Week 7 Forum - Improvisation Group 1

Today we had a guest speaker and improviser Derek Pascoe. I really liked his perspectives on his music and life in general. I thought he sounded very professional in the way he spoke and he seemed to know what he was talking about.

Today the first improvisation group played. So, I guess, after all these weeks now was the time to see where it was all going. The improvisation session was very unusual. There wasn't any real order. Everyone just seemed to play all the time and I don't think they really knew when to play or not. Derek's playing of his saxophone reminded me of fusion jazz. He played a lot of arpeggios and it sounded pretty good. I think that everyone in the group needed to listen to what each other were doing so they could work with the sounds better. Still though it was a good experience and I think the session went well.





[1] Derek Pascoe. 'Music Technology Forum Improvisation Session - EMU Space'. Lecture presented in the EMU Space, Electronic Music Unit, University of Adelaide, 7th September 2006.