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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
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Created:Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:Mon Aug 29 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2852
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2843.0. "Exquisite Corpses" by PIANST::JANZEN (Tom MLO21-4/E10 223-5140) Wed Feb 12 1992 16:27

	Exquisite Corpses is a kid's game where you write or draw a portrait
	as a group; each person contributes a little, leaves only the last
	word or one drawn line visible for the next person to continue,
	and so people contribute to it without knowing how it's going to
	be at the end; after everyone has contributed it is displayed.
	
	Maybe we could do an exquisite corpses tape, like at the Performance
	Space 122 (on What Next? recordings).
	Each person would write some music connected to the last chord,
	and reveal the next segment to the next person, but no one would hear
	the whole thing until the end.

	OH never mind it's a bad idea.
Tom
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2843.1neat idea, Tom!EZ2GET::STEWARTthe leper with the most fingersThu Feb 13 1992 01:356
    
    
    That's an interesting thought...how would you do this in this context? 
    Maybe an online MIDI file???
    
    
2843.2A different twistATIS01::ASHFORTHThu Feb 13 1992 11:5714
Coincidentally, I'd had a similar idea- the basic difference being that I was
thinking of a "MIDI jam" where folks would add *tracks,* but each would be
full length (including the "base" tracks).

Up for discussion would be control issues, such as whether any and all would add
tracks at will, or the original poster would retain "artistic control" and
make all "editing" decisions.

Of course, Tom's idea *is* a different one; I don't mean this reply to cast
aspersions on it. Heck, maybe the two processes could be "intertwined," with
"joint thematic development" followed by "collaborative arranging." (Whoooops,
my penchant for polysyllabic verbiage runneth amok yet again...)

Bob
2843.3?did we do this? or did I dream it?TOOK::MCPHERSONScientific progress goes 'Boink!'Thu Feb 13 1992 13:4211
re .2

Am I having a flashback, or didn't this exact sort of thing get proposed a
couple of years ago?  Not saying it's a not a good idea, but I don't remember
if anything ever came of the proposal...

Maybe I'm getting it confused with the SGU 'orchestra' thing that was proposed
a while back....  

A mind is a terrible thing.
/doug
2843.4VMSSG::DICKINSONThu Feb 13 1992 16:149

    I think this a very interesting idea. Let me rephrase that, it's a
    facinating idea. I am trying to anticipate how something like this 
    might sound.

    peter


2843.5In the words of Casey...DREGS::BLICKSTEINSoaring on the wings of dawnThu Feb 13 1992 17:191
    	"It's deja-vu all over again"
2843.6Not for all of us...ATIS01::ASHFORTHThu Feb 13 1992 18:345
Well, for those of us who weren't *here* two years ago...

	...That was then, this is now!

Bob
2843.7did that when we were 4 (years younger)SALSA::MOELLERACE ? Nice try, Pinocchio..Thu Feb 13 1992 21:0511
    Well, there was a made-for-Commusic joint project from Mr. Edd Cote, 
    Mr. len fehskens, et moi, called the Three Piece Suite.  Unfortunately
    a) it was too long, and b) it was too long.  Each of us did our section
    (the vest, for example, was mine) in isolation, then Edd compiled the
    sections on cassette.  Languishing in deserved obscurity, though good
    for a laugh.
    
    In any committee product, the artistic value diminishes in direct
    proportion to the number of contributors..
    
    karl
2843.8COMMJAZZYCOMET::BELLMJThe ImperialStarFri Feb 14 1992 05:0514
    There was something mentioned when I first started (gawd, five years
    now?), and that was to have everyone hook up their SGU's etc. for one
    big orchestra, with one MC500 controlling slave sequencers and stuff,
    but that didn't go anywhere either.  I think some of the people here
    realize what it's like to be a system manager, and MIDI is a networking
    nightmare anyway.
    
    As a side note, I picked up Dave Weckl's solo album "Master Plan." 
    Some songs actually sound like the idea first proposed...ie, everyone
    make up a part and let's cram it together.  It was difficult to follow
    at first, but I really love it (my point being that if this idea came 
    about it would probably turn into a wonderful jazzy/fusion piece).
    
    Mike
2843.9Gadd, can Weckl drum!!!MANTHN::EDDI refuse to talk to myselfFri Feb 14 1992 09:274
    Funny, my first impression of "Master Plan" was that it sounded like
    a ROM demo for a Whizbang 1000+....
    
    Edd
2843.10I justt noticedd thatt!COMET::BELLMJThe ImperialStarSat Feb 15 1992 02:163
    It figures "Edd" would say "Gadd..."
    
    -=mike=-
2843.11how many layers in this onion?SALSA::MOELLERACE ? Nice try, Pinocchio..Sun Feb 16 1992 21:056
    >It figures "Edd" would say "Gadd..."
    
    It's subtler than that.. Steve Gadd is the Drum Godd on many Steely Dan
    productions.. thus the 'Gadd, Weckl can drum' comment..
    
    karl
2843.12Unintentional mirth?COMET::BELLMJThe ImperialStarSun Feb 16 1992 23:4410
    Ok.
    
    I'm assuming that you know Steve and Dave share the title track to
    Dave's "Master Plan"--Dave takes the left side and Gadd takes the
    right.
    
    Otherwise, Eddddddd made an amazing little pun/ironic
    statement/funny/whatever.
    
    -=mike=-
2843.13MANTHN::EDDI refuse to talk to myselfMon Feb 17 1992 09:226
    Weckl and Gadd are the epitomeof drumming.
    
    I'm very familiar with the "Master Plan" CD, having spent a good
    part of the weekend on a transcription of "Festival De Ritmo"...
    
    Edd