I had very little time this week since I finally got to go on vacation so I decided to do something entirely improvised. I wanted to look at this lack of time as an opportunity and not a problem. I used, _Derivations, an amazing piece of software written by Ben Carey. Learn more here: http://derivations.net/ .  The software provides intelligent accompaniment to improvisation based on the previous input you've given it, think of it as improvising with a version of yourself. I setup the session by recording a kanjira, mountain dulcimer and some chimes. I then recorded what you're hearing now with my upright bass, which triggered confined versions of those previous recordings with the other instruments. I know this is confusing but I just wanted to make clear that for the recording you're hearing i'm only playing the bass in real time, everything else is being triggered by the software. This is the first recording of this kind of thing i've shared, though I did get to use it on a gig a few weeks ago to good effect. Please share if you have any other programs similar to this, i'm really interested in this kind of music making.

Tags: chimes, derivations, dulcimer, free, improvisation, kanjira, max, week 31 2014, View by:tatecarson