http://www.perboysen.com In search of the unplayed music... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:01:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The better you become at "improvising" the more you realize there is no such thing as "free improvisation". Since music is a form of communication the best improvisations are those where the player succeeds in applying gestures that draw on rules known to the listener. Such gestures and rules can ... http://www.perboysen.com/archives/643 I'm learning a new music instrument here, The Chapman Stick. It's so fun because on the stick you can play both bass, comping chords and melody lines at the same time. The stick has twelve strings divided into two groups of six and each group has its own set of ... http://www.perboysen.com/archives/608 Bidule is one of the most configurable plug-in hosts for setting up your own custom effect and live looping laptop rig. In this example we're using the software looper Mobius. Here's how you make all your plugins take on the tempo you create by the first loop you make: Detailed walk-through: 1. ... http://www.perboysen.com/archives/542 This is the first improvised session, from the "Anteprima" of the "First International Live Looping Festival - in Rome", that took place on the 6th june 2009 www.livelooping.it This recording was taken in Florence on the 3th june 2009, at the "Anfiteatro dell'Anconella". Performers: Rick Walker (USA) Per Boysen (SE) Fabio Anile (IT) Sjaak Overgaauw (BE) Koan ... http://www.perboysen.com/archives/517 Collaboration Apple/IDG. Tickets and questions here! http://www.perboysen.com/archives/503 The three clips below were recorded on June 3 2009 at the International Live Looping Festival of Florence. After the festival night we gathered all artists on stage and played a jam session together. The moon was full and sixty people were sitting in the purple neon lined open-air amphitheatre ... http://www.perboysen.com/archives/447 I just got this video from Milco who was filming my gig at Dimmidisi Club on june 6. It was a lovely evening with quite a big audience and many exciting performers. Isn't it wonderful that today's music gear in a laptop lets you create this massive music with just ... http://www.perboysen.com/archives/418 Live Looping workshops all week long Fifty people got together for a week during the Swedish summer to improve in music. I was one of seven teachers and my focus at the camp was live looping. On the first day students were organized into six ensembles as to provide a varied ... http://www.perboysen.com/archives/330 One night in Mars 2009 I met up with these two guys to play a completely improvised concert together. They had been playing together before, but not with me, so I was excited not to know whatever to expect on stage. It turned out great fun though and someone was ... http://www.perboysen.com/archives/305 On June 6 Rome will experience an extraordinary music festival. The first of its kind in Italy to feature some of the worlds most creative live looping musicians. Rick Walker (CA-USA) Headliner Michael Peters (DE) Featured performer Per Boysen (SE) Featured performer Bernhard Wagner (CH) Leander Reininghaus (DE) Sjaak Overgaauw (BE) Massimo Liverani (IT) Paolo Cimmino (IT) Fabio Anile ... http://www.perboysen.com/archives/269