the portrait of a lame man

movement for piano and electronics

the portrait of a lame man.mp3

pliorius

I have tried 3 times to get thru this in one setting.

Sorry I never made it. There are some good ideas in it, but it just takes so long to get from one to another.

It's your piece so do as you like, but it sure would work better IMHO if it was more compact; quicker from one idea to the next.

Ron

It is a bit too long IMO too, but only a bit. I have actually got through it several times already and didn't feel the need to skip it. Its just that you must be in the right mood to listen to it. Overall I liked it as I haven't listened to anything radical for a long while and it made want to listen to or create something new and different.

i agree that it might not be the quickest thing to listen too. BUT - what i think this piece is pretty good at is playing with one's concept of movement and anticipation. there's nothing really happening through all piece, but in a sense it makes you wait, it builds slowly, but never resolves. it's like reading some of samuel beckett's writings. yeah, it could be a soundtrack to reading beckett :)

and it's improvisation.

i'm greatful for your time and patience (even if, in rolifer's case, not full to the throtle).

I liked it!

Sure its too long, but that's the point! Suspense, minimalism, beauty.

It is more of a soundscape than something for a direct listening.. but that is just OK.

Also.. when you say that this is improvisation, what do you mean? how do you improvise something for piano and electronics? Make the electronics and then improv the piano? Or improv the piano and then add electronics?

I liked it!

Sure its too long, but that's the point! Suspense, minimalism, beauty.

It is more of a soundscape than something for a direct listening.. but that is just OK.

Also.. when you say that this is improvisation, what do you mean? how do you improvise something for piano and electronics? Make the electronics and then improv the piano? Or improv the piano and then add electronics?

play piano samples (few notes) through a program and record live ;)

thanks, cody, for your listen and comment.

play piano samples (few notes) through a program and record live ;)

thanks, cody, for your listen and comment.

ok.. so you play a few samples and then mess with them electronically.. What software/hardware do you use for that? It sounds fun

actually, you use a sample and it is already into the electronical mill, you don't have a seperate prerecorded track and only then work with it. it comes at the moment you start using it - you play D4 and it is already into the whole thing. i used program 'crystals'. you can find many of them here -- ixi software --, for free. it's rather devices for playing live. none of them saves sound files, but patches.

actually, you use a sample and it is already into the electronical mill, you don't have a seperate prerecorded track and only then work with it. it comes at the moment you start using it - you play D4 and it is already into the whole thing. i used program 'crystals'. you can find many of them here -- ixi software --, for free. it's rather devices for playing live. none of them saves sound files, but patches.

thanks for the link