On Saturday, March 13, 2010, HiTEC (Histrionic Thought Experiment Cooperative) played its 72nd & LAST session as a public event at the Kresge Recital Hall in the CFA (Center for Fine Arts) at CMU (Carnegie Mellon University). This (more or less) ended our 20 mnths of existence. Alas, in a concert hall that cd probably hold something like 200 people there were fewer people in the (v)audience than there were in the group - at least one of whom seemed to be there just to 'support' a guest musician & who seemed to pay NO attn to us whatsoever. The footage presented here is raw Hi-Def & was shot by Morgan Cahn - a real HiTEC supporter from the beginning who might've volunteer-vaudeoed every public gig we had, BLESS HER! The System presented is entitled "Sheepdog" & was created by flautist Kerrith Livengood. The Sheepdog is the phenomenal saxophonist Ben Opie - whose participation in HiTEC guaranteed a high level of musicianship. It was an honor to work w/ him. Here are the instructions being followed: 19. "Sheepdog" (Kerrith Livengood [as modified by collective use decree]): One player is designated the "sheepdog". (Preferably this is a player with a potentially loud, overbearing instrument, i.e. saxophone or percussion piano or electronics, etc.) The other players are divided into groups of three or four (you can use the groupings from "Affinity Groups" if desired, or you can group by instrument similarity) who then begin playing together, trying to create a very unified sound within the group. After a little time passes, the Sheepdog begins playing aggressively "at" the group of "sheep" to try and interrupt their thinking. If member(s) of the sheep group lose concentration and change what they are playing, they must try to get the other sheep to regroup with them until they are all playing more or less the same thing again. If the group fails to do this within a reasonable period of time, they must stop playing altogether and allow the next group of sheep to play. Whether the Sheepdog or the group of sheep has won each struggle is determined by the currently non-playing players who designate their judgment w/ hand signals. If the Sheepdog wins the encounter then they may play a brief solo after it. The process repeats until the Sheepdog either has attempted to herd all the sheep groups, or has given up and stopped playing. If the latter, or if the Sheepdog has lost the last herding attempt, then all the sheep groups that had been judged to've won may reenter and play their original collective ideas. If the Sheepdog has won the last herding attempt, the Sheepdog may then play a solo, or call for the WoF to be spun again. - April 11, 2010 notes from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
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