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| generative
music - open source - open compositions - consemble |
| Parallel
Music: More About Consemble |
| An
'open source'-inspired compositional project |
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| Some
key information about Consemble: |
| Background
and ground rules |
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Consemble is an open compositions
project launched by Chameleon Lectra on July 14th 2007.
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The project will be overseen by Paul Ramsay.
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Consemble is a non-profit making venture - material will
be available to all, for free, from this site.
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The project has been inspired by the idea of 'open source'
in that people are invited to build collective compositions
(through the given framework).
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There two kinds of Consemble: 'open' and 'invited' - 'open'
are for participation by a general audience; 'invited'
are for specific contributors. The majority will be 'open'.
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No copyrighted material or material likely to offend will
be included in Consemble; however, the spirit is one of
inclusiveness;-)
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Sounds submitted are under the jurisdiction of the person
who sent them. If there are any questions or problems,
the sender will be contacted via email for discussion.
Sounds will be removed at the request of the sender or
if they are found to breach copyright.
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Every contributor will be credited on the relevant Consemble
page. Please include your name (or handle) and any links
to your own website, if required, in your email. Please
remember to specify the Consemble you are contributing
to.
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| Creative
guidelines and observations |
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Consemble
is in the spirit of Mail Art, Cornelius Cardew's 'Scratch
Orchestra' and the 'cut-up technique' of Tzara/Gysin/Burroughs
(no fixed narrative).
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This
project does not seek to define 'music' or 'sound' as
necessarily separate or different terms. 'Sound' as referred
to in the rest of this text may also include 'music'.
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For
the purposes of this project the terms 'Son' and 'sound'
are interchangeable (for more on PMusic terminology see
more about PMusic).
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The maximum contribution per person per Consemble is 6
Sons; however, you are welcome to contribute to every
project.
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Send sounds in the form of MP3s if you can; AIFFS and
WAVS are also acceptable provided the size of each file
doesn't exceed 3MB.
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keep the duration of Sons within the lengths specified
by the Consemble brief. Short sounds can be very effective.
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Each of the current Open Consembles (A,B,C,D) was begun
with 6 initial Sons to initiate the creative process,
with room for 54 more, totalling 60. If and when this
number is exceeded, a new Consemble under that licence
will be created (e.g. Consemble: A1; Consemble: A2; etc.)
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Each of the current Open Consembles (A,B,C,D) plays 5
simultaneous channels of randomly chosen Sons; panning
and volume are also randomised. This performative information
is also referred to as a 'Net' (see more
about PMusic).
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The more sounds are added, the more the Consemble will
change and grow. You can influence the direction the Consemble
takes by sending your own contributions.
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Contributions of visual material may be invited as the
Consembles develop.
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This project is just begun—let's see where it leads.
One possibility is that the Consembles eventually form
a collection, an 'album' of PMusic material.
PR - 23rd July 2007
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you have any further questions or feedback please contact
Consemble@chameleonlectra.co.uk |
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