[sdiy] Tape head collage (pretty much not synth DIY, sorry)

[CCartCat at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/25/04 9:36:27 AM, richard at skydancer.com writes:


> At 08:58 25/11/2004 -0500, CCartCat at aol.com wrote:
> 
> >If I recall correctly from the film I saw 2 decades ago, Laurie Anderson's
> >tape bows were loaded with recordings of short pithy phrases like "Hi, how
> >are you?".  I don't even recall any randomness/extreme changes in the
> >speed or start point of her playback.
> 
> I saw her live in the late 80s, and it was one of the funniest and most
> interesting gigs I've ever seen.
> 
> She played the 'violin' as a sound effect, not an instrument. Mostly she'd
> slow down the playback speed as she drew the bow to make the now-familiar
> pitch warp sound.
> 
> I have no idea what the source recording was.
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
> 
> 

Thanks for that--I was hoping some folks would post their own more detailed, 
eyewitness recollections.   

Impressionable and even more technically challenged way back then, I was very 
impressed by LA's tape bow but never saw much of it outside the film clip.

K. Seward, lurking once more
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