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about PMusic:
PMusic or 'Parallel Music' is a compositional method I have
been working on since 1994. Influenced both by my involvement
in improvised music and an interest in the use of chance
as an artistic strategy, PMusic is a computer-based form
of indeterminate music that is 'always the same and never
the same', each playing giving a unique performance.
The example I use to illustrate the potential is the compact
disc: whereas conventional CDs give a reliable, linear musical
experience, imagine a CD that gave unpredictable, fresh
music every time you played it.
PMusic's
main compositional challenge is to provide an effective
'musical' experience every time a piece is played. If the
compass of a piece is too narrow, the point of the indeterminacy
is lost; if it is too wide, then the composition loses a
sense of identity and becomes a rather amorphous experience,
questioning its function as music.
Perhaps PMusic's main, current distinguishing feature is that it uses sound recordings as opposed to synthesised sounds and it is the exploration of the potential of these sounds (or 'Sons') and a range of accompanying and indeterminately-chosen performance rules (or 'Nets') that
provides my ongoing, compositional interest.
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