The purpose of the Visual Music Studies DVD series is to present a feeling for and insight into the experimental process that drives the electronic arts of sound and light. The studies can be used to get a sense of the rhythm of exploration in the performance context. The studies can also be thought of as a guided tour through the sound and light possibilities of particular visual music system configurations. Conceptually the configurations should be viewed as electronic ragascollections of melodies, rhythms, and tunings that I've honed over the years to make them available as real-time compositional material to be used in a fashion very similar to the traditional approach the North Indian musicians have to their ragas. The material on these DVDs has been in development since the late 1960s and since that time has been the subject of countless private studio tests with an assortment of invited guests. It has also been the subject of many hundreds of public performance field tests such as my concerts and my other presentations.
Visual Music Studies Volume 1 contains a variety of materials including a 22 minute video called Sample Suite which is composed of excerpts from the 10 studies included on the first two volumes. It also includes explanatory notes and slides as well as the first 4 studies. Click on the links below in the Volume 1 content list to read the explanatory notes online. To provide a sense of the nature of the studies a short highly compressed excerpt from one of the studies can be accessed from this link - click here.
Volume 1 - Pythagoras & Pellegrino In Petaluma
Volumes 1 and 2 of the Visual Music Studies DVD Series will be available for purchase in the near future.
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