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Serial Ostinati and Improv for Single CPU by gregd [Email]
Genre: Experimental

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Last Played: Sep 27, 2008 - 12:45:43 PM
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Uploaded: Apr 18, 2008 - 02:25:14 PM
Last Updated: Apr 18, 2008 - 05:37:44 PM
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Description:
As the title states, this is a serial, atonal composition. Each ostinato is either 15 or 30 beats in length. The piece is in 15/4.

Lately, I've been fascinated with the randomizing AU's availble for GarageBand and Logic. The idea of the computer "soloing" is peculiar and it makes me smile. Consequently, I wrote this piece to enable space for these randomizing AU's, mostly written by the good people at Smartelectronix, to do what they do best.

Hope it's palatable,
-g

Lyrics:
nope.

Hardware:
PowerBook G4 and me.

Software:
LE7, GB2, many other helpers
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Schoenberg would be proud! &mdash 04/18/08 - 08:36:11 PM
Cool experiment - how many pieces have been written in 15/4?

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Thanks for listening . . . &mdash 04/18/08 - 10:15:48 PM
haven't met you here before.

I don't know how many pieces have been written in 15/4, or if Schöenberg would be proud (I didn't use 12-tone sets, it's just free-atonal). But I'm glad it caught your ear.

Cheers,
-greg

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Yep - a newbie! &mdash 04/18/08 - 10:19:56 PM
Just found the place and loving it. So far, posted my alt-rock stuff - but getting ready to upload my recent classical compositions - and would really love your feedback. Cheers!

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gregd &mdash 04/19/08 - 01:21:05 PM
this is awesome. i loove stuff like this, and you did a great job. despite the atonality (or maybe because of this), i find it to be very accessible. i could listen to this all day. seriously. excellent track.

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Wow, &mdash 04/19/08 - 01:23:34 PM
thanks for the high marks. It's nice to know that this kind of music isn't only mental masturbation.

-g

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Wonderful &mdash 04/19/08 - 05:54:08 PM
Really lovely piece. I've been fantasizing about experimenting with computer generated melodies, but lack the drive and the know how. It's wonderful to hear a dream come true without having to do any of the work! It is very palatable, scrumchus, in fact. I think this tracks going to on my next mix cd. Thanks!

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By all means . . . &mdash 04/19/08 - 07:27:45 PM
put it on a cd, give it to friends for house-warming presents, listen to it over spaghetti dinners with your nextdoor neighbor---just don't charge anybody for it.

Thanks for listening and commenting. If you want to collaborate on a tune, I'd be happy to help you out with those computer-generated melodies.

Cheers,
-g

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Wowza &mdash 04/19/08 - 11:51:24 PM
Just like that, huh? That would be great. I don't know the first thing about collaborating on a tune (neither in real presence or virtual absence) but I'd love to take you up on your offer. Please let me know what I can/should do, if your offer stands.

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Serial ostinati &mdash 04/20/08 - 01:05:03 AM
This is very cool, I love when there is a lot of construction work in a composition, but the result and the sound are just captivating, so that the listener can enjoy and forget the effort. Very well composed, bravo!

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Dirigent, &mdash 04/20/08 - 10:38:18 AM
thanks for stopping by and for your kind words. It's all appreciated.
-greg

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Serial Ostinati &mdash 04/20/08 - 10:28:16 AM
I didn't even know 15/4 was possible. You're a magician - and this is really cool Greg!

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Magnatone, &mdash 04/20/08 - 10:43:18 AM
I believe it was my mom who said, "Anything is possible." Or maybe I was watching some wishy-washy movie like The Rookie.
Anyway, my point is that anything <i>is</i> possible, even if your mother doesn't like the sound of your music and ends up eating her words fifteen years later!

Thanks for stopping by,
-greg

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cool! &mdash 04/20/08 - 02:58:51 PM
ever contemplated on using Cycling '74 Max/MSP? Dig this Autechre style piece. Palatable indeed (no idea what the word means). Good to see a true experimentalist on this site. My apologies for leaving no love/comment in the past, I have been etc....

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Max/MSP &mdash 04/20/08 - 06:43:07 PM
never heard of this program before, but it looks like it has some similar programming features to Logic. After seeing the price tag for Max/MSP, I don't know if I'm in the right market at this point to take it on.

I've never gone so far with Logic to start programming my own synths. It's a daunting and intriguing idea though.

No need to apologize for anything. There's too much music on this site to listen to it all.
-greg

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more stuff to make you scratch your head &mdash 04/28/08 - 09:06:52 PM
you have a unique musical vision, that is for sure. Everything that you post is so different from one another and it is always worthwhile to stop by for a listen. Not sure I would listen to this over and over, but the execution here is truly interesting.

Mason

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Head-scratcher &mdash 04/29/08 - 11:25:01 AM
Mason, I don't blame you. This piece requires a certain state of mind to take it in the right light, I think. Moreover, all atonal music is just flat out peculiar to the human ear it seems.

Thanks for putting in the work to get through all 7 minutes of this one.

Cheers,
-greg

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haha &mdash 04/29/08 - 12:18:48 PM
no problem in stopping by and listening greg... you know that I'm always interested in uncommon time signatures. I've never worked in 15/4, that's for sure, but it is fun to hear it in action. I'm going to try to take another listen tonight and see if I can latch on to something in this, the hardest part for me is the lack of an underlying theme IMO. Definitely needs to be heard again.

Mason

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You're &mdash 04/29/08 - 06:12:02 PM
hardcore, dude.

'nuff said.
-g

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stays crunchy in milk &mdash 07/12/08 - 12:58:47 AM
I really love using LiveCut. I wonder what other AU's you are using here. Great concept. I really enjoy listening to these kinds of experiments.

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