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In a message dated 11/25/04 9:36:27 AM, richard@skydancer.com writes:<BR>
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>If I recall correctly from the film I saw 2 decades ago, Laurie Anderson's<BR>
>tape bows were loaded with recordings of short pithy phrases like "Hi, how<BR>
>are you?". I don't even recall any randomness/extreme changes in the<BR>
>speed or start point of her playback.<BR>
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I saw her live in the late 80s, and it was one of the funniest and most<BR>
interesting gigs I've ever seen.<BR>
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She played the 'violin' as a sound effect, not an instrument. Mostly she'd<BR>
slow down the playback speed as she drew the bow to make the now-familiar<BR>
pitch warp sound.<BR>
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I have no idea what the source recording was.<BR>
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Richard<BR>
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Thanks for that--I was hoping some folks would post their own more detailed, eyewitness recollections. <BR>
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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.<BR>
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K. Seward, lurking once more<BR>
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