning. Reaching what some Buddhist writing calls “the far shore” is more a matter of recognizing that it’s already here; we’re simply too distracted to see it.
The instrumentation (violin and computer) relies on the development, in the last decade or two, of programming environments for live audio processing. The electronic parts are not prerecorded; instead, they are synthesized in real time during the performance on the computer, with no external audio processing. The computer also “composes” some of the notes, within certain constraints, as the piece progresses. Every performance will be slightly different. The software is written in SuperCollider, a special-purpose programming language for audio synthesis and algorithmic composition designed by James McCartney.
I am indebted to Eric Pritchard for his interest in this project, and for his always-alive musicality, which were a terrific inspiration during my graduate years at Duke. I owe my gratitude also to my composition teachers at Duke, who encouraged me as I stretched into novel musical territory, and to the worldwide community of developers of SuperCollider, without which this piece could not exist. |
_________________ ddw online: http://www.dewdrop-world.net
sc3 online: http://supercollider.sourceforge.net |
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Antimon
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:46 am Post subject:
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A beautiful and interesting piece. I only wish I could find a quieter environment to listen, where I could enjoy all the subtleties.
/Stefan _________________ Antimon's Window
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ambiencellist

Joined: May 12, 2009 Posts: 51 Location: Ireland
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Joined: May 05, 2008 Posts: 215 Location: mother earth
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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:19 pm Post subject:
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Bravo!
This is great, I really enjoyed it.
Congratulations on your work. I hope to listen to more in the future! Thanks for sharing. |
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x_x

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Johan Zwart

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