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Topic: Pre Factorious actionism - Improv  (Read 3952 times)

Offline quantum

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Pre Factorious actionism - Improv
on: May 26, 2008, 08:37:46 PM
a bit of a link to the previous three.
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Re: Pre Factorious actionism - Improv
Reply #1 on: May 26, 2008, 09:24:20 PM
I'm listening now to this third one in your series after having listened to the first two and, of course, all of them are worth listening to. I only write in here for now. I liked your first one very much, where you are experimenting, all in this seems to fit for me. This third one seems to me like a deep thing, pure intensity, all the time :) So far I can not yet so much relate to the second one, it seems to me more like an improvisatory etude with many "patterns", but of course that's just my subjective feeling. Going on to no 4 soon :) (well perhaps I confused the numbers in my download folder but anyway, I am talking about this one :) )

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Re: Pre Factorious actionism - Improv
Reply #2 on: May 26, 2008, 10:35:45 PM
Loved it!  :)  *edit* I wanted to add there were parts that reminded me of Scriabin to some degree. I like this side of your playing very much. Highly eclectic players such as yourself always have something everyone can enjoy!

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Re: Pre Factorious actionism - Improv
Reply #3 on: May 29, 2008, 05:57:43 PM
The second one was a nocturne of sorts.  Using several contrasting themes, I was trying to go for some disjunct melodic lines.  There are times when I try to maintain 3 or more simultaneous motifs in contrasting pitch ranges without having one of them sound like it drops out. 

It is great to see what imagery people find in my improvisations.  The third one is a dialog between "yes" and "no" with birds overseeing.  Now I see now it can be perceived as a lot of energy.

Fourth one is partly inspired by Derek's romantic improvs.  There are parts of it where early Scriabin was an influence. 
Made a Liszt. Need new Handel's for Soler panel & Alkan foil. Will Faure Stein on the way to pick up Mendels' sohn. Josquin get Wolfgangs Schu with Clara. Gone Chopin, I'll be Bach
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