1. Turned in a score ("I will grow teeth") to North/South Consonance.... A few days afterward I realize I wrote a chord (played 3 times in succession) that is impossible for the violin. ARGH. (I look through my printed score, and then I'm liiiiike oh wait....) Then, a few hours later, I realized I put in a double barline somewhere randomly accidentally. ARGH again. Why is it I only see some errors after I've turned something in???
2. Starting an electronic music project with Pepe. Prob. going to book performance in Raleigh & NYC in October sometime.
3. I realized that I really need to start organizing my incognito choir piece. I am thinking of applying to the JFund grant for this... need to find a choir who wants to do it first, though. I'm pretty excited about it... I've thought more about the details of the piece. I need to think of how many movements of the requiem I am going to write. I should also contact transit & park people...
4. Starting the VCW workshop @ Diapason Gallery pretty soon. Realized that one session conflicts with my make music ny concert. Argh! Hopefully I can just come late to the workshop.
5. STILL need to book a show for Sept. Should be 'in which we become familiar', plus origami piece (maybe), plus 'Sound. Picture. Coif' (maybe), OR book all dance pieces... dunno.
6. Probably submitting 2 pieces to the Boston New Music initiative thingy. "I will grow teeth" plus maybe that string quartet I wrote a couple years ago...
Monday, June 7, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
sheepish update
I fell off the side of the world for a month or so... still procrastinating that first subway trip: eek! However I do have a show coming up in early June and I just got accepted into this performative video workshop... which is cool, since it is at Diapason Gallery, which I've wanted to check out.
Also, I finished the piece for the eighth blackbird competition, which in turn got delayed a few months, dunno. Seems a lot of people complained about the contest terms. ? But I did finish the piece, at least. Wondering about finding another ensemble to do it, since I don't really think it will win the competition.
I had this wonderful idea for an origami piece. Graphic notation plus folding plus performance. That's all I'm saying for now. I have so many ideas... and *such* a lack of time + organizational skills. Ha. But I'm tentatively thinking of showing the origami piece along with the flamenco piece... along with... maybe something else dunno... dunno... should get moving on that, though.
Lately, I've been thinking about structure... and the timing of structures... more later, maybe. MAYBE.
Also, I finished the piece for the eighth blackbird competition, which in turn got delayed a few months, dunno. Seems a lot of people complained about the contest terms. ? But I did finish the piece, at least. Wondering about finding another ensemble to do it, since I don't really think it will win the competition.
I had this wonderful idea for an origami piece. Graphic notation plus folding plus performance. That's all I'm saying for now. I have so many ideas... and *such* a lack of time + organizational skills. Ha. But I'm tentatively thinking of showing the origami piece along with the flamenco piece... along with... maybe something else dunno... dunno... should get moving on that, though.
Lately, I've been thinking about structure... and the timing of structures... more later, maybe. MAYBE.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
thinking of tasks/pieces for dancers on the theme of losing control / embodiment
++One thing that jumps out at me is the idea of synchronization, or the related idea of complimentary motion. This is an easy way to introduce something that can be made difficult without being physically dangerous, and it is easy to see for the uninvolved when there is a failure.
++I had the idea of a sort of solo piece, based on Merce Cunningham's piece Tango, at least, a misinterpretation of it. For, he looks at and is 'reacting' to a tv... of course, he's not actually tangoing... but I like the idea of creating a 'being' of some sort on screen or in video that an actual dancer is improvising with, and has to respond to... I think it would be much more interesting than having the video disjunct, as a background.
Also, one could speed up of the 'video character' etc. and make the virtual person do things that a real person could not and therefore create problems for the embodied person... I'm not so comfortable with the focus possibly being on the dichotomy b/tw artifical, human, machine, though... which I'm afraid would be a side effect of the whole process.
Maybe instead of a construct, there can be dancers in real time, that are hidden from view, and can only see their partners via video. The audience can see everything. The video introduces latency (perhaps designed to) and other problems that arise when you are trying to synch (compliment) someone that isn't actually there. This is sort of the dance equivalent to Chris Mann's piece, in a way.
++I had an idea for a larger piece, where everyone is partnered up into partnered dances, let's say a tango (but not in an embrace... this is important) BUT the thing partners are not mutual partners. The person you are following, is following someone else and watching them, etc., and there is... no leader? But perhaps there is... and you see the motions that the leader performs rippling out with greater or lesser degrees of success... this would be like movement telephone I suppose. At the end of the chain, the first person to follow the leader would have to NOT be the whom the leader was trying to lead.
Problem would be who would be facing who, etc... so maybe not tango as the system, but it would be interesting if I could think of a way. Maybe people arranged in a circle? Maybe not a circle but displaced from one another in strategic ways. Perhaps the followers always feeling the connection is being broken, would start to act as if the leader is telling them to do particular things like go to the cross, or move around in a circle... well, it would probably have to be experimented with until there was no chaos.
++I had the idea of a sort of solo piece, based on Merce Cunningham's piece Tango, at least, a misinterpretation of it. For, he looks at and is 'reacting' to a tv... of course, he's not actually tangoing... but I like the idea of creating a 'being' of some sort on screen or in video that an actual dancer is improvising with, and has to respond to... I think it would be much more interesting than having the video disjunct, as a background.
Also, one could speed up of the 'video character' etc. and make the virtual person do things that a real person could not and therefore create problems for the embodied person... I'm not so comfortable with the focus possibly being on the dichotomy b/tw artifical, human, machine, though... which I'm afraid would be a side effect of the whole process.
Maybe instead of a construct, there can be dancers in real time, that are hidden from view, and can only see their partners via video. The audience can see everything. The video introduces latency (perhaps designed to) and other problems that arise when you are trying to synch (compliment) someone that isn't actually there. This is sort of the dance equivalent to Chris Mann's piece, in a way.
++I had an idea for a larger piece, where everyone is partnered up into partnered dances, let's say a tango (but not in an embrace... this is important) BUT the thing partners are not mutual partners. The person you are following, is following someone else and watching them, etc., and there is... no leader? But perhaps there is... and you see the motions that the leader performs rippling out with greater or lesser degrees of success... this would be like movement telephone I suppose. At the end of the chain, the first person to follow the leader would have to NOT be the whom the leader was trying to lead.
Problem would be who would be facing who, etc... so maybe not tango as the system, but it would be interesting if I could think of a way. Maybe people arranged in a circle? Maybe not a circle but displaced from one another in strategic ways. Perhaps the followers always feeling the connection is being broken, would start to act as if the leader is telling them to do particular things like go to the cross, or move around in a circle... well, it would probably have to be experimented with until there was no chaos.
Monday, April 12, 2010
thoughts on in transit
I heard an npr story about a duo that was making a living off of youtube videos, etc. Now, they weren't famous, but they were making a living... and it did seem a lot of their revenue came from covering pop songs, etc. so I don't think that I could replicate it. Further, they don't really perform much: their medium is recording and this types of videos. So, none of those things are things I'm really interested in, since I am in interested in experimental performance, for the most part.
However, I thought, I could sell in transit as an iphone app. I'm not sure how I feel about commercializing the whole product but mostly I want an audience, and selling it would help me recoup the costs of distributing it. The main problem with 'in transit' is that it would require over a gig of harddrive space on the iphone, unless I stream the audio from somewhere else. But if I was charging for the app, just a nominal amount, or using advertising revenue..would that help fund it? I could maybe, at least, offset some of the cost of distributing / providing it. Of course, I'd have to buy the license for the fmod library, but its actually quite reasonable for iphone apps: $500. Then, I'd have to look at how to stream... Well, I would think that the demand for this would be quite low, so I wouldn't have to buy a great plan unless it took off, and then I would. Of course, I kinda want to charge the $0.99 for it, for some reason.
Hmm, the downside to this is that I would think that once I finish it, it might seem like a let-down. I mean, haha, compared to having a performance... or maybe finding a festival, etc. that would be associated with it. But, I could possibly get press since its about the NYC subway. We see.
However, I thought, I could sell in transit as an iphone app. I'm not sure how I feel about commercializing the whole product but mostly I want an audience, and selling it would help me recoup the costs of distributing it. The main problem with 'in transit' is that it would require over a gig of harddrive space on the iphone, unless I stream the audio from somewhere else. But if I was charging for the app, just a nominal amount, or using advertising revenue..would that help fund it? I could maybe, at least, offset some of the cost of distributing / providing it. Of course, I'd have to buy the license for the fmod library, but its actually quite reasonable for iphone apps: $500. Then, I'd have to look at how to stream... Well, I would think that the demand for this would be quite low, so I wouldn't have to buy a great plan unless it took off, and then I would. Of course, I kinda want to charge the $0.99 for it, for some reason.
Hmm, the downside to this is that I would think that once I finish it, it might seem like a let-down. I mean, haha, compared to having a performance... or maybe finding a festival, etc. that would be associated with it. But, I could possibly get press since its about the NYC subway. We see.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
indecision and building a body of work
So, I just came back from tango class. I know I had said I was going to reduce my tangoing to one night a week, but then I had second thoughts. Mostly, it will be one night a week. But I mean, maybe *more*, you know? I just bought 2 classes a week this month... today I took both of them, but I could also take the Adv. Beginner Thurs. class (instead of the one on Wed.) In fact, I might do that, since this week is ganchos and the step we are learning is a complete re-tread of the last time the theme was ganchos.
I'm feeling quite a bit of indecision on the direction I should take. I have all these projects and things to organize but I'm not sure which to start. I think I shall continue to work on the choir piece, and see if I can't get that done asap. Then, finish up the tango-ish instrumental ensemble piece for May 1st. THEN, I will step back and decide which of the bigger projects to work on. I was thinking about it a lot of terms of what would be the right move for me careerwise, but maybe that's the wrong way of thinking about it for now. I'm actually thinking of continuing in the choir vein and seeing if I can get the incognito choir installation off the ground. It really wouldn't require lots of programming right away which is nice... since I'm feeling a bit tired of programming (after all I do it for 8 hrs most days)
Also, there is a Spanish movement workshop I think I am going to take if I sign up in time... It mixes:
1. Spanish school of rapier fencing (La Destreza).
2. Spanish knife fighting (La Navaja).
3. Argentine Tango.
I had the thought that on the off-chance I got the movement research residency I was going to sign up for tango everyday and get insane about it. Also start those contact improvisation classes. Hmm... I had the belated thought that maybe I should have included my tango classes on my artistic resume for that one. DAMN!
I'm feeling quite a bit of indecision on the direction I should take. I have all these projects and things to organize but I'm not sure which to start. I think I shall continue to work on the choir piece, and see if I can't get that done asap. Then, finish up the tango-ish instrumental ensemble piece for May 1st. THEN, I will step back and decide which of the bigger projects to work on. I was thinking about it a lot of terms of what would be the right move for me careerwise, but maybe that's the wrong way of thinking about it for now. I'm actually thinking of continuing in the choir vein and seeing if I can get the incognito choir installation off the ground. It really wouldn't require lots of programming right away which is nice... since I'm feeling a bit tired of programming (after all I do it for 8 hrs most days)
Also, there is a Spanish movement workshop I think I am going to take if I sign up in time... It mixes:
1. Spanish school of rapier fencing (La Destreza).
2. Spanish knife fighting (La Navaja).
3. Argentine Tango.
I had the thought that on the off-chance I got the movement research residency I was going to sign up for tango everyday and get insane about it. Also start those contact improvisation classes. Hmm... I had the belated thought that maybe I should have included my tango classes on my artistic resume for that one. DAMN!
Monday, April 5, 2010
long day
So, I worked at my dayjob until 8pm today, finally made it home around 8:50ish and I just finished dinner. I'm feeling exhausted and not up to working more. I think the choir piece by Apr. 10 might be unrealistic. I tried to lay down some scratch vocals / ideas during the weekend but was not happy with them. I doubt I will work on anything further tonight. Feeling depressed and stressed out. Tango is being reduced to one day a week, I think. I can't really do that much more now. Especially since I need to start composing again.
ETA: I ended up composing until now, midnight. Trying to work on the magnetic time choir thing. Don't know about that. I might have ground that magnetic time idea into the ground ALREADY is the problem. I have a nice 2-part harmony though to: 'I don't understand what is going on' Yes. I wrote the lyrics.
ETA2: Freaked out about the piece. Composed some more; have a viable proof of concept. Will not finish in 5 days.
ETA: I ended up composing until now, midnight. Trying to work on the magnetic time choir thing. Don't know about that. I might have ground that magnetic time idea into the ground ALREADY is the problem. I have a nice 2-part harmony though to: 'I don't understand what is going on' Yes. I wrote the lyrics.
ETA2: Freaked out about the piece. Composed some more; have a viable proof of concept. Will not finish in 5 days.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
dropped another app off
I dropped off the Harvestworks application. They make you send them five dvds. FIVE DVDS. Jeez. For some reason, it took me about 15 minutes of passing by the entrance to actually find the entrance to the building, then... once there, I couldn't find out where to put the app, to whom to give it, etc. Luckily, a student waiting for class overheard me asking around and told me he would drop it off in the right place. He was cute, too. BTW.
Also, I saw they some guy down the street was selling cartons of strawberries 3 for $5 which seemed like a really good deal, so I got them. It was in Soho, which is not somewhere I usually find myself. Strangely I felt bewildered like a new NYC resident again, and had an intense urge to scream in people's faces. Um, I didn't.
Okay, now I need to actually start composing again after spending all this time writing artist statements. I'm thinking about tossing off a magnetic time piece for choir. BUT, tonight I am goofing off. Go me. Thinking about having mussels, fries, and white wine. A surprisingly simple meal to make.
Also, I saw they some guy down the street was selling cartons of strawberries 3 for $5 which seemed like a really good deal, so I got them. It was in Soho, which is not somewhere I usually find myself. Strangely I felt bewildered like a new NYC resident again, and had an intense urge to scream in people's faces. Um, I didn't.
Okay, now I need to actually start composing again after spending all this time writing artist statements. I'm thinking about tossing off a magnetic time piece for choir. BUT, tonight I am goofing off. Go me. Thinking about having mussels, fries, and white wine. A surprisingly simple meal to make.
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