Electro-music jam in Allentown - October 30, 2004

mosc · Last edited by mosc on Sat Nov 06, 2004 7:28 pm; edited 7 times in total

Electro-Music Jam

Saturday, October 30, 2004
3 PM thru midnight

Chez mosc - Allentown, PA...

Bring a lite electro rig and jam. There will be many combinations. We are trying to set up a live stream to start at 3 PM Eastern Time (GMT -4).

PM (private message) mosc if want to come.

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UPDATE Nov 6, 2004: Here's is the first recordings.

3-2-48k.mp3

Description:

Electro-Jam 1
3-2

Featuring H. Moscovitz, G. Waltzer, W. Fox, T. McDermis, J. Tamul, and D. Kresge
Recorded October 30, 2004
48 Kbs mp3 format
8:45
Copyright 2004 by electro-music.com

Filesize:

3.02 MB

Viewed:

3635 Time(s)

4-1-48k.mp3

Description:

Electro-Jam 1
4-1

Featuring H. Moscovitz, G. Waltzer, W. Fox, T. McDermis, J. Tamul, and D. Kresge
Recorded October 30, 2004
48 Kbs mp3 format
3.23
Copyright 2004 by electro-music.com

Filesize:

1.27 MB

Viewed:

3724 Time(s)

U-1-48k.mp3

Description:

Electro-Jam 1
U-1

Featuring H. Moscovitz, G. Waltzer, W. Fox, T. McDermis, J. Tamul, and D. Kresge
Recorded October 30, 2004
48 Kbs mp3 format
7:30
Copyright 2004 by electro-music.com

Filesize:

2.58 MB

Viewed:

3713 Time(s)

seraph · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:48 pm Post subject:

I wish I was a little closer to you Cool

mosc · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:10 am Post subject:

Mohoyoho · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 12:18 pm Post subject:

If I didn't have to work that day, I think I might make the trip up.

djfoxyfox · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:14 pm Post subject:

egw · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 9:58 am Post subject:

I'll be there.

Mohoyoho · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:02 am Post subject:

Keep me posted for future jams. I'll take you up on your offer, Bill. It's a long way from Tennessee, but I think the trip, music and comraderie would be worth it.

egw · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:09 am Post subject:

Mark, figure out when you can come and we'll arrange a jam around that.

djfoxyfox · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 11:14 am Post subject: Hearing and Advertising

By the way, how do I tell people to listen to the stream?
Should I be telling people to listen in?

Cheers,

Mohoyoho · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 11:14 am Post subject:

Hey, that sounds great! I'll let you know shortly.

elektro80 · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 3:48 pm Post subject:

I hope it works well. The bandwidth has been managed to give the streams priority.. and excessive services have been strangled.

egw · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 6:53 am Post subject:

Electro-Music jam #1 was held yesterday at chez Mosc in Allentown PA.
There were six of us there, plus Mosc's wife Julie.
{mosc, egw, gsga, djfoxyfox, zynthetix, and jack}
Unfortunately the streaming wasn't working, but we had a great session.
Maybe mosc will post some of the photos.
I really enjoy this kind of session, each musician brings something unique and it's always different and interesting. The music ranged from noise collage to subtle tone poems, with some rythmic stuff in between. Sometimes all six of us were playing, sometimes only two or three. Julie joined us for a while on the theremin.
It was all freely improvised, I don't recall any discussion at all about what to play, it just seemed to flow. I felt there were some truly sublime moments.
Mosc recorded some of it on minidisc. Maybe he'll make an mp3 of some highlights. Of course after what I thought was one of the best parts, he said the minidisc had already stopped.
By the way there were five! Nord G2s in attendance. So there was also lots of discussion about patching, gear and playing styles.
I hope that we can do this again soon.

seraph · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:07 am Post subject:

mosc · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 9:21 am Post subject:

I had a great time too, inspite of a bunch of technical problems getting the recordings to work. I'm having computer problems here so it may be a while before I can uplink some pics, and even longer before uplinking some mp3s, but I will do my best to do it. When we get the streaming, these kind of jams can become international events. It should even be possible to have jams in several places simultaniously and alternate streamed sets.

Anyhow, it was great to get together with people who love electronic music and just do it. The outcome isn't as important as the process, but like Greg said, there were times where we certainly made beautiful music together.

Thanks to all those who came.

I encourage people in other places to host electro-jams. Announce them and document them here.

mosc · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:12 pm Post subject:

I finally posted some pictures of the electro-jam. See here: http://electro-music.com/images/electro-jam-1/

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seraph · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:33 pm Post subject:

nice photo collection. there was a shortage of keyboard stands, right Question

I see only amplifiers, no PA system Question

mosc · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:00 pm Post subject:

Yes, Zynth had to use a chair for his G2, but it worked out fine. The Roland speaker/amps worked swimmingly as a PA in such a small space. It sounded great. We ran all 6 setups through a Behringer 12 channel mixer - nothing to spare. We were sorta in a circle facing the center with the mixer in the center so as to be close to everyone. We set all the gains at unity and nobody touched the mixer all night. One of the amazing things was that the mix was always just right, all night.

mosc · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:02 pm Post subject:

My wife, Juli, even played the Theremin processed though my G2. It was lovely.

seraph · Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:22 am Post subject:

djfoxyfox · Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 7:29 am Post subject:

egw · Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 9:56 am Post subject:

I agree with Bill. Mixing has never been as issue for me when playing with musicians who check their ego, listen, play with some sensitivity, and strive to enhance the group experience. The music is usually better too!

seraph · Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 3:04 pm Post subject:

mosc · Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:06 pm Post subject:

We all have egos, we just learn how to not get to attached to them. Very Happy

Anyway, I posted the first mp3. It is an attachment to the first post in this topic. I used a very low bitrate, 48 khz because people on dialups might want to listen. Certainly the higher bit rates sound better, but you can still get the idea.

mosc · Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:51 pm Post subject:

Just posted another track - this one is called 4-1.

mosc · Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 7:28 pm Post subject:

Just posted yet another, this one is called U-1