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Parallel Music: More About Consemble
An 'open source'-inspired compositional project
Some key information about Consemble:
Background and ground rules
Consemble is an open compositions project launched by Chameleon Lectra on July 14th 2007.

The project will be overseen by Paul Ramsay.

Consemble is a non-profit making venture - material will be available to all, for free, from this site.

The project has been inspired by the idea of 'open source' in that people are invited to build collective compositions (through the given framework).

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'.

No copyrighted material or material likely to offend will be included in Consemble; however, the spirit is one of inclusiveness;-)

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.

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.

Creative guidelines and observations
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).

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'.

For the purposes of this project the terms 'Son' and 'sound' are interchangeable (for more on PMusic terminology see more about PMusic).

The maximum contribution per person per Consemble is 6 Sons; however, you are welcome to contribute to every project.

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.

 Please keep the duration of Sons within the lengths specified by the Consemble brief. Short sounds can be very effective.

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.)

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).

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.

Contributions of visual material may be invited as the Consembles develop.

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      


if you have any further questions or feedback please contact Consemble@chameleonlectra.co.uk
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