3.16.2009

ALork Composition

So this morning Alex, Andrew and I discussed our upcoming performance. We all agreed the piece will sound more unified and cleaner if we either a) know what each other's patch sounds like and compose our piece accordingly or b) use similar patches to create a singular sound.
Andrew's sampler patch is looking pretty neat, and he's been working on it a ton, so we were thinking of using his patch in the performance. Maybe we can have 2 different patches with 2-3 people playing on each one, so it creates a nice layered sound?

My idea for the composition is based on a panning-type approach. There would be two different groups, with the same patches given to both groups. Both groups will follows a 16-8-4-2-1-1 bar length pattern, but alternating back and forth.
( Group 1 would play for 16 bars, then Group 2 for 16 bars, Group 1 for 8 bars, Group 2 for 8 bars, Group 1 for 4 bars, Group 2 for 4 bars, Group 1 for 2 bars, Group 2 for 2 bars, Group 1 for 1 bar, Group 2 for 1 bar, Group 1 for 1 bar, Group 2 for 1 bar)
Then everyone would play together, and decrease volume in a decrescendo until the piece goes quiet.

I thought this would be neat because it's kind of reciprocal and like panning.... I don't know what it would sound like yet though....

No comments: