Week 8 Forum - Improvisation Group 2


Today we had our second group do their improvisation session. Our guest today was Dr. Chandrakant Sardeshmukh (we should call him Dr. Sard for short). I though this improvisation session was really amazing. I loved the music and by the end of the session I was lying on the floor in a semi-sleep state. That wasn't because I found the music boring. In fact, it was quite the opposite. I found the music really relaxing and I could have easily fallen asleep. I think I did for a short time.

When the music ended I wanted it to go for longer and I wish someone recorded this improvisation session. One thing that the doc showed us which I though was really interesting was his scales. In India the major scale is in fact what we would call the Lydian mode. So the forth is raised. I thought that it was interesting to see how different cultures have different scales. I didn't learn modes till this year so prior to that I assumed that the major scale as we know it is prominent in all music. How wrong I was.

You could tell that Dr. Chandrakant Sardeshmukh was enjoying himself and it was great to see how passionate he was about his music. I really enjoyed this improvisation session. I just wish we had something comfortable to sit on, on the floor!




[1] Dr. Chandrakant Sardeshmukh. 'Music Technology Forum Improvisation Session - EMU Space'. Lecture presented in the EMU Space, Electronic Music Unit, University of Adelaide, 14th September 2006.

[2] Darshanam. " Dr. Chandrakant Sardeshmukh", http://www.darshanam.com/images/prof2.jpg (Accessed 11th November 2006)

Week 8 Creative Computing

This is the sound work I created using Live and Bidule in rewire mode. Bidule is master application in this situation. This was a very quick collaboration of sounds but I think it has potential to sound good if i spent more time on it.

The synth sound is from Bidule using a patch that I created. The drum sounds are from Impulse in Live. The other loops are from Live too.





Bidule & Live Jam [4.3MB]

Week 8 Audio Arts

The soundscape I examined is simply my bed room. I though there some interesting sounds because it was raining and there was thunder. The sounds that were most prominent were the rain, thunder, and my computer humming. I have created a sound event map as shown below.

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.

Week 7 Creative Computing

This is my polyphonic bell sound.






Bell Poly Sound [220KB]

Week 7 Audio Arts

This is my attempt of creating a bell sound. It sounds okay but could be better if I spent more time.




Bell Sound [172KB]