Stanford Laptop Orchestra: Clair De Lupe

The Stanford laptop Orchestra
http://slork.stanford.edu
presents: Clair De Lupe by: Baek Chang

A mediaCINEMA.com documentary
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Category:

Music

Tags:

• Stanford
• laptop
• Orchestra
• alternative
• electronic
• mediacinema

[peoplenibber]

I'd be willing to bet that the conservatory kids commenting here probably wouldn't think much of Negativland or Glen Branca either. Since your parents heard of Phillip Glass and the Beastie Boys you can make a leap to that being art. This is some kids trying something new. There's a craft in breaking new ground. Why don't you make a post about what you're doing that's new before you complain about what these kids are doing?

[Kaalec]

It never ceases to amaze me how the human spirit will find ways to express our most inner thoughts and emotions. For surely, that is the essence of art, not the medium itself. I am a musician and I play blues, a very traditional musical form generally played on very traditional instruments, but I must say, this is fascinating. Well done.

[satinhooks]

@omegaelph

this is basically free improv with non-musicians at a "top" university.

it would be more interesting if the sound was being produced by 9 year olds. drivel, not high art. it's a very expensive joke. the school & professor should be ashamed of themselves for offering this crap as part of a college education.

would you call it a painting class if you gave people a bunch of paints to just pour out on the floor?

Look at me! Now I'm an artist, I use paint!

[satinhooks]

@hendrixphish420

you have to know you're in a box to venture outside of it. these textures have ZERO memorable qualities about them unless you connect them with a visual element.

[satinhooks]

@peoplenibber

[adamdrummer101]

@polishpwr08

This really has nothing to do with the fact they are using Mac's, any computer could be used. Also the fact that you have played in an orchestra for 7 years doesn't really mean your opinion on this music any more valid. I'm assuming that you really have no idea what effort went into this anyway. At least they are doing something new and interesting, apparently they do that kind of thing in universities. Please tell us what boundaries you pushed in your seven years in an orchestra?

[hendrixphish420]

very well said.

it always stumps me when idiots say there are "rules" to music, and get pissed off when people think outside the box!

[omegaelph]

Sigh. What do you mean by effort and skill? Do you think these sounds magically manifest themselves from the laptops. Obviously someone had a creative vision and saw fit to make it a reality. Look at the enjoyment these individuals derive from their expression. Granted this music doesn't fit into your limited Luddite world-view. Its called experimentation.  They are trying to discover new kinds of musical expression. I don't understand how someone could take issue with creative expression.

[jesemus33]

maybe i can record my shitt come out of my ass ...it would be more interesting than this shitt

[satinhooks]

"stop changing the randomness parameter?"

wtf?

they gotta stop saying they're an orchestra.

and they've gotta stop shaming the Stanford name with this nonsense.

quick! fire whoever got the money to put behind this drivel.

this has very little to do with 'music' and more to do with Ego.

Is there one 'laptop orchestra' that delivers something musical?

this could be crazy, but it ain't.